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Offering elegance alongside a familiar welcoming ambience, Canada\u2019s landmark hotels and resorts are poised to host us once more.<\/p>\n

When Ernest Hemingway rolled into Paris with the Allied forces retaking France in 1944, the first place the swaggering war correspondent set out to \u201cliberate\u201d personally was the H\u00f4tel Ritz, a favourite haunt of his going back to the 1920s. Upon arriving at the legendary Place Vend\u00f4me retreat, however, he was told that the Germans had long since departed \u2014 and also that he couldn\u2019t bring the firearm he was carrying onto the premises. Nonplussed, he reportedly returned the weapon to his Jeep and made for the bar inside, where he famously racked up a tab for dozens of dry martinis.<\/p>\n

Hemingway\u2019s excesses aside, his desire to restake his claim to a treasured hotel after a lengthy absence is one that many of us can relate to right now. As much of the world emerges, in fits and starts, from a year or so of forced hibernation, the march through an echoing lobby to an oversized suite offering 24-hour room service sounds pretty good. To be sure, the trendy and new will always have their place, but it\u2019s hotels combining luxury, familiarity and a comforting sense of permanence that are likely to resonate with the widest swath of travellers over the next while. Canada has a wealth of such old-school charmers within its borders, from urban grande dames, such as the Ritz-Carlton Montreal and Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, to coastal and mountain resorts as gorgeous as their natural settings.<\/p>\n

Even committed scenemakers are ready to check in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cI love Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta,\u201d says Allen Chan, a co-founder of DesignAgency, a Toronto-based design studio internationally renowned for its ultra-contemporary hospitality spaces. \u201cYou just cannot beat its location, the view of the lake, its breathtaking surroundings. When I get back there, what I look forward to doing most is some real skiing. I\u2019ve been stuck here in Southern Ontario for too long!\u201d<\/p>\n

Pamela Mullinger in the East Coast can relate. When the media exec in New Brunswick and her British-born husband, Ian, need a break from running the acclaimed magazine EDIT<\/em>, they bundle their young family off to The Algonquin Resort, a sprawling 132-year-old pleasure palace in the picturesque town of St. Andrews-by-the-Sea. Among the Algonquin\u2019s draws are a full-service day spa, an 18-hole golf course with panoramic views of the surrounding seascape, and an indoor pool replete with outdoor water slide accessible via an ornate spiral staircase.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWe love the Algonquin as a family getaway as much as we do taking our office team there for Christmas celebrations,\u201d says Mullinger, who helped launch the award-winning Monocle <\/em>magazine brand in London before returning to Canada seven years ago. \u201cI grew up in New Brunswick and have been familiar with the resort since I was a child. When friends visit from England, we make it a point to go and stay there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Of course, nostalgia alone doesn\u2019t account for repeat visits. Many of Canada\u2019s best heritage properties go to great pains to remain fresh, alluring and modern. In the case of the Algonquin, an extensive two-year renovation completed in 2014 \u2014 when it became the first Canadian hotel to be included in Marriott\u2019s Autograph Collection of independent upscale properties \u2014 resulted in a major overhaul of its 233 rooms and suites. At the same time, the resort\u2019s new executive chef, James May, is doing \u201ca fabulous job\u201d in the kitchen, Mullinger points out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Meanwhile, Fairmont Le Ch\u00e2teau Montebello \u2014 the rustic-style resort in the Outaouais region in western Quebec, often described as the biggest log cabin in the world \u2014 hasn\u2019t rested on its laurels either. To mark its 90th birthday in 2020, this landmark all-seasons retreat, which was, until 1970, a private club for the international rich and famous (among its members were Lester Pearson, Princess Grace of Monaco and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands), undertook a $17.5-million refurbishment of its guestrooms and lobby. All of the updated rooms plus 14 new suites were unveiled last year, while renovations to the public areas will continue post-pandemic. A new wilderness-inspired kids\u2019 playground \u2014 one of the many outdoor amenities across 120-plus hectares of old-growth forest, hiking paths and ski trails \u2014 also opened in June this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we reclaim our social lives, the isolation that individuals collectively experienced has created a real desire to reconnect to our most grounding factors \u2014 community and a strong sense of place and time,\u201d notes Jennifer S\u00e9guin, director of marketing at Fairmont Royal York.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In the past, when Canada hosted international events, it had often done so in its landmark hotels. The first G7 Summit on Canadian soil, for instance, took place at Le Ch\u00e2teau Montebello in 1981, and two subsequent gatherings, in 2010 and 2018, were held respectively at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., and at Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu in La Malbaie, Quebec. Now, it\u2019s Canadians themselves who\u2019ll be flocking to their own resorts\u2019 elegant lobbies, sumptuous suites and breathtaking natural settings, says S\u00e9guin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Personally, I\u2019m here for it. I plan on hitting Fairmont Royal York Toronto\u2019s spectacular new lobby bar, inaugurated only a few months before Covid-19 took hold, as frequently as I can. Anchored by a soaring double-height clock tower, the retro-chic spot, called Clockwork, was reimagined by New York City-based Rockwell Group as an ode to rail travel past (transit hub Union Station is across the street) and features Pullman-car-style banquettes.<\/p>\n

While I won\u2019t be ordering dozens of dry martinis \u00e0 la Hemingway, I will raise a glass (or two) to the undisputed queen of Toronto hotels. And I\u2019ll be thankful, as I have been in the past, that it\u2019s in my hometown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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By Danny Sinopoli –  *This article originally appeared in INSIGHT: The Art of Living | Fall 2021<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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