Wild Renfrew Seaside Cottages

Wild Renfrew holds the best real estate in the village, a string of cottages along the boardwalk above the wharf, running from studios for two up to beachfront two bedroom units that sleep six. Inside it is all plush log cabin comfort, a phrase the owners use themselves and, unusually for the hospitality industry, appear to actually mean.

Several units come with a private hot tub or an outdoor soaker tub on the deck, positioned so you can sit in hot water and watch cold water crash below you, which is the entire point of the west coast. Most cottages take dogs, there is a two night minimum, and the Renfrew Pub is 100 metres away, close enough to smell the chowder.

Botanical Beach and its tide pools sit 2.8 kilometres down the road, a ten minute drive or a fine walk in proper boots, which in Port Renfrew you should assume you will need anyway. Booking.com guests score it 9.2 out of 10, which for a village at the end of a winding highway is practically a standing ovation.