Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

If you've got the money...

Fancy...

OK, I'm usually a Comfort Inn type of guy, which means this hotel was overwhelming. The service was fantastic - check-in was quick, and they helped me with some of the currency exchange questions I had. Our room was on the 10th floor, and although it was very clean, the quarters felt a little cramped. Cleaning service was top notch. There are a few places to eat on site, but they're a little on the upscale side. Workout facilities were decent. Valet parking is available if you have a car for about $20 a day. Admittedly, a little too fancy for someone like me, who generally stay someplace a little more economical.

July 4th 2005

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!

Unique Quality: 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.

A Retreat Destination

After a week in this hotel, I was relaxed, pampered, and a little less affluent. But every minute was worth it: the restaurants are good, the health facilities exceptional for a hotel, and the service by staff is outstanding! My only quarrel was with the spotty internet access, but a complaint to the front desk staff motivated them to remove the charge from my bill.

Unique Quality: Great spa services: one of the best massages and manicures I've ever had. Physical fitness and sauna were outstanding for a hotel!

~HOTEL VANCOUVER~

Unique Quality: Hotel History The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is one of the unique railway hotels built across Canada by the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways.

The construction of Hotel Vancouver took 11 years, including a 5 year hiatus during the Great Depression. The project was started by CN Rail and was completed in joint partnership with Canadian Pacific Railway. The grand opening took place in 1939, just prior to the Royal visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Interesting Facts
The hotel is the third hotel to be named "Hotel Vancouver".
The hotel cost $12 million to build.
The renovation in the 90's cost $70 million.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average

Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Photo: The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

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For expensive tastes....

I only saw it from the outside, but it looks so beautiful that i´m sure that in the inside it must be great!!!, just see the picture

• Opinion of Price: N/A

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Fairmont's Best

The Hotel Vancouver, run by Fairmont, is one of the most posh hotels in the downtown core. The annual UBC engineering ball always was held here, and it was a great event.

Unique Quality: Great location.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average

Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Photo: The Hotel Vancouver

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CPR Group of Hotels

HOTEL VANCOUVER.

Jan. - Apr. : C$190.
May - Oct. : C$250.
Nov. - Dec. : C$200.

I stayed for one night in...

I stayed for one night in this hotel during my employer's corporate New Years Eve party held in one of the classy Ballrooms. The hotel is very nice, with three excellent restaurants, a piano lounge and 2 upper-income bars/cocktail lounges.

Unique Quality: They have swimming pool, sun deck and patio, whirlpool and a full range of exercise equipment.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average

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