This year we are hosting a very casual Mother’s Day Weekend, where our entire staff will be waiting to create a wonderful weekend experience, complete with a beautiful brunch presentation each morning and a Wine and Cider Appetizer Hour every afternoon.

Let us do the work, while Mom can rest and enjoy being waited on hand and foot for the entire weekend.

Can’t think of that last minute gift?

Surely, a special stay at our Castle on the Coast will make any Mom feel like the Queen she is!

This community-wide festival features food, wine and arts events all over town! There will be six main wine tasting events, showcasing Northwest wines.

Arch Cape Inn is the prefect place for you to stay while in Cannon Beach. Our intimate and beautiful property is just the place for couples or a groups of friends to come and enjoy the Savor Cannon Beach Food & Wine Festival.

Wine Tasting Events

The Thursday Night Throwdown is the opening event for the weekend. Participants taste twelve wines (two of each varietal) and choose their favorites. The Battle of the Blends features four red and four white wine blends from the Northwest.

What’s That Varietal? is a blind tasting, a fun challenge that also educates participants to identify the varietals. There will also be a seminar on pairing food and wine.

Enjoy the best of Northwest food and wine at Savor Cannon Beach, March 7-10

Saturday is the Savor Cannon Beach Wine Walk. This is a superb way to enjoy wine, be safe and observe the beautiful scenery. The Wine Walk features over 30 Northwest wineries pouring tastings at Cannon Beach art galleries, restaurants and retail shops, all within easy waking distance in this compact beach community. So put on some comfortable shoes and join us for a great day on the Oregon Coast!

Culinary Events and Specials

Cannon Beach restaurants host special wine dinners and pairing menus throughout the festival. Other businesses organize a Tasting Tour, featuring free or low-cost tastings, ranging from chocolates to specialty salts. Local shops and galleries host their own events and specials over the course of the weekend.

Savor Cannon Beach Ticket Information

Festival events are limited in size in order to promote an intimate setting. Only around 100 tickets are available for tasting events and 500 tickets for the Saturday wine walk. There are two options for purchasing advance tickets for Savor Cannon Beach. Participants may purchase Festival Tickets which offer admission to all six of the festival’s official tasting events and seminars over the four days, including the Savor Cannon Beach Wine Walk. Or you may purchase tickets for just the Wine Walk on Saturday, March 9. Festival Tickets are priced at $119 each and are limited to a total of 100. Tickets for just the Wine Walk are $30 and you may purchase either ticket below using the Savor Cannon Beach website.

Pet Friendly Lodging on the Oregon Coast

Bring your four-legged friend to our B&B for a spring break

For us, the return of Spring means we are bringing our dogs back out to the beach and the park. If you are also a dog owner (or dog parent, as they say these days) our Cannon Beach B&B is pet friendly and the perfect place for you and your pooch to spend a spring break! We have three pet-friendly rooms; each has tiled floors and special bedding for your furry friend. Pet friendly rooms also have their own exterior, ground-floor entrance, so that pets can easily come and go from the comfort of your room.

Birding around Cannon Beach

If you’re not a dog person, perhaps something less intruding like birding interests you. There are lots of great places to see birds around the coast, especially sea birds, of course.  Here are some of the spots we think are best:

South Jetty, Columbia River. Parking lot C has a viewing tower (use binoculars or spotting scope) where you can witness sea birds, some of the river estuary and grassy hummocks, hunting grounds for raptors and home to sparrows. Parking lot D has viewing bunker overlooking tidal flats where you can see many kinds of ducks and shorebirds.

Ecola State Park.  From the viewpoint: pelagic and shore birds. Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons nest in the park and can often be seen hunting sea birds here. You cal get a good view of Bird Rocks with a scope.

Bird Rocks. Speaking of Bird Rocks…this is the nesting site for approximately 28,000 Common Murres each year. When the birds are nesting it looks like the rocks have a flattop haircut!

We know about lots of other great ways for you to spend your spring break holiday – just ask!

If you’ve been planning to propose to your loved one, we would like to give you some location suggestions where she (or he!) just won’t be able to say no.

Hug Point: Just south of Cannon Beach, this little wayside gives you easy access to the beach. North of the parking area you can still walk along the original trail carved into the point by stagecoaches. The wayside was named after the stargecoach route because it hugs the point. Looking further north, Haystack Rock, one of the most identifiable landmarks along the coastline, is easily visible.

Ecola State Park: As you leave the parking area, you’re traveling under the shade of the towering spruce trees until you suddenly emerge upon a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean. Be sure to have your ring ready! The stunning view will make the moment all the more magical.

