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Victoria's Empress Hotel

To single out in Canada with the Queen's Hotel, temperament, but the end does is, it may be to Victoria's Empress Hotel experience under the Queen's Castle, United Kingdom.

In Canada, if you ask the taxi driver is Canada's most famous hotels, the answer to the fundamental similarity: Fairmont.

As Canada's landmark hotel group, and Canada is inseparable from the history of the construction of a railway, and therefore takes up a place at the right time and people. Fairmont Hotels across Canada and around the world, most of the hotel group is a castle-like elegant is famous for its ancient architecture, the hotel location is also a selection of the most charming landscapes or downtown Centre, guests can wander among them explore local distinctive cultural characteristics.

Name Victoria noise

In British Columbia, Victoria, the capital find most Queen temperament of hotel, taxi driver that errand, looked at him surprised eyes, thought I articulate the problem, the driver shook me directly to the beauty of the city harbour of Fairmont Empress Hotel (Fairmont Empress Hotel), finally said: Anyone who doesnrsquo; t know this is The Empress shouldnrsquo; t be staying here.

(Do not know the Empress Hotel is not the stay in Victoria). Glad he didn't directly I get off this uninvited, Empress Hotel smattering, but didn't expect it to have been so popular.

This hotel was opened in 1908 by the Empress Hotel because the name architect Francis-Rui's Bo Rui masterpiece and make it the most magnificent Castle Canada building.

100 years ago, United Kingdom, Victoria Peak, colonial Victoria City British Columbia, which also considered United Kingdom Queen Crown Diamond. In order to highlight the Royal temperament, the city has planned into the English style, the Empress Hotel was named for. Hotel original 116 rooms in two expanded to now of 416 rooms, Walnut coloured hardwood flooring, complex knitted carpet and velvet Chair-Phnom Penh carved wooden chair, porch hanging United Kingdom Royal photos. It seems that the driver did not open the wrong place, this has been the world celebrities and the Royal family's Hotel head-on, I was in Victoria City destinations.

Empress Hotel is magnificent

English afternoon tea

100 years ago, the United Kingdom to traditional afternoon tea culture to British Columbia, followed by afternoon tea became important practices here.

Traditional afternoon tea in addition to the unique allocation of tea, tea of seasonal berries, small sandwiches, fresh bakery of coloured jam and thick cream Scones. In the English style, Vancouver Island, especially in the British tradition of Victoria congregate, people on this golden love a plus, afternoon tea, here is a true art. Victoria has many characteristics of the teahouse, second to none when few Empress Hotel and Butchart Gardens.

Check out check-in procedure is Canada's traditional afternoon tea, and Empress Hotel as the Queen of the United Kingdom tea zone, certainly not to be missed.

The hotel's unique Tea at the Empress tea with award-winning Patisserie Drsquo; Oyen Christie delicious pastry carefully to bake, French toast is Strawberry sheng in the silver double tray in solid, thick cream and butter wrapped with pink toast, creamy Strawberry fragrance from mixed up with silver bowl bottom spout out, is reluctant to move the knife and fork. Toast taste not imagined sweet because the chef uses fresh home-made Strawberry Jam, and peripheral drop plate Strawberry is the morning just picked from the garden in the mouth after the mouthpiece with the juices.

The more attractive the night

From the Windows of the Empress Hotel commands a beautiful Victorian town centre and the inner harbor, the night-time gengshi beautiful and charming.

Victoria City Centre located at the magnificent buildings of Edward, the inner harbour is around its around, sightseeing boats, ferries and seaplanes docking Pier. Bright summer buskers were performed along the beach, hanging in the basket on the road a lamppost. contests Washington State mountain range across the Juan de Fuca Strait, like tiansi screen, when night four, lanterns, the Parliament building in 3,333 shining small lamp.

All this, and the Empress Hotel in close proximity.