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We just took a weekend trip to Parksville BC over the last weekend.

Stayed at the Tigh-Na-Mara Hotel


It was low tide when we arrive, you can walk out to the sea for miles.  The ocean made really cool ripples on the sand floor


We visited Qualicum Beach, Little Qualicum Cheeseworks where you can feed little calfs, goats, bunnies.  Watch cheese made, milk the cows. Wine tasting at their wine shop.


Miniature Golf


Dinner at the Landing Restaurant, where there is an aquarium in the middle of the restaurant


Then the next morning, the high tide has came in


We went to Coombs, where goats live on the roof


Then on to Cathedral Grove at MacMillan Provincial Park


The trip was really nice, very relaxing.  I had a 1 hour massage at the Grotto Spa (this is their website picture)


The weather was TERRIBLE as it was raining most of the time. But we had fun!

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The hotel is nice, VERY VERY rustic.  It's suppose to mimic a log cabin so nothing fancy.  We booked a ocean view room,  so the balcony faces the ocean.  It's a big hotel in terms of area, there are individual "cabins" that you can rent.  Or you can stay in the rooms, which is in a 3 level tall building.  There is about 5-6 difference multi-levels and about 15 small cabins.  The spa is really nice, very relaxing.  

I had a 1 hour full body massage which cost $125, but I had a $20 coupon for May special.  Any booked treatment includes free Grotto minearal pool , but if you want to go to the mineral pool alone, it cost $40, so it's better deal to just do the spa.  The hotel won a lot of rewards for their spa, so they are booked up, I didn't book in advance but had some person cancel the last minute (very lucky) so I got an appointment.

The hotel also has a regular pool, gym that is free, free internet.

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Goats on the roof are really cute.  Coombs is about 15 minutes drive from Parksville, almost all the buildings has grass on the roof.  It's a really nice little area (2 blocks) of little shops.  The main building is the General store, and they have a LOT of things for sale, including a cafe.