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Floras Lake House

Floras Lake House Bed and Breakfast is located on the Southern Oregon coast, 17 miles south of Bandon, Oregon, on Floras Lake. All four guest rooms offer beautiful views of both the lake and the vast Pacific ocean. Come stroll the beach just over the sand spit that separates fresh water Floras Lake from the Pacific.

Built with you in mind, the B&B opened 28 years ago so that the innkeepers could share with others the beauty of the Southern Oregon Coast.  Stroll their lovely gardens, walk to the beach and hunt for agates, hike the amazing ever-changing trails of Floras Lake State Park nearby, or just relax on our sunny, wind-protected decks.

Four guest rooms await, 3 with king beds and one with queen and twin.  All rooms enjoy wonderful views of the lake and ocean, private baths and high wood ceilings, two have tiled fireplace.

A full buffet style breakfast is served with a different hot dish each day.  Local jams and Innkeeper Liz’s homemade granola are always a popular choice!

Get to know our State like a local; stay with one of our nearly 100 hosts and experience romantic getaways, historic treasures, and tucked away rustic retreats.  Whether your trip is for a quiet escape to a quaint rural or coastal town, taking in Oregon Geotourism, for a World Class City experience, or for a new spin on business travel, you can be assured of combining gracious hospitality with ambiance by staying at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

WildSpring Guest Habitat

A Gift of Relaxation through the Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild

Gift of RelaxationA Gift of Relaxation is the perfect gift for any occasion, any time of year.  Rest and Relaxation in the form of a stocking stuffer?  A wedding gift for the newly married?  A graduation present?  Employee holiday gifts?

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild Lodging Gift Vouchers might be just the thing.  You can give the gift of relaxation, time away from the everyday, the opportunity to gain a clear head.

OBBG Lodging Gift Vouchers are available in $25 increments and can be redeemed at every Oregon Bed & Breakfast Guild member across the state.  With over 50 members to choose among, that’s a lot of choice.

And the recipient can decide where and when to use them.  So maybe they’d like to walk in the sand on the Oregon Coast?  Hike along the rim of Crater Lake?  Catch a new museum exhibit in Portland?  Sample a pinot noir in the Oregon Wine Country?  It’s not just about the lodging.  It’s about time.

You can purchase Oregon Bed & Breakfast Guild Lodging Gift Vouchers online, choose the amount and where you’d like them delivered.  We’ll send them by mail with delivery confirmation along with a current Print Directory of where in Oregon our bed and breakfast members are located.

It’s that simple.  Not much of your time, but a generous gift of time for your recipient.  What are you waiting for?  Support a local, independently owned, small Oregon business this holiday season.  We thank you in advance.

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn

Thyme and Tide Bed and Breakfast in Oceanside, Oregon

Thyme and Tide Bed and Breakfast provides a relaxing and romantic getaway in beautiful Oceanside, Oregon.  Nestled between Cape Lookout and Cape Meares set out to explore the scenic Three Capes Scenic Drive. Fall asleep to the sound of the surf and wake up to a delicious hot and hearty breakfast.  Pacific Ocean Beaches are but a mile away.

The two third floor guest suites at Thyme and Tide have been designed with your comfort in mind, each with large private bathrooms, queen beds with memory foam mattresses and fine linens.  Amenities include free WiFi and parking.

A small upstairs common area exclusively for guests offers travel information, books, games, microwave popcorn, a coffeemaker, and a refrigerator stocked with complimentary Tillamook ice cream.  Freshly baked treats are available in the late afternoon/evening.

So much to do near Thyme and Tide Bed and Breakfast in Oceanside:

  • beachcombing, tide pools, clamming, whale watching, bonfires
  • biking, hiking, waterfalls and forests
  • kayaks, canoes, horses
  • lighthouse, museums, wine tasting, brewpubs
  • the list goes on and on

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

Floras Lake House

Floras Lake House Bed and Breakfast is located on the Southern Oregon coast, 17 miles south of Bandon, Oregon, on Floras Lake. All four guest rooms offer beautiful views of both the lake and the vast Pacific ocean. Come stroll the beach just over the sand spit that separates fresh water Floras Lake from the Pacific.

Built with you in mind, the B&B opened 28 years ago so that the innkeepers could share with others the beauty of the Southern Oregon Coast.  Stroll their lovely gardens, walk to the beach and hunt for agates, hike the amazing ever-changing trails of Floras Lake State Park nearby, or just relax on our sunny, wind-protected decks.

