Canada Tour / Banff

The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
The famous Banff Springs Hotel in the heart of Banff National Park, is a landmark in the Alpine town of Banff. It has been called Canada's "Castle in the Rockies" for more than 130 years.
The hotel is a former railway hotel of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) .
The hotel burned down in 1926 and was replaced by a new building in 1928. In the late 1960s, the hotel was winterised and could then be opened all year round.
Under the name Banff Springs Hotel, the hotel was added to the register of the National Historic Site of Canada in 1988.