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Summerland Motel
About Summerland Motel
August fills the Okanagan, and rooms on the quieter west side of the lake go early once the beaches and the wine roads get busy. Summerland Motel takes bookings at 2107 Tait Street, up on the residential slopes of the Giant's Head area rather than down among the lakeshore traffic of the lower town.
Independent motels are worth a direct conversation before booking, and 250-494-4444 or summerlandmotel.com will settle the details a search result usually leaves out. Room layout is the first of them: bed count, kitchenette, ground floor access, and whether adjoining rooms are possible for a family. After that come parking for trailers and boats, the pet policy, laundry, air conditioning through the valley heat, and the cancellation terms, which tighten across the region through the peak weeks of summer.
Staying on the Giant's Head side means a short climb above the lower town and a correspondingly quick drop back down to the waterfront park, the marina and the heritage storefronts. The mountain itself carries parks and viewpoints at the top. From here the wineries and cider houses of the bench are close by, Prairie Valley and Garnet Valley open the backroads west, and Trout Creek sits along the highway with its canyon. Penticton faces the town from across the water for anyone wanting a larger centre for an evening out.
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In the Giant's Head neighbourhood of Summerland.
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