Parksville - what to do? Parksville

fibbi

Have you been to this place? Anything to do there this time of the year?

thanks!

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Amm... I've been to Qualicum Beach area years ago in the summer. I remember seeing lots of eagles and there are lots of small artist studio in the area.

Not sure what to do now, since weather is kinda of unstable... May be they have something at their website:
Parksville & Qualicum Beach
http://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/

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u can go to the qualicum beach..very nice....eat some oysters and seafoods.....u can also drive up to courtney and more beaches...i rmb there is a nice park when u go in the driection of tofino...and go to the cheesefarm!

fibbi

Thanks.
I know it's pretty early in the year to go there. I just want to be by the beach and have a nice relaxing day. Any extra activity would be like "bonus".
My first choice would be Oregon Coast but it's too long drive for 2 days (need 3 days at least to go to Oregon coast). And Tofino is too expensive (yeah I want nice resort-like acoomodation this time) and probably nothing much to see except WIND and cold.
I book this hotel and the room looks decent:
http://www.beachclubbc.com/rooms ... le-vancouver-island

fibbi

And do you think I should pay extra to "reserve" the spot for the BC Ferry?
(weekend)
thanks

ani

i went during july
stayed at tigh na mara resort
it's right by the beach, so it's fairly nice.
during low tides, u can walk pretty far into the "water"..

went to the market place with the goat on the roof
the market place had lots of food to eat..
there were shops besides the market place (i think.. or we drove?? don't remember). those little shops had stuff to see..

went to a museum too.. where butterflies fly right beside you... and there was a big sand turtle that tried so hard to escape out of its home.. haa!  

i was only there for 2 days 1 nite and it was a lot of fun!

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The market place with the goat on the roof top is "The Old Country Market" at Coombs. If you are going there, then I think you should also visit
the Catheral Grove. (let me google to see how far they are) We went to TOCM in 2007 on the way to Port Alberni/Tofino.And We really like the food there. I hope it's still good now.

Corn with the store name:

Their daily sandwiches:

Turkey sandwich made with very good cheese bread:


Some cute old school wooden toys:

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From google map, Cathedral Grove (located in MacMillan Provincial Park) is only about 35 min drive from Parksville. BUT it may no be the thing to do for a spa and resort kind of trip. May be you can leave it for next time. It's more like a short hike (very flat kids friendly). And the tall trees were featured at the Olympic opening

[url=http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&s ... lan+Provincial+Park,+Nanaimo+F,+BC&hl=en&geocode=%3BCf_1PxjuV0zZFRAb8AIdc9GR-Cn_FLSwkfSIVDF6IUUUuhyQYQ&mra=ls&sll=49.348835,-124.525223&sspn=0.203976,0.525284&ie=UTF8&ll=49.290202,-124.545822&spn=0.215415,0.525284&z=11]Google map[/url]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacMillan_Provincial_Park

fibbi

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    Thanks for the info! Thanks to Ani as well.
I will not go to spa, but will see the time frame because we are going on Saturday and leaving on Sunday...