Insider Guide: Seattle

Our travel editors' must-see places to stay, eat, and play around Emerald City

Escape to Cowichan Bay, B.C.

Meet Cowichan Valley, an undiscovered land in British Columbia where food is ultra-local, vineyards are low-key, and canoes replace taxicabs

Photo by Thomas J. Story , article by Rachel Levin

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Where to stay

The one swanky resort in Cowichan just went belly up -- but you you're better off at a family run B&B anyway. Sink into the slow life at one of these inns.

Affinity Guesthouse Two rooms with river views, in a separate house (pictured) from the hosts. Delicious quinoa crêpes. From $145 U.S.

Fairburn Farm Old farmhouse with a big porch and valley views. Go now for chef Mara Jernigan’s final culinary boot camp (Sep 28–Oct 3; $1,930 U.S.) at Fairburn. From $170 U.S.