The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
900 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC 
RESERVATION NUMBER 1-866-467-8344

• The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, originally a four-story, 60-room wooden structure at Georgia and Granville Street, The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver opened in 1887 to offer guests a fine view of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore mountains from its verandah. Vancouver residents thought the Canadian Pacific Railroad was crazy to build a hotel so far from downtown Vancouver (then at Hastings and Water Streets), but the tourist centre prospered with guests traveling on Canadian Pacific steamships in and out of Vancouver. In 1995, the Crown granted The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver its own Heraldic Badge - Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is only the second Canadian hotel to receive such an honor (The first hotel was The Fairmont Palliser in Calgary). The Badge contains two main elements. The first is a griffin, the mythological barkless hound of Zeus with the upper part of an eagle and lower part of a lion. It is embellished with the wings of Hermes, the Greek God who is the protector of travelers and also decorates the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver's front door. Found in many areas of the hotel, the griffin grips a torch to light the way. The second part of the badge is a coronet made of dressed stone to represent the stone of the hotel. Capping the coronet's merlons are symbols of the modern buildings in Vancouver. The final symbols on the coronet are two waves, which symbolize the sea.

• Located on the corner of Burrard and West Georgia Streets in downtown Vancouver, The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is a majestic restored landmark hotel. The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver  Renowned for its distinctive green copper roof, exterior carvings, gargoyles and elegant interior rooms, this beautiful property is just steps away from all kinds of shopping, theatres, transportation and some of the best restaurants as you can imagine. Stanley Park is an invigorating 30 minute walk away in Vancouver.