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Step aboard living Okanagan history on the steam ships of the Okanagan Inland Marine Heritage Park, Penticton

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Wrights Beach Camp on Skaha Lake

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Stay conveniently close to Okanagan Beach at the Bowmont Motel

Stardust Motor Inn - Enjoy a great location and comfortable rooms. Look for us just as you come into Penticton from Kelowna

Visit Hillside Estate on the Naramata Bench for fine wines and fine dining

Stay in comfort at the Travelodge Penticton

Great Cars & Great Rates at Best Choice Car & Truck Rentals

Stay steps from the beach at the Riverside Motel. Comfortable accommodations, friendly service.

The Crown Resort Motel on Okanagan Beach - Only steps from the water. Charming rooms and suites to choose from.

Penticton Visitor Information

Visitors to Penticton, BC, say it's “One of the best summer family destinations in western Canada”. With all due modesty, we might also add it is one of the best fall destinations (wine touring and golf) and one of the best family winter destinations (skiing/snowboarding, cross-country skiing, tubing and tobogganing at Apex Mountain Resort). And what the heck – it’s pretty darn nice in spring, as well!

Penticton Information

Nestled in south central British Columbia's Okanagan Valley between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake, Penticton is a city of 32,000 with 42,000 living in the area when you include the communities of Naramata, Kaleden, Okanagan Falls and Twin Lakes. The name Penticton is derived from a Salish word meaning "a place to stay forever".

Penticton Has Festivals For Everyone

Penticton has a host of events for visitors to enjoy, including the Ironman Canada Triathlon, spring and fall Okanagan Wine Festivals, Penticton Peach Festival, Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival, Peach City Beach Cruise and the Pacific Northwest Elvis Festival.

While You're in Penticton...

Penticton offers tourists lots of things to do during their stay. Start with the spectacular beaches and crystal-clear Skaha and Okanagan lakes for swimming, boating and fishing. Golf on one of several courses, hike or bike the Kettle Valley Railway Trail; climb Skaha Bluffs; ski or snowboard at Apex Mountain Resort. And there's more. (Check out Things to in Penticton)

Eighty-eight wineries within an hour's drive make Penticton the location-of-choice for savvy Okanagan Valley wine tourists. On the renowned Naramata Bench alone, just outside of Penticton, there are 23 wineries.

The Kettle Valley Railroad (KVR) Trail (part of the Trans-Canada Trail) — with 160 km. of flat, rail bed trails for hiking and biking adventures — is reached just north of Penticton.

Penticton: What To Expect

Penticton has a temperate, semi-arid climate, similar to the Mediterranean, and averages slightly more than 300 mm (12") of precipitation annually. Summer days are very warm (temperatures above 30 °C are commonplace, but the humidity is low and nights are refreshing) in Penticton. Winters are blessedly short, with mean daily temperatures averaging just below freezing for about 8 weeks out of the year. Penticton is sheltered from cold Arctic air in winter by the surrounding mountain ranges, making blizzards and freezing rainstorms very rare. There are more than 140 days a year frost-free on average.

Getting To Penticton

Penticton Regional Airport (YYF) provides air service to and from Vancouver, British Columbia on Air Canada Jazz. Effective September 10th, 2007, Pacific Coastal Airlines introduced direct daily service to Calgary and Vancouver from Penticton Airport as well.

By road Penticton is reached on Hwy 97. About 4 hours from Vancouver, 8 hours from Calgary and 5 hours from Spokane. Penticton is a 50 minute drive south from Kelowna. The US/Canada border crossing to the south on Highway 97 is open 24 hours a day; other border crossings in this region are closed overnight.

Penticton is renowned as an ideal family vacation destination.

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Employment Opportunities in Penticton
What a great place for a summer job! As Penticton's hospitality businesses gear up to greet this summer's visitors, hundreds of positions open up. Watch this section!

Penticton's Apex Resort is world-famous for its powder snow