Must-see hotels in Canada

  • Convent Inn

    Saskatchewan

    For a holier-than-thou sleeping experience, the Convent offers beds amid classic brickwork and beautiful hardwood floors. Built in 1939, this former high…

  • Fairmont Le Château Frontenac

    Québec City

    More than a hotel, the iconic Frontenac is Québec City's most enduring symbol. Its 611 rooms come in a dozen-plus categories. The coveted river-view rooms…

  • Skoki Lodge

    Banff National Park

    Built in 1931 and overlooking a glorious high mountain valley, Skoki was one of the Canadian Rockies' earliest backcountry lodges and remains one of the…

  • Free Spirit Spheres

    Vancouver Island

    When it comes to extravagantly unconventional accommodations, these three wooden spheres, handmade by owner-inventor Tom Chudleigh and suspended like…

  • HI Jasper

    Jasper Town & Around

    Jasper's 157-bed HI hostel, opened two blocks from downtown in 2019 to replace the aging Whistlers Mountain facility, is a gem. The sprawling lower level…

  • Fogo Island Inn

    Newfoundland & Labrador

    The Fogo Island Inn is a groundbreaking exploration of the concept of local sourcing. Everything in this place comes from at least as close as…

  • Wickaninnish Inn

    Tofino

    Cornering the market in luxury winter storm-watching packages, 'the Wick' is worth a stay any time of year. Embodying nature with its recycled-wood…

  • Mt Engadine Lodge

    Banff & Jasper National Parks

    You can’t get much more rural – or more peaceful – than this remote mountain lodge decorated with antler chandeliers and antique skis and snowshoes. Lodge…

  • Auberge St-Antoine

    Québec City

    Auberge St-Antoine is probably Québec's finest smaller hotel, with phenomenal service and endless amenities. The 95 plush and spacious rooms come with…

  • Le Monastère des Augustines

    Québec City

    Attached to the convent museum, this fabulous hostelry is the most atmospheric place to stay in Québec City. Choose among 32 'authentic' rooms (shared…

  • Moraine Lake Lodge

    Lake Louise

    The experience here is intimate, personal and private, and the service is famously good. While billed as rustic (ie no TVs), the rooms and cabins offer…

  • Lord Elgin Hotel

    Ottawa

    In one of Ottawa's finest locations, the stately Lord Elgin was built in 1941 in a similar, but less grandiose, style to Toronto's Fairmont Royal York…

  • Fairmont Château Laurier

    Ottawa

    By the Ottawa Locks, the city's best-known hotel is a landmark in its own right. Built in 1912 to resemble a 16th-century French château, its 426 rooms…

  • Rosemount Inn

    Kingston

    Enjoy a decadent stay at this former dry-goods merchant's home in a historic district. Built in 1850, the massive stone, Tuscan-style villa has been…

  • Fairholm National Historic Inn

    Charlottetown

    Always hankered to stay in a museum? Well, the Fairholm can oblige, with a gorgeous selection of rooms inside a stunning, bay-windowed period inn dating…

  • Union Bank Inn

    Edmonton

    This posh boutique hotel on Jasper Ave, in a former bank building dating from 1910, is an upscale masterpiece. With just 40 rooms, the staff will be at…

  • Prince of Wales Hotel

    Southern Alberta

    With a Hogwarts-like setting on a wind-buffeted bluff overlooking Upper Waterton Lake, the grand Prince of Wales blends Swiss-style architecture with the…

  • HI Calgary City Centre

    Calgary

    Clean, comfortable and pleasant, this helpful hostel is one of the only options for budget-minded travelers downtown, with fairly standard bunk rooms and…

  • Canmore Clubhouse

    Canmore

    Steeped in climbing history and mountain mystique, the Alpine Club of Canada's beautiful hostel sits on a rise 5km east of town, with stellar views of the…

  • Blachford Lake Lodge

    Yellowknife

    This excellent wilderness lodge sits on a pristine lake a half-hour floatplane flight from Yellowknife. It's a stunning spot to get away from it all,…

  • Ocean Island Inn

    Victoria

    The kind of hostel that’ll make you want to become a backpacker (again), the Ocean is a fabulous blitz of sharp color accents, global travel memorabilia…

  • Au Clos Rolland

    Ste-Adèle

    Hidden in an otherwise-undistinguished neighborhood, this sprawling 1904 mansion surrounded by vast grassy lawns is an absolute gem. The public spaces…

  • Drake Hotel

    Toronto

    Art is everywhere in this flophouse turned boutique hotel. Other hotels have rooms; the Drake has 'crash pads, dens, salons' and a rockin' little suite,…

  • Skwachàys Lodge

    Gastown & Chinatown

    The 18 small but elegantly designed rooms at this sparkling First Nations art hotel include the captivating Forest Spirits Suite, with floor-to-ceiling…

  • Sunset Inn & Suites

    Vancouver

    A good-value cut above most of Vancouver's self-catering suite hotels, the popular Sunset Inn offers larger-than-average rooms with kitchens. Each has a…

  • Victorian Hotel

    Vancouver

    The high-ceilinged rooms at this well-maintained heritage hotel combine glossy hardwood floors, a sprinkling of antiques, an occasional bay window and…

  • Trout Point Lodge

    Nova Scotia

    Situated at the edge of the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, this fabulously luxurious forest lodge offers a taste of the wild blended with old-fashioned country…

  • Nita Lake Lodge

    Whistler

    Adjoining the handsome Creekside railway station, this chic timber-framed lodge offers 'suites' rather than mere rooms, the smallest of which is an ample…

  • Black Rock Oceanfront Resort

    Vancouver Island

    Ucluelet's fanciest hotel feels like a transplant from Tofino. Set dramatically on the Pacific waterfront and painted the same gray hue as the rocks, it…

  • Deer Lodge

    Lake Louise

    Tucked demurely behind Chateau Lake Louise, historic Deer Lodge dates from the 1920s and has managed to keep its genuine alpine feel intact. The rustic…

  • Crown Mansion

    Vancouver Island

    The effortlessly regal Crown Mansion is easily worthy of its name. Dating from 1914, this country hotel mixes modern comforts with handsome historical…

  • La Marquise de Bassano

    Québec City

    The congenial owners have done a beautiful job with this welcoming family home dating from 1888, outfitting its five rooms with thoughtful touches,…

  • Tekarra Lodge

    Jasper Town & Around

    In business since 1947, these cabins – some of the most atmospheric in the park – sit 1km south of town near the Athabasca River amid tall trees and…

  • M Montreal

    Montréal

    One of Québec's best hostels, M Montreal makes an excellent base while exploring the city. Dorms are nicely outfitted like Japanese sleeping pods, with…

  • Abigail’s Hotel

    Victoria

    A boutique hotel with the ambience of a B&B, the historic, regal and faintly English Abigail’s is Victoria’s most Victorian accommodations despite the…

  • Fairmont Banff Springs

    Banff Town

    Rising like a Gaelic Balmoral above the trees at the base of Sulphur Mountain and visible from miles away, the Banff Springs is a wonder of early 1920s…

  • Gladstone Hotel

    Toronto

    The 37 artist-designed rooms at this trendsetting hotel could have leaped straight from a Taschen design book. Pick a room theme, then when you arrive…

  • Patricia Lake Bungalows

    Jasper Town & Around

    Reminiscent of an earlier era, this charming assemblage of bungalows sits placidly at the end of a dead-end road on the shores of lovely Patricia Lake,…

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