Windsor Hotel

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  • Address
    Square Dorchester, 1170 rue Peel, Downtown
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  • Phone
    393 3588
  • Transport
    underground rail: Peel

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Lonely Planet review

The palatial Windsor was Canada's first grand hotel (1878) and played host to all manner of international guests and celebrities, including Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and John F Kennedy, to name a few. The original Windsor had six restaurants and 382 sumptuous guestrooms, but a fire that devastated the hotel in 1957 left only the annex, the portion still standing today.

The ballrooms are rented for receptions and filmsets - scenes from The Jackal with actor Bruce Willis were shot here. You can stroll down the magnificent main hall, Peacock Alley, and peek at the vast wooden dancefloors, chandeliers and high windows that recall turn-of-the-century splendor.