Sunday, June 12, 2005

The Empress


On another side of the Victoria harbour is the beautiful Empress Hotel. Posted by Hello

Posted by Eclecta at 10:02 PM

2 comments:

MrGantri said...

That is a very nice looking building. Was there a lot of other nice sites out there?

11:58 PM
Eclecta said...

Hi Gantri, thanks for stopping by! :)

As a matter of fact, downtown Victoria has some very nice architecture. The parliament buildings are just around the corner from the Empress Hotel, and they are beautiful. There are also some much newer buildings around the downtown/harbour area, but they have done an excellent job of blending the old with the new.

You may also be interested to learn that the Empress Hotel is one of a chain of hotels that was built across Canada by Canadian Pacific. These hotels (such as the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City and the Royal York Hotel in Toronto) share similar architecture and sumptuous decor with the Empress. All were built to offer high-end accommodations to the people travelling along the (then-)new cross-Canada railway.

For more info:

http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHistory/0,2992,nav%253D7%2526entity%25255Fvalue%253D100126%2526property%25255Fseq%253D100126%2526entity%25255Fkey%253Dproperty%25255Fseq,00.html
http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHistory/0,1142,nav%253D7%2526entity%25255Fvalue%253D100102%2526property%25255Fseq%253D100102%2526entity%25255Fkey%253Dproperty%25255Fseq,00.html
http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHistory/0,1142,nav%253D7%2526entity%25255Fvalue%253D100100%2526property%25255Fseq%253D100100%2526entity%25255Fkey%253Dproperty%25255Fseq,00.html
http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHistory/0,1142,nav%253D7%2526entity%25255Fvalue%253D100128%2526property%25255Fseq%253D100128%2526entity%25255Fkey%253Dproperty%25255Fseq,00.html

:)

Cynthia

6:29 AM

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