The Top of the Astoria Column: The Astoria Column, which is over 80 years old, is a beloved landmark of the Pacific Northwest Coast. It is located in a wooded area, 600 feet above sea level on Coxcomb Hill in the town of Astoria (about 30 miles north of our inn). This also happens to be Oregon’s highest point, which makes the view astonishing. Majestic views of the countryside around Astoria, the great Pacific Ocean to the west and the Columbia River to the north are visible. Snow-capped volcanoes of the Cascade Range rise to the east and Saddle Mountain pierces the sky on the southern horizon.

While high above the ground, sweep your lover off her feet for Valentine’s day! Then, reward yourself for making it to the top of the Column with a delicious Northwest dinner.

We want to relieve your stressed and hectic lifestyle with a romantic couple’s retreat on the Oregon Coast.

Come and visit the Arch Cape Inn for a Valentine’s getaway.

Don’t worry – it doesn’t have to be over Valentine’s weekend! We provide all kinds of add-ons to a stay at our romantic bed and breakfast for any time you find a few days to escape to the picturesque Cannon Beach area.

Celebrating a birthday? Or another special occasion?  We can have champagne and roses waiting in your room when you arrive.

Our Tranquility package is perfect for a couple celebrating an anniversary – A chilled bottle of your choice of champagne, wine, cider or freshly steeped organic tea will wait in your room along with sliced fresh fruit.

Take advantage of our large, jetted Jacuzzi tub with a lavender, herbal or orange blossom aroma therapy bubble bath amenity basket. We will decorate the tub with an orchid or bamboo arrangement.

Nothing feels better during the winter than cuddling in front of the fire with the one you love.

We also love to host couples on their honeymoon!

Enjoy a romantic 60 minute couple’s massage here at the Inn or at the Cannon Beach Spa. (The best rooms for in-room massage are Tuscan Spa, Tower, and Tapestry.) We will leave champagne, wine or cider and two roses waiting for you by the fire and deliver a gourmet breakfast for two in the morning, so you can have breakfast en suite!

We hope you will choose to celebrate a special occasion, like a babymoon, here at our Cannon Beach bed and breakfast,and that you will feel rejuvenated by-the-sea, by-the-sea, by-the-beautiful-sea!

With the Holiday Season behind us and Valentine‘s just around the corner, winter on the Oregon coast continues to bring us wild and wonderful opportunities to share in romance and adventure with the one you love right here at the Arch Cape Inn.

Passion is the backdrop for the entire month of February, where we can help you celebrate your love in style….warm and cozy rooms, fireplaces and lots of goodies to make your stay even more special….sparkling cider, wine, champagne, roses and chocolate, in-room massages, hot soaking baths and romantic breakfasts for two at your own morning table.

In one of the most romantic places on the Oregon Coast, the Inn is the perfect place to propose….this being one of our specialties……helping to plan the perfect opportunity to ‘pop the question’ using our extensive knowledge of the area to help you create just the right moment to express your love.

And, opportunities abound, which reflect the passion and romance of the moment as also expressed in our majestic natural surroundings.

Wild Winter storms, the pounding ocean framed by Old Growth Forests, dramatic cliffs, caves and waterfalls all make for an incredible backdrop to share special moments with that special someone.

With many short hikes very near the inn, one of our favorites is a 30 minute drive up the road to the point where 3 currents converge and the majestic Columbia River meets the mighty Pacific Ocean on the South Jetty……a sight seen from a viewing platform that will literally take your breath away.

So, let us help you take your breath away for Valentine‘s Day….all month long at the Arch Cape Inn.

Romantic New Years Oregon Getaways, planned by your Bed and Breakfast Innkeeper

We love to help couples de-stress. In fact, the winter months here on the Oregon coast is a perfect time for couples to find a weekend for themselves. Rates are cheaper, kids are in school, streets and restaurants are quieter. These factors can help you find time and means to get away and focus on each other while you are away. Plus, if you never leave the room during a dark and wet Oregon weekend, you don’t have any guilt. ;)

Our luxurious Cannon Beach lodging is perfect for your Oregon Coast wedding, honeymoon, anniversary or romantic getaway.

Just one call to us and we can set up a romantic special getaway in order to help you reconnect, relax and rejuvenate. No thinking involved! Want something romantic to do for New Year’s? Just call us with a budget and perhaps an idea about something special you want do during your stay at our Cannon beach bed and breakfast.

Do you have a sore back from staring at the computer all day at work? Try an in-room massage. Make it a couples massage for double the fun!