Four guest rooms await, 3 with king beds and one with queen and twin.  All rooms enjoy wonderful views of the lake and ocean, private baths and high wood ceilings, two have tiled fireplace.

A full buffet style breakfast is served with a different hot dish each day.  Local jams and Innkeeper Liz’s homemade granola are always a popular choice!

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

National Blueberry Muffin Day

National Blueberry Muffin Day

Today is National Blueberry Muffin Day is July 11.  Today’s recipe come from the innkeeper at Sandlake Country Inn on Oregon’s Stunning North Coast.

Blueberry Coconut Muffins
Makes 12 Jumbo Muffins

3 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 ⅓ cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 ⅓ cups milk
½ cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups blueberries
1 cup flaked coconut
cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or use muffin cups on jumbo muffin pan. In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar. In a separate bowl, beat the egg, then add the milk, oil and vanilla. Add the
liquid ingredients to the flour mixture. Stir just until the flour mixture is moistened. Carefully stir in the blueberries and coconut. Pour into the prepared muffin tins. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until
toothpick inserted in middle comes out dry.

The Sandlake Country Inn is 10 minutes north of Pacific City and just minutes from Pacific Ocean beaches.  This historical landmark B&B has 3 spacious rooms and a romantic, newly remodeled, stand alone cottage. Gourmet breakfasts are delivered to your door for ultimate privacy. Service and attention to detail are provided along with the privacy you’re looking for.  Relax in your romantic room, complete with private jacuzzi and private deck and fireplaces in each room.  Let our bed and breakfast on the Oregon coast introduce you to the way a bed and breakfast should be.

The Sandlake Country Inn Bed and Breakfast near Pacific City, Oregon is secluded and luxurious, making it the perfect location for your romantic Oregon Coast getaway.

The innkeepers of the Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild are ready to share with you their version of Oregon Culinary Tourism and Geotourism.  Get to know our State like a local; stay with one of our nearly 100 hosts in any one of our many regions. Experience romantic getaways, historic treasures, and tucked away rustic retreats.  Whether your trip is for a quiet escape to a quaint rural or coastal town, taking in Oregon Geotourism, for a World Class City experience, or for a new spin on business travel, you can be assured of combining gracious hospitality with ambiance by staying at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

Stormy Weather Arts Festival

Cannon Beach Hotel.  Practicing the Art of Hospitality since 1914

Cannon Beach Hotel is a petite, historic New England-Style Hotel and B&B that has been in continuous operation since 1914 making it one of the oldest lodgings on the Oregon coast.  Refurbished with custom-designed furnishings and bedding,  plush towels from England and original art throughout, Cannon Beach Hotel welcomes you with impeccable style and grace.

You’ll feel relaxed and pampered the minute you step into the lobby a fire blazing in the fireplace, deep arm chairs, books, fresh flowers, a fruit bowl and complimentary hot beverages.  A quiet refuge to read or visit with other guests.

Cannon Beach Hotel has been designed with couples in mind,  each of its 9 rooms unique, featuring a combination of large, claw-foot soaking tubs, fireplaces or four-poster beds.

An elegant Breakfast buffet is served at your leisure from 8 – 10 am every morning.  Enjoy a house made frittata, or casserole, fresh pastries, fruit, juice and hot breakfast beverages of your choice.

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

Grand Victorian

Grand Victorian Bed and Breakfast in Historic Nye Beach, Newport

Grand Victorian Bed and Breakfast is an ideal place to schedule a romantic getaway, wedding, elopement, anniversary or birthday.  You’ll love the appetizers, desserts and big hot breakfasts.  The oceanview Vintage Cottage is perfect for couples or for a family.

Historic Nye Beach offers shopping, fine dining and a beautiful 5 miles plus stretch of wonderful walking sandy beach just minutes from your doorstep!

When you enter the foyer and view the three story open staircase you realize that you are in for a grand experience!  Grand Victorian has 3 well appointed rooms and a stand alone cottage next door, all with ocean views.  After a full day on the Oregon Coast guests enjoy wander off to dreamland with an Oregon Sunset and the sound of the surf.

