While resort towns wind down, Nanaimo stays itself. Not a Resort Town

What you find here is lived-in and local.

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Good thing, because we’ve never been very good at the whole “off-season” thing.

Winter shows up. We keep making plans. Restaurants stay busy, shops keep their doors open, stages stay lit, trails stay green, and the coast keeps doing what it does best. Around here, people actually live here year-round... and we think that’s kind of the point. So forget the resort itinerary. Come hungry, pack a rain jacket, stay a couple of nights, and see what we’ve got going on. Turns out, you don’t need a resort to get away.

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We Did the Planning So You Don’t Have To.

Skip the Layovers. Getting Here is Easy.

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Meet the Neighbours.

Explore the Region.

Two people stand on a narrow walkway leading to a small oceanfront house on stilts above the water, surrounded by trees and fall foliage.

Top 10 Things to Do This Winter.

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Don't Know Where to Stay? Psst, Click Here.

Winter here isn’t something to wait out.

The restaurants are busy. The stages are booked. The trails are green. The coffee’s hot. And the coast? Still doing its thing. Less resort routine, more real city. Less waiting for spring, more reasons to get out and do something.