Chateau Lurie "Fairmont" is a beautiful castle hotel built in the style of French Gothic . The amazing building of Indian limestone with copper roofs and pointed spiers stands on the Rideau Canal overlooking the river . The hotel has a total of 429 rooms, as well as the main dining room overlooking the Park of the Majors Hill, the Adam Hall with the Wedgwood blue design, the Lurie Hall with Romanesque columns, the ballroom, decorated in imperial style, and the drawing room, trimmed with cream -gold ornaments . For ok was included in the list of national interest in 1980 .

Construction of the castle began in 1909, and in 1912 the hotel first opened its doors. Then it was much smaller in size, although the cost of the original project was 2 million USD (quite a lot at that time, taking into account the cost of the room at 2 USD per night). In 1929 a six-million-strong eastern wing was added to the castle, in 1930 - an indoor pool in the Art Deco style, in 1930-1940's. earned a spa. In the 1980s. the hotel has been renovated (another 21 million USD) and newly furnished. The Fairmont chain took over the chain in 1997.

The hotel is offered to make an independent tour of the castle, for which they will be given aypady with interesting information about the building and its history, as well as audio guide and photo album. This application can also be downloaded to your own mobile device. If you do not plan to stop here, just come to the hotel in the evening: in the backlight, the old castle looks amazing.

In 2000 the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada included the Chateau Lourie building on the list of the 500 best architectural landmarks of Canada of the last millennium

Practical information

Address: 1 Rideau Street

The castle is located at the corner of Rideau Street and Avenue Mackenzie, right outside the parliament building.