Where to stay · Keremeos & the Similkameen Valley
Cathedral Mountain Estate / Similkameen wine-country stays
Sleep above the vines near Cawston, where breakfast comes with charcuterie and the tasting room is downstairs.
what it is
valley B&B / winery guesthouse (romantic)
the damage
from ~$112/night at the Crowsnest Vineyards Guesthouse
from Vancouver
~3.5 to 4 hours
A word of honesty first: grand-sounding estate rentals around Keremeos surface and vanish on Airbnb and Vrbo like Okanagan weather, so treat any one listing as a rumour until you have a confirmation number. What does not vanish is the category itself. The Similkameen is a serious organic wine region with guest rooms scattered among the vineyards of Cawston, ten minutes down Hwy 3 from Keremeos.
The dependable fixture is the Crowsnest Vineyards Guesthouse, a family-run Landgasthof, which is German for country inn and also for schnitzel with your Riesling. Its seven rooms sit above the vineyard with ensuite bathrooms and valley views, and the stay includes a continental breakfast of fruit, breads, charcuterie and proper coffee, with a winery, restaurant and bakery on the property. You can misbehave at the tasting bar and be in bed within ninety seconds.
Beyond Crowsnest, the regional tourism office lists orchard and vineyard stays ranging from micro-cabins to guest suites at the wineries themselves, plus dozens of house rentals on the usual platforms. Rooms at the guesthouse start around $112 a night, which in wine-country terms is practically a rounding error.
The setting
Clustered around Cawston and Keremeos in the Similkameen Valley, among organic vineyards and fruit orchards along Hwy 3. Crowsnest Vineyards sits just south of Cawston, about ten minutes from downtown Keremeos.
Getting there
Same run from Vancouver: Hwy 1 to Hope, then Hwy 3 through Manning Park and Princeton, about 3.5 to 4 hours to Keremeos and ten more minutes to Cawston. No ferries to book, which for a BC getaway feels like cheating. You will want a car, and a designated driver.
good to know
Why it works
- Seven guesthouse rooms perched above a working vineyard
- Breakfast with charcuterie, breads and proper coffee included
- Winery, restaurant and bakery on the same property
- Wine touring with a ninety-second commute to bed