Kelowna's Juicy Tips

With all of Kelowna’s outdoorsy offerings and natural beauty, it is sometimes easy to give the lion’s share of our blog “real estate” to that face of our city. But then winter arrives and many of us look to what kinds of indoor entertainment we can enjoy in Kelowna. So I thought I’d share some [...]

With the Fall Okanagan Wine Festival coming up at the end of the month, I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind you about our 5 local wine trails – and about the handy wayfinding brochure available for free at the Kelowna Visitor Centre, called “Kelowna Wine Trails Guide“. This is also timely because our [...]

My colleague Sharon raved to me today about a drumming class she took part in last night at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in downtown Kelowna. This prompted me to think about the vast array of courses available at the RCA this summer and to tell you about them.

This week, staff at Tourism Kelowna enjoyed a field-trip to one of the newest attractions to open in the Central Okanagan: ZipZone Adventure Park in Peachland. True to its name, ZipZone was a major adventure, and certainly didn’t dissapoint!

This week I have friends visiting from Ottawa, and I’ve lined them up with all kinds of suggestions of things to do while in Kelowna. One of the places they definitely want to see is Mission Hill Family Estate, at the end of the Westside Wine Trail (one of 5 Kelowna wine trails).

Last week I went to visit a new distillery in downtown Kelowna called Urban Distilleries, and boy, was it ever a discovery! I had an appointment with owner Mike Urban for a tour and tasting at the distillery, and highly recommend a visit to try his tantalizing Spirit Bear line of gin, vodka, and soon-to-be-released [...]

Three cheers for March! Friends, we’ve made it through the winter months; and even though the weather is still chilly, there are heartening signs that spring is on the way. One of these signs is the reopening of Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan as of March 1. Ladies and Gentlemen, our winter goat cheese dry spell [...]

At Tourism Kelowna, we’re very excited about this new television show which promotes a winter vacation to Kelowna. “Next Stop: Kelowna” with host Jon Olson ran on February 12 in several US markets, and it will also be available until May on Alaska Airlines in-flight entertainment programming. Enjoy Next Stop!
 
Next Stop: Kelowna from Next Stop [...]