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Location.
Rising regally on the banks of Victoria's Inner Harbour and representing the center of British Columbia's capital city, The Fairmont Empress has been completely restored to her turn-of-the-century beauty. The hotel is only steps away from fine dining, popular shopping and entertainment.
Hotel Features.
The Fairmont Empress displays the grandeur of a bygone era. Guests can experience a British tradition with the hotel's Afternoon Tea. The hotel's award-winning Willow Stream Spa includes 11 treatment rooms, offering massages, body scrubs and wraps, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, manicures and pedicures, and beauty services. Garage parking is available on site for a surcharge, as well as valet parking.
Guestrooms.
The classic Fairmont Rooms are furnished in traditional elegant décor. Each guestroom has a cozy sitting area with two armchairs, some with ample space to accommodate a crib or rollaway. Rooms feature high-speed Internet access (surcharge).
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
**These amenities may be available only in some rooms or units. Some amenities may incur additional fees.
A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party Certified
This property participates in Green Key Eco-Rating Program, a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.
The Empress Dining Room - Ornate tapestries, landscape art, a carved mahogany ceiling, and live harp music set an elegant mood in this fine-dining restaurant offering breakfast and dinner daily. Signature dishes include wild British Columbia sockeye salmon paired with root vegetable gratin, and garlic-rubbed rack of lamb with kalamata olive gnocchi. A spa menu with lighter fare is also featured. The wine list has 500 entries, and wine pairing is a specialty. Reservations required.
Bengal Lounge - Leather furnishings and a tiger skin set the mood in this colonial-style lounge famous for its curry buffet lunches and dinners, and its longtime status as one of the city's premier meeting spots. Live jazz on the weekends. Extensive martini list.
Afternoon Tea in the Lobby - A tradition in Victoria for almost a century, the Fairmont Empress's tea service features tea, pastries, sandwiches, strawberries, and clotted cream served in the hotel's original lobby complete with palm fronds, carved ceilings, antique furnishings, and views of the picturesque Inner Harbour.
Guests at the Empress work out in a fitness center equipped with three treadmills, two elliptical trainers, two exercise bikes, strength-training machine, and free weights. The gym overlooks a 60-foot atrium pool located next to a children's wading pool and a hot tub. Fitness center changing rooms have showers, toiletries, towels, lockers, and saunas.
Bicycle and watercraft rentals are available across the street at Victoria's scenic Inner Harbour. Hotel staff can provide guests with running maps, water bottles, and towels. Flightseeing tours and whale-watching excursions depart from docks in the harbor.
The hotel is two blocks from Beacon Hill Park, an expansive facility with walking and running trails, a petting zoo, tennis courts, and magnificent views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the distant mountains of the Olympic Peninsula.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near this downtown Victoria hotel; fees may apply.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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"professional"
professional and friendlyGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Disappointed"
After much anticipation of our stay at the Empress, Victoria, we were very disappointed in the rooms. Our room felt closet like. While we realize this is a heritage property the rooms are in sore need of updating and repair. The floor squeaked as well as it felt like the floor boards were falling apart under the carpet outside of the bathoom. There […] are ways to update/upgrade buildings while maintaining the integrity of heritage. The bed however, was comfortable. For the quality of the room we felt it was extremely overpriced. Will not stay again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Not impressed"
Bathroom was worse than motels. I could not figure out how to lower the room temperature. it is an antique.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Had the whole hotel to myself! where were you?"
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"Convenient Opulence"
The Empress is a grand old hotel, not generally my style, but beautiful nonetheless. Th room was fine. I had requested one king bed instead of 2 doubles but was stuck with the two beds. Fine, the rate was cheap, the location is excellent, the beds were comfortable.Genuine Expedia guest review
Easy check-in. They allowed us an early check-in which made it easier to get ready for my business meetings, and without and challenges arranged for a late check-out the next day, allowing a stretch of the leisure part of our stay. Pool was fantastic and open till 1am. Parking was expensive but I knew it based on info from Hotels.ca and was expecting […] it. Having drinks in the Bengal lounge was great (albeit expensive) but felt like a true 'colonial' experience. Weather was fantastic and the location of the hotel was perfect to enjoy everything that the Inner Harbour and Downtown Victoria had to offer - all within walking distance. I would definitely stay there again if I get a discounted rate (their regular rate + parking is a tad above my comfort level). Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Fabuloso"
Increíble. El restaurante fenomenal aunque la comida en el hotel es un poco cara.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
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