The Oak Bay Beach Hotel is not only celebrating 90 years since it first opened on Beach Drive, but also the five-year anniversary of the completion of the new resort.
Set on the shores of the Pacific Ocean close to downtown Victoria, the Oak Bay Beach Hotel overlooks the Salish Sea and offers breathtaking ocean views of snow-capped Mount Baker in the distance. The hotel is just minutes away from the boutique shops, cafes and galleries of Oak Bay Village. Visit oakbaybeachhotel.com.
To celebrate the anniversary, the hotel is inviting the public to stop by and check out Kate’s Café, Boathouse Spa and Baths, the library, the Snug Pub and the lobby.
Schedule of events Dec. 1:
10 to 11 a.m.: Join pastry chef Teddy Gapaloo in Kate’s Cafe for a tasting of local Oughtred coffee and a selection of in-house pastries
10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.: Guided guest room tours leaving on the half-hour
11 a.m.: Hotel art collection tour led by Elizabeth Levinson of Winchester Gallery
Noon to 1 p.m.: New winter menu tasting and local craft beer sampling, led by food and beverage manager Christian Sealey
1 to 2 p.m.: Anniversary cake cutting in the David Foster Foundation Theatre with general manager Michelle Le Sage
2 to 4 p.m.: Boathouse Spa and Baths open house with tours
Month-long anniversary offers:
Enjoy these special anniversary offerings from Dec. 1 to 31:
90-cent small cup of Oughtred Coffee in Kate’s Cafe
$5 pints of local craft beer in the Snug pub
$90 spa treatments at the Boathouse Spa and Baths
$95 three-course, chef’s tasting menu with wine pairings (available until Dec. 21)
Buy a keepsake anniversary Ollie Bear — the hotel’s plush mascot, which will be for sale with 100 per cent of the net proceeds from sales on Dec. 1, donated to the David Foster Foundation
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