Thursday, July 10, 2014

Fancy hotel, dinner and a show

Yesterday, we had about a two-hour tour of Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel by a lad in plaid.  We saw and learned a lot.

Starting in 1911, a wholly new structure was built in stages to replace the 1888 hotel. The original Shingle style-influenced wooden structure was replaced with a new building of concrete and faced with stone, and now insulated for year-round use.  It is beautiful, but a tad pricey to stay here:P1230021

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The gang thoroughly enjoyed our dinner and entertainment of “Oh Canada Eh.”

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Today is our last day in Banff, so we are soaking up some more of this beautiful scenery…at a higher elevation.

Having a fine time.  WYWH, y’all!

5 comments:

Sandee said...

A tad pricy? 589.00 to 689.00 per night. That's more than a tad. I just had to look. It's a beautiful place though.

Have a fabulous day honey. Big hugs to you and tons of scritches to the babies. ♥♥♥

Haley D. said...

More than a tad indeed! Once again, thanks for taking us along for the ride! I hope you'll be able to go to Maligne Canyon & Lake.

Jean(ie) said...

My friends are there today. They just posted the view from their room. Totally breathtaking!!!!

Enjoy!

Empress Bee (of the high sea) said...

but it certainly is beautiful!

smiles, bee
oxoxxoxoxo

Barb said...

I can appreciate the beauty but way too fancified for me! And they probably don't even have towel animals.

Enjoy! big hugs xoxo