Our Resort in the News
Vancouver Observer: Galiano Inn is a great place to spend a weekend
GALIANO ISLAND, B.C. -- When my travel pals found out I went for a ride to Bluffs Park with Humphrey Bogart, they all had the same response: "I hope he wasn't driving." Diane Slawych, Special to Sun Media Learn more
Best of British Columbia
Best of the Vancouver International Wine Festival
Restaurant at the Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa recognized for its British Columbia focused wine list. Read about all of the winners here
Montreal Gazette "Galiano Island is Bliss!"
"En route to the inn's flotation pool, I peek into my travel companion's room at the spa. She is in mid-treatment, and looks dreamily up at me. I ask, "If you could choose one word to describe this weekend, what would it be?" "Bliss," she whispers and closes her eyes again". Donna Yuen, Read the entire article here
Vancouver Magazine "Great Spa Getaways"
"Madrona del Mar Spa at the Galiano Inn makes use of fruits and plants indigenous to the West Coast in all its treatments.The hemp glacial clay uses a special blend of organic hemp powder and B.C. glacial clay, considered the best in the world.
Go for the Mediterranean Sea Flotation Bath...and float effortlessly in the sea--green slate and tile pool that's filled with warm water and saturated with sea mineral salts." Read more.
Eating & Drinking Guide Best Restaurants 2010 Annual Guide
Perhaps the best....Steps from the ferry, the Galiano Inn is a beautifully appointed respite......the restaurant features mainly regional fare carefully prepared and the wine list includes reasonably priced, hard-to-find B.C. wnes expertly selected by sommelier Richard Massey.
Doctor's Review
This publication for doctors recommends three hotels, one in Vancouver, one in Victoria, and one in the Gulf Islands, and answers the question: "In need of pampering?....The Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa""The ambiance captures the beauty of the coast by using lots of rock and wood throughout as well as carvings and prints by First Nations artists."
Author Camille Chin reviews the Inn.
Glow Magazine Annual Spa Guide
ONE OF THE 10 BEST SPAS IN CANADA: "Most Innovative treatments"Read More
Good Life Connoisseur Magazine
This exclusive magazine has provided a feature story... "There is little doubt that the gem of the Island is the Galiano Inn."
Vista Magazine
Canada's foremost health magazine talks about the importance of a special retreat: Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa.Editor and Author Carol Crenna describes the spa experience in terms of a healing experience. Read more
US AIRWAYS Magazine
The major luxury destination is the Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa, where guests can indulge in massages, shop for British Columbia vintages in the wine shop, and enjoy outstanding meals made with locally sourced produce, meats, and seafood at the restaurant. Read more
1000 Places to See Before you Die
This popular traveler's life list of "must see's" has sold millions of copies. 1000 spectacular, compelling, essential, offbeat, utterly unforgettable places....including a recommendation to visit us..."The Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa is a charming alternative, situated on Sturdies Bay, located above a private beach with views onto the boat harbour and a distant lighthouse".
Style Magazine and the Georgia Straight
"Spa'd Rotten" on Galiano IslandLet yourself liquify on the massage table. Then finish your spa retreat with some real water action, as in the mineral salt-boosted flotation tank at Galiano Oceanfront Inn & Spa.
If you want the quintessentally B.C. experience, book a Hemp-Glacial Clay Wrap at this spa." Read more
Spalife Magazine
Pacific Island Paradise ... cover story"Pulling through the large wrought iron gates into the
courtyard of the Galiano Inn feels like we’ve time traveled to the Mediterranean. The city rolls from my shoulders and I feel better just breathing in the salty air.
The fountain splashes in the central garden filled with swaying grasses, lavenders and a multitude of flowers..."
The Vancouver Sun /The Province
Welcome Spring with a Romantic Getaway to Galiano...full page featureAward-winning author Cheryl Mackinnon writes: "a sparkling treasure amongst B.C.’s Gulf Islands. ...With an eye to providing environmentally sensitive and highly enjoyable vacation experience for discriminating guests, the updated Galiano Inn and Spa is fulfilling its mandate. Thoughtfully appointed Spa Suites massage the senses as nature’s palette mingles with luxurious linens, toiletries and exclusive Madrona Massage tables" Read more
The Calgary Herald
Wine wanderings lead to idyllic vacation"Rittich relished her stay at the Galiano Inn, which combines the ambience of a spa with the casual elegance of a Mediterranean-style oceanfront inn." Full Story
Northwest Meetings and Events
Northwest Meetings and Events"Tucked away on a remote island near Vancouver, this boutique Mediterranean-style resort provides something new even for spa connoisseurs".
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Times Colonist
Ferry mistake proved to be a culinary blessing
"This is fated to be a West Coast destination...Flavours are gently complex, be it a bowl of soup made with fresh yellow and red vine-ripened tomatoes flecked with herbs, or almond crusted goat's cheese cooked on a cedar plank, dressed with thyme ver jus and served with pear roasted with lavender and honey. After the benefit of a glass of sparkling Glenora Fanatasia Zanatta my choice was a trio of seared scallops crowned with an enormous roasted tiger prawn drenched in herb laden Cafe de Paris butter, garnished with carrot, herb and beet emulsions. I almost wept". Full StoryNorth American Inns
The Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa was chosen as one of the Top 10 Most Memorable Bedrooms by Editor Mary Hughes."In the 10 years that North American Inns has been in business, I have stayed at some incredible inns and resorts... I look for an escape to unwind. I have found this in the bedrooms that I love. They need to be relaxing, warm and inviting. When I stay at an inn I am always searching for a bedroom that I would love to have in my own home.”
Of her room on Galiano, she mused: “…a balcony overlooking the water….a fireplace for chilly nights. I always said if I was a movie star, that this would be the perfect hideout”.
The Globe and Mail
The Galiano Inn...Special Report to the Globe and Mail"Imagine finding out that you could live in a place that boasts bald eagles, white-shell beaches, cliff-side ocean views, arbutus trees, lots of sunshine and a temperate climate, and still be a resident of this country."
Pacific Yachting
Cruiser Cravings - Ten Gourmet delights for skipper and crew and where to get them"The chef emphasizes contemporary Canadian cuisine and uses local organic ingredients.To go with this cornucopia is a wine list featuring the best of Pacific wines. Sip yours while you watch the ferries..."
Washington Post
Certifiably Plush!"When we woke up the next morning, at the certifiably plush Galiano Inn, (our room had a fireplace and a vast, golden-spigoted bathtub), pulled back the curtain and there it was: gazebo, beach rocks, mallards, open water. At the other end of the cove stretched the long, deserted pier where the ferry had brought us in, and we could almost make out the wooded shoreline on the island across the channel…I could see that in the Gulf Islands my favourite places on land were going to be the ferry landings…”
The Guardian
The Guardian, London, England: A Change of scene"Certainly this is where we have the finest food - prawn and lobster sauté with garlic flower and jasmine butter, for instance, at the Galiano Inn, an excellent restaurant/hotel/spa where even the soap makes your mouth water (it smells exactly like a blackberry smoothie)….."
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