Kelowna travel guide

Kelowna is the natural main focus of the valley-wide Spring Wine Festival in early May and the Fall Wine Festival in late- Sep/Oct. About 90,000 people attend over 100 events at various locations, including dinners, parades and grape stomps. For information on both festivals, T250-861 6654, http://www.owfs.com.

Air

Kelowna Airport has daily flights to Vancouver ($118 one-way), Victoria ($122) and Calgary ($132) with West Jet, T1800- 538 5696, http://www.westjet.com; to Vancouver ($118) and Calgary ($132) with Air Canada, T1888-247 2262, www.air canada.com; to Seattle ($145) with Horizon Air, T1800- 547 9308, http://www.alaskaair.com.

Airline offices

Air Canada, T250-765 8777; WestJet, T250-4915600; Horizon Air, T1800-547 9308.

Bus

Local

BC Transit, T250-860 8121, www.bus online.ca.

Long distance

Greyhound, T250-860 3835, http://www.greyhound.ca, runs 7 daily buses to Vancouver ($62, 6hrs), 3 to Banff ($75, 8 hrs) and Calgary ($87, 10 hrs), 4 to Kamloops ($28, 3-4 hrs), 7 to Vernon ($13, 1 hr) and 2 to all points east on Hwy 3 via Rock Creek, including Nelson ($55, 5-6 hrs). The station is at 2366 Leckie Rd, off Hwy 97. City bus No 8 runs to town.

Taxi

Kelowna Cabs, T250-762 2222.

Banks

HSBC Bank, 384 Bernard Av, T250- 763 3939.

Internet

Library; The Grand Bay Café, 1310 Water St, T250-763 4500.

Laundry

Cullen’s Cleaning Carousel, 2660 Pandosy, T250-763 9992.

Library

, 1380 Ellis St, T250-762 2800.

Medical services

Kelowna General Hospital, 2268 Pandosy St, T250-862 4000; Walk-in clinics 515 Harvey Av, T250- 862 3113; 3970 Lakeshore, T250- 764 8878; 1990 Cooper Av, T250-861 3235.

Post

office

Canada Post, 571 Bernard Av, T250-868 8480; 3155 Lakeshore Rd, T250-763 3939.