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Fairmont Empress

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The hotel is ivy-covered and English-flavored (daily afternoon tea is served).

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From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2003

Since that first trip, I've returned to this quiet island numerous times. On my most recent visit, I start off on the southern tip, in Victoria, British Columbia's capital, just outside the Cowichan Valley. The town has a buzzing new food scene, and its main hotel, the 95-year-old Fairmont Empress—a towering, turreted creation, with Edwardian-inspired interiors—recently opened the Willow Stream Spa. My room at the Empress is one of the smallest, but it has a spectacular view of Victoria's Inner...MORE>>

– Kimberly Seely Making Waves

Last updated June 2003