Like wine with desert temps? Part Napa Valley, part Palm Springs,
Osoyoos is the hottest holiday youll find in B.C.
stay
Situated
right on Lake Osoyoos, the Watermark
Beach Resort is casual coziness kicked up a couple notches.
Amenities include a lakeside pool and hot tub, outdoor wine bar, yoga
and Pilates studio and spacious private balconies. Waterfront suites and
townhomes are outfitted with kitchens and in-suite laundry to
accommodate longer stays, and as a family-friendly spot they offer kids
camps so parents can pretend theyre once again footloose and fancy-free
(by way of poolside pedi, perhaps). From $245 a night, www.watermarkbeachresort.com
eat
Learn where Watermark chef Natasha Schooten gets
her organic produce from by booking yourself on one of her once-a-month
Down and Dirty field trips to local Harkers
Organics or Covert
Farms. You meet the farmer, harvest some bounty and finish the day
with an al fresco meal made on-site. Next one July 29, book through
Watermark Beach Resort.
drink
Focus your South Okanagan wine tour on the
three Ss: Seven
Stones, LaStella
and Stoneboat.
Although very different from one another, they all have their special
charms and we suspect that, like us, youll find a bottle or three you
like at each.
do
Squeeze in one more wine tasting and then some.
At the newly refurbished Hester
Creek Estate Winery, take your 2008 pinot blanc on the patio and
picnic with a view of the valley and vineyards. Still have room for more
grapes? Classic Canadian folk rockers The Grapes of Wrath play the
estates outdoor amphitheatre July 30 ($35-$50, call 1-866-498-4435 to
reserve tickets).
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