Downtown Nelson is alive with locals and visitors alike with blocks of funky specialty shops, boutiques and great shopping. You’ll find galleries, museum browsing, alluring back lanes, over a dozen pubs, live music venues and dance clubs.   If you thought people watching can be alluring on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive or Manhattan’s east side, you’ll enjoy downtown Nelson minus the traffic and about one million fewer people of course.

People make a point of supporting the local economy which helps drive an entrepreneurial spirit and unique businesses.

For skiers, golfers, shoppers or travelers, Nelson’s diverse accommodation and restorative health sectors are attractions too. From  waterfront hotels to beautifully restored heritage, full service, even boutique hotels, or  a vast array of fully licensed and approved B&Bs plus a selection of motels that will fit all visitor or business needs. The city and surrounding rural communities offer numerous spas, hot spring resorts, a zipline, whitewater rafting, plus Nelson features a new community recreation complex with pools, sauna, steam room and fitness centre and numerous practitioners in massage therapy, yoga, acupuncture and alternative health sciences.

Thanks to a temperate climate, you can enjoy world class skiing and awesome powder just minutes away without freezing or in spring and summer, golf, hike or mountain bike without burning up.

Whether you’re exploring Nelson for relaxation or adventure you’ll find a kind of spirit or authenticity that that has slipped away from so many cities.

Thanks for taking some time to Discover Nelson through our Chamber of Commerce website and partner sites…we hope you come back again and again.

We are sure you’ll find that Nelson is a great place to visit…but an even better place to live…to work…to own a business…to raise a family…to live your dreams.