Trying to show your wife, partner or girlfriend that they’re still the only one in your heart? Let us chill the champagne and cut the roses. They will be waiting in your room for when you arrive.

Need a date night? We can make dinner reservations and acquire tickets to special events.

Every day, wonderful food comes your way. First, a three course breakfast is served to you every morning. In the afternoon, wine and appetizers appear. The food is warm and ready for you, while dirty dishes magically disappear.

Please allow us to make at least one weekend this winter a special memory for you and your partner to share. It’s our pleasure.

Cannon Beach Lodging with an Ocean View

Since the weather might play up, we recommend picking one of our bed and breakfast rooms with an ocean view. Some of our favorites are the Ginger, Gauguin and Parisian, although you can watch the sea from the majority of our rooms.

Avoid the Crowds

As a writer for the Dallas Morning News put it: “Trade in the shorts and flip flops for rubber boots and rain gear,” and an off-season weekend in Cannon Beach will be unlike any other ‘beach vacation’ you’ve taken. Prices drop, parking is easier and townspeople (including innkeepers!) have more time to talk with you.

Get to know Cannon Beach like a Local

The beauty of the Oregon coast does not diminish, despite the time of year. Photo courtesy of 2D Photography.

“In winter, it’s a different town,” say many residents and business owners. After a summer that can attract 10,000 people a day, the town becomes nice and quiet.

But many of the attractions that bring tourists to Cannon Beach during the summer months can be enjoyed during this time of year as well. Dramatic ocean scenery, hiking trails through towering evergreen forests and neighborhoods filled with boutiques, bookstores and art galleries do not disappear after Labor Day!

Many business owners, as happy as we are to have brisk business, look forward to the fall as a time when we can ease back into living in a small town with a population of 1,700.

A Room with a Fireplace

Wait out storms with a blazing fireplace to keep you cozy. Need a break from life? Busy summer vacations rarely afford a lot of down time. So parents and couples, take an affordable weekend getaway to Cannon beach and get to know each other again by firelight, with the sound of rain pattering on your window. See our couple’s special at the bottom of our Cannon Beach activities page (use link above).

We hope you might consider a winter vacation to the Oregon Coast. It will be different than what you expect.

A map of all the beaches along the coastline near Cannon Beach. See Ecola State Park at the top.

Ecola State Park offers year-round recreation for adventurers and more casual visitors as well. There are picnic benches so you can enjoy a meal or a hot thermos of coffee with an ocean view. Along with stunning vistas, Ecola State Park has many miles of trails. One of the newest trails, the Clatsop Loop trail, is an interpretive trail you that gives you the chance to walk in the footsteps of Native Americans and Capt. Clark’s men.

The Clatsop Loop trail is the same route that native Americans used during the winter months, when canoe travel up and down the coastline was too dangerous.

The trail actually begins north of Ecola State Park at Indian Beach, although hiking trails connect one beach to the next. The Clatsop loop is 2.5 miles and it leads you to the hiker’s camp just inland from Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Viewpoint. The way down is an old gravel road. You return via a narrow hiking path.

While this is just one new trail along our coastline, we know many beautiful routes and would love to share them with you. Hopefully, we can find just the right trail for you – whether you need something not too steep, something with ocean views or a more challenging hike that would take you most of the day, we probably know the place. Customized and committed service – another perk of staying at a Cannon Beach bed and breakfast!

Storm watchers gather along the Northwest coast once the air becomes chilly and nights get long, wanting to witness water’s relentless assaults on terra firma. Some prefer to watch the crashing waves from a toasty-warm ocean view B&B room or grab a spot at a coastal restaurant that offers window seating for storm watching.  Others venture outdoors to get a first hand feel for this amazing weather experience.

The Tillamook Lighthouse is a quick 20 minute drive from our B&B

To help make it easier for you, we are offering a Winter Storm Watching Special starting on Nov. 1. Make sure to check back to see the details!

Words of Wisdom: Storm watching is a spectator sport. Always stay a safe distance away from the ocean. Do not climb or hike on wet slippery rocks. We recommend warm beverages and a cozy room with large windows.

We have several luxury rooms at our Cannon Beach bed and breakfast with outstanding ocean views that would provide a beautiful setting for watching nature’s fury and power.

Advantages to Visiting the Oregon Coast at Winter

• Fewer people
• Lower prices for lodging
• You are likely to see a spectacular winter storm
• Less traffic on the roads
• Two for one specials

After a storm is the best time to find treasure on the beach. Beachcombing for agates, shells, petrified wood, and glass floats is lots of fun. Your chance of finding a glass float now is better than ever since coastal communities began “seeding” the beaches with them.