Sunday the mist closed in around Banff, so we decided to change our plans and check out the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. I thought we had walked into a castle on the Scotish Highlands when the mist rolled in around the hotel and we were greeted by the doorman in a tarten kilt.Distinquished guests have inclu
ded Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, the King of Siam, Lassie, and Paul Newman.The Fairmont has 770 rooms and was styled after a Scottish baronial castle. It was built in 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, at the instigation of its President and rebuilt in the 1920s after a fire. Public are allowed in the restaurant, gift shops, ground floor and both mezzanine floors. They didn't mind us taking photos.
The mailbox
This train runs around the ceiling in the Canadian Pacific gift shop on the ground floor.
Before starting the trip home we drove around Tunnel Mountain drive. We stopped at the lookout and hiked part way up Tunnel Mountain. The mist was so thick we could hardly see Banff.By the time we were half way to Calgary the mist cleared and we had a good trip home.