The Victoria Suite in the Grand Victorian B&B encompasses the entire third floor with a panoramic view of the majestic Pacific Ocean.  Sink into the oversized 2 person Jacuzzi Bath.  Open the door of your private balcony to the sound of the the surf, the whistles of the buoy guiding sea-going vessels safely back to the Yaquina Bay Harbor, a spectacular sunset view and a glimpse of the famous Yaquina Lighthouse.  Each evening they can find desserts and ice cream available for your enjoyment.

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

Baywood Shores Bed and Breakfast

Baywood Shores Bed and Breakfast in Lincoln City Oregon

Baywood Shores Bed and Breakfast welcomes you to their Lincoln City inn on the shores of Siletz Bay.   Relax and rejuvenate in your private suite with a king-size bed and 2-person Jacuzzi.  You’ll find everything you need to feel at ease: a refrigerator, microwave, private bathroom, TV with VCR/DVD player, fireplace, wireless internet more.

Be mesmerized by the ebb and flow of the salty water along the Oregon coast and amazed by the stunning, panoramic view of the ever-changing sky above Lincoln City and the Pacific Ocean.  Make yourself at home and wake to a delicious breakfast

Just south of the Taft District of Lincoln City, Oregon, on the bank of Siletz Bay, sits Baywood Shores Bed and Breakfast.  Lincoln City offers 7 miles of sandy beach, fine dining, shopping, attractions and events.

Do you enjoy birding? It’s easy to spend hours identifying the varied birdlife that frequents Siletz Bay, including Great Grey Herons, Great White Herons, Eagles, Ospreys, a variety of ducks, and more. Harbor Seals can be seen just about every day swimming in or beaching on the banks at the mouth of Siletz Bay and the ocean.

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

wonderful hikes on the oregon coast

So many wonderful hikes on the Oregon Coast.  Here are but a few.  All 363 Miles of the Oregon Coast are free and open to the Public.  From agate covered beaches to lush rainforests to numerous hiking opportunities.  Whale Watching and Beach-combing.  Golfing or just be still and listening to the crashing waves.  How you explore it is entirely up to you.  Complete your visit with a stay at an Oregon Bed and Breakfast Member inn.  We invite you to visit the Oregon Coast, one of the 7 Wonders of Oregon

Cape Lookout is one of the best spots for watching the whales during their spring and fall migration

Cape Meares Hike takes your though a state park and a wildlife refuge and connects to the Cape Meares Lighthouse Trail.

Cascade Head Conservancy trail ~ spectacular views and is home to an endangered butterfly and at least 2 rare plants

Bayocean Spit Look Hike ~ a sand spit hike with great birdwatching

Nestucca Spit Loop Hike ~ a lovely bayshore hike leading into wonderful wooded strip of stunted, lichen-draped trees

Sand Lake – Cape Kiwanda Hike ~ a beach hike with excellent views of Cape Lookout and Haystack Rock

The Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild inns welcome you to the rugged and scenic Oregon Coast.  You can certainly inn hop from Astoria to Port Orford traveling the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway and stay at member inns along the way.  Select your inns, pack your hiking boots, grab your binoculars and be prepared to be dazzled by the abundance of wildlife and spectacular scenery on the Oregon Coast.

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.

Arch Cape Inn and Retreat ~ A Naturally Romantic Chateau near Cannon Beach, Oregon

Arch Cape Inn and Retreat has 10 well appointed rooms, all with private bathes and many with ensuite soaking tubs and gas fireplaces.  Quite a few of the rooms have Awesome Ocean Views.  Adjacent to Oregon’s rugged coast, there are many options for romantic adventurers to explore and discover all its natural wonders.  Interpretive trails give you the chance to walk the footsteps of the Lewis & Clark expedition.  World-class hiking trails lead to beaches, mountain overlooks and onto the historic Oregon Coast Trail. Old Growth forests give way to spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and the many creeks that meet it.

Long walks on the beach, after a relaxing morning at the Arch Cape Inn, delight beachcombers as they skirt the waves while tide pools await their discovery. Naturalists keep a watchful eye open for the many species of wildlife and birds that call Arch Cape, Oregon their home, as whale watchers spot migrating Gray, Sperm, Humpback and Orca Killer whales, during the winter and spring watching seasons.

After a long day of exploration, return to Arch Cape Inn, our Oregon Coast Bed and Breakfast, to find a warm fire, comfortable surroundings and delicious food and wine in a first class lodging experience that is more intimate than any hotel.

Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild is ready to share Oregon with you: it’s environment, culture, and heritage. Combine gracious hospitality with ambiance at an inspected and approved Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild member Inn.