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 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver: Vancouver's landmark of old world class
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 Our suite at the Fairmont
Hotel Vancouver by Carmanah, 4 more photos
I've always admired this hotel as a local resident. The architecture alone brings out the cameras. While I had attended a Christmas party here once and have had drinks in its luxurious lobby, I had never stayed here before. That was, until a Friday night in April 2005.
My boyfriend's company was throwing a corporate party at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver's "Roof" lounge on a Friday night. As a treat, he decided to book a room for us at the hotel for one night, even though we live a few blocks away! The Hotel Vancouver has always been fairy-tale like to me... and it was a dream come true to stay there!
We first checked in in the early evening. We stayed in a smoking suite on the 3rd floor facing the courtyard. As soon as we walked in, we realized this suite was larger than our apartment! We appreciated the old world beauty of the room quickly, and then went down to the main floor for dinner.
The lobby of the Hotel Vancouver has several choices. There's the 900 West Lounge, which is pretty upscale and adult-oriented. It has a full menu, a tapas menu, and a lengthy drink list. We had been there before, so I suggested checking out Griffins, their full menu sit-down restaurant.
The staff at the Hotel Vancouver provide excellent customer service! Their customer service is better than most hotels I've stayed at in my past. Everyone I spoke to was warm, friendly, and offered help if we needed it. . Even housekeeping in the morning, when she realized that we were still in our room, welcomed us with a "good morning!", and then offered to get us more coffee for our insuite coffee maker!
Inside the suite was decored with an old English style. There was dark wood furniture, luxrious armchairs, armoires, cabinets and tables. There was a large dresser with many drawers - ideal if you were staying longer.
The weekend newspaper (Globe & Mail) was hung on our door in a nice black cloth bag on Friday night so that on Saturday morning, we'd have something to read. There was a large, spacious, swing-door closet by the front door with hangers, an iron, and an ironing board.
In the bathroom were terry-cloth robes, with an assortment of good-quality bath products.
A nice touch was the French doors dividing the bedroom from the living room - it was quite spatious!
All people staying in the hotel have access to the gym and the rooftop swimming pool and courtyard. Our suite had two windows looking out to this swimming pool, and it looked quite nice!
For people on business, they actually provide quiet office spaces for those that want to work outside of their hotel suites.
Our room also had 2 TV's, a mini fridge with wet bar, and a tempting basket of snacks. Room service also had a tempting menu!
If you're looking to splurge a little on a vintage hotel in the most central location of downtown Vancouver where you can walk to most of the city's attractions, the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver would be my choice! Theme: HotelComparison: more expensive than averageDirections: In the heart of downtown Vancouver on the south side of Georgia Street between Burrard and Hornby.Website: http://www.fairmont.com/
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| Fairmont Hotel Vancouver: There are lots of places to...
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There are lots of places to stay in Vancouver in lots of price ranges - if you have the bucks, my favorite hotel is the Hotel Vancouver - it was built in the 1930's, and is Vancouver's Grande Dame hotel - very elegant, european style service, antique furnishings...everything you'd expect from an old world hotel.
Not sure, but it's a 4 diamond (maybe 5) hotel, so it costs accordingly
You could spend the weekend here and never leave the hotel - it has a first class spa and pool area, two great restaurants and beautiful lounge, and one of the most beautiful ballrooms in Vancouver. Theme: HotelComparison: more expensive than averageDirections: In the heart of downtown at Georgia and Burrard - walking distance from Robson St (Vancouver's Rodeo Drive), and both main Entertainment areas (Granville street, and Gastown)Other Contact: 604-684-3131
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| Fairmont Hotel Vancouver: July 4th 2005
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I am from los angeles and I just returned and stayed at fairmont hotel vancouver on the gold floor using my aaa membership i called hotel and booked it directly after i had all the expedia , travelocity, etc prices. I got the best deal and the very best service. the hotel is in a great central location. dennis and tracey - your personal conceirges are excellent. the hotel dog - a lab golden mix named mavis is sweet, gentle and friendly. dennis the gold floor manager is the dogs custodian. on the gold floor you get complimentary newspaper, continental breakfast, and happy hour snacks at cocktail hour plus light deserts throughout the day. you just pay for cocktails. a very pleasant personalized experience thanks to the gold floor personnel. by the way we saw robin williams on the floor when we were there with his dog mabel. the hotel is very pet friendly as is the fairmont waterfront with mavis's half sister lab standing guard. we checked out the gold floor at the waterfront and it is a little more modern with similiar rooms and a very courteous friendly concierge lady there who i forgot her name. basically if you are going to fairmont book gold floor!
i also recommend wedgewood. we had a very friendly fellow show us a room and it was nice with a balcony. the bacchus lounge in the wedgewood is very close to fairmont hotel vancouver right down the streeet and it has open windows right on the street. nice spot for a class of wine. the dinner was good too. we stayed at pan pacific and used the same method to book a room ther for an excellent deal. we negoited free buffet breakfast and gym for three days. the buffet is 28.50 a person. i think we payed 299 canadian at fairmont and 297 at pan pacific. we scouted out the opus but is was not exactly what we were looking for.... so i would suggest fairmont waterfront gold floor and have drinks at bacchus, dinner at aqua something acroos the street, rent bikes and ride to granville island, dinner at brix was excellent and cheaper then bluewater cafe.... bluewater was good but expensive. innsbrook? bc red wine was very good, granville pale ale and cream pale ale was fantastic, joe fortes was okay, sandbar at granville food was very good, gas town is dirty and if you walk to far east and south it is dangerous even in the daytime drug users, alcholics, homeless... very sketchy. we rode bikes through chinatown but did not stop but it is open markets and stores selling stuff and food. rent bikes at denman bike shop the one in the middle of the street it 1/3 price of the one on the corner.
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