Guidebook for Nelson
Food Scene
A great place to drink coffee, enjoy a breakfast bun, and watch locals!
44 locals recommend
Oso Negro Café
604 Ward StA great place to drink coffee, enjoy a breakfast bun, and watch locals!
A really friendly place to enjoy coffee and food, filled with local art. This space often has music in the evenings on Fridays and Saturdays.
Blue Mule Cafe
A really friendly place to enjoy coffee and food, filled with local art. This space often has music in the evenings on Fridays and Saturdays.
Spend a day exploring the Slocan valley, and eat at this fabulous restaurant. If you go on a Sunday during summer months, there will be live music and a small farmers market out on the lawn.
14 locals recommend
Sleep Is For Sissies
5622 BC-6Spend a day exploring the Slocan valley, and eat at this fabulous restaurant. If you go on a Sunday during summer months, there will be live music and a small farmers market out on the lawn.
Essentials
A friendly, locally owned co-operative grocery store with a yummy deli.
55 locals recommend
Kootenay Co-op Grocery Store
777 Baker StA friendly, locally owned co-operative grocery store with a yummy deli.
Everything Else
The nicest commercial hot springs I've ever been to. The hotpool features caves, and the large warm pool has an awesome view of Kootenay Lake and the surrounding mountains.
88 locals recommend
Ainsworth
The nicest commercial hot springs I've ever been to. The hotpool features caves, and the large warm pool has an awesome view of Kootenay Lake and the surrounding mountains.
Sightseeing
Super epically beautiful place in nature with awesome hikes, lovely beach, interpretive center during summer months, and a place to see salmon spawning in the fall.
17 locals recommend
Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park
Super epically beautiful place in nature with awesome hikes, lovely beach, interpretive center during summer months, and a place to see salmon spawning in the fall.