Today we say goodbye to Banff, but hello to Lake Louise. It was our first really day of rain and basically poor weather, so I suppose it was a good that it happened to be the day we were changing hotels and didn’t have much planned in the way of outdoor activities.
We checked out of the Banff Springs hotel in the morning and headed up the 1A toward Lake Louise. We arrived in Lake Louise around noon, and were pleased that our room at the Chateau Lake Louise was ready. The CLL is one of my favourite hotels, and we have stayed here each summer for the past few years. We had some lovely rooms over the years, starting with a Junior Lakeview Suite the first year and a nice One Bedroom Lakeview Suite the second year. This year, I splurged a bit (yes, even for me, who generally doesn’t spare much expense when it comes to nice hotels, meals or airline tickets) and treated ourselves to a fantastic suite for the next four nights!
We were booked in suite #703 on the gold floor, which is the Marquis de Lorne Signature Lakeview Suite, described on the hotel website as the finest suite in the hotel. Below are some photos of this very nice room.
The main living room was in the corner of the building with two large walls of windows overlooking Lake Louise.
The bedroom also had an expansive window overlooking Lake Louise.
The suite had a spacious and updated bathroom.
We had a separate powder room off the main entrance.
After getting unpacked and settled in our room, we headed down to the Fairview dining room, where we had reservations for afternoon tea. Since the weather was rather cool and rainy, it was a great way to spend the afternoon.
It continued raining for the rest of the day, so we basically relaxed indoors, hoping for better weather tomorrow, when we plan to get out and do some hiking.
We walked around the hotel in the evening, exploring the many retail shops. Below is a photo we took while passing through the lovely lobby.
We went to bed excited about better weather to come. Tomorrow’s forecast was for more cloudy weather, but the rain was supposed to stop.