Our Favorite Inns

What started us on our career as innkeepers was staying at great inns. This page features the other members of TacomaInns.com,, a link to Select Registries website, and links to our favorite Inns and Bed & Breakfasts in the Northwest and around the world. Click on one of the small pictures to see a larger photo.

But first, the 4 other B&B's of: TacomaInns.com

Select Registry

Two years ago, The Villa was fortunate to be recommended, then inspected and admitted to the prestigious Select Registry, Distinctive Inns of North America. We are the only inn in the Seattle/Tacoma area to be admitted. Inns are rated by other innkeepers, a professional independent inspection agency and by guests of the inns.

From a one hour up to a full day drive away from us there are a number of other absolutely wonderful member inns. We have personally stayed at many of them and can attest to their charm, character and beauty (those in italics and underlined). More information on them and all of the rest may be found at the Select Registry web site.

• Shelburne Inn and China Beach B&B, Seaview, WA

• Willcox House Country Inn, Seabeck, WA

• Chryalis Inn & Spa, Bellingham, WA

• Sun Mountain Lodge, Winthrop, WA

• Old Consulate Inn, Port Townsend, WA

• Colette's Bed and Breakfast, Port Angeles, WA

• The Wild Iris Inn, LaConner, WA

• Birchfield Manor, Yakima, WA

• Turtleback Farm Inn and Orchar House, East Sound, WA ( San Juan Islands)

• Heron Haus, Portland, OR

• Columbia Gorge Hotel, Hood River, OR

• Channel House Inn, Depoe Bay, OR

• Weasku Inn, Grants Pass, OR

• Durlacher Hof Pension Alpine Inn, Whistler , BC

• Laburnum Cottage B&B Inn, North Vancouver, BC

• Shoal Harbour Inn, Sidney, BC (Vancouver Island--near Victoria)

• Abigail's Hotel, Victoria, BC (Vancouver Island)

• Amethyst Inn at Regent's Park, Victoria BC, (Vancouver Island)

• Beaconsfield Inn, Victoria, BC (Vancouver Island)

• Oak Bay Beach Hotel and Marine Resort, Victoria, BC (Vancouver Island)

• Ships Point Inn, Fanny Bay, BC (Vancouver Island)

• Middle Beach Lodge, Tofino, BC (Vancouver Island)

• Sooke Harbour House, Sooke, BC (outside Victoria, Vancover Island)

• Clayoquot Wilderness Resorts and Spa, Tofino, BC (Vancouver Island)

• Cathedral Mountain Lodge, Field, BC (Yoho National Park)

Other Inns We Have Enjoyed On Our Travels

From Mexico across the USA, to Spain and Italy, here are the few places who have lived up to our very demanding expectations. If you have stayed with us, you will understand why so few make this list. Clicking on an Inn's name will take you to the inn's website.

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Villa Pagoda, Genova Nervi, Italy

Antica Locanda, Milan Italy

Casa Mirador, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Gingerbread Mansion Inn, Ferndale CA

Winchester Country Inn, Ashland, OR

Tu Tu Tun Lodge, Gold Beach, OR

Steamboat Inn, Steamboat, OR

and, when you are looking for the best of the Northwest and in Europe, you should also check out the Karen Brown Guides--we use them whenever we can!  Karen does an excellent job of finding and rating inns. You can trust her books. We usually check the website, but then go buy the book as well to help us with our itinerary planning. Just click the image below to be transported to her fantastic site.