Want to sleep over at one of Canada’s national historic sites? You can at these castle-like landmarks across the country
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth for Cambridge Times

Victoria’s Fairmont Empress, famously surrounded by gardens full of tulips and roses, sits on what might be the most enviable piece of real estate in all of Canada. Perched above the Inner Harbour in full view of British Columbia’s Parliament buildings, the neo-Gothic hotel was able to snag the best spot in one of the country’s most picturesque cities through sheer longevity: It opened in 1908.

The Empress, currently privately owned but managed by Fairmont, wears its history proudly. The extra-wide, sweeping stairways were built for porters to haul steamer trunks from the Inner Harbour to the guest rooms, and archival photos of visiting British royals are sprinkled around the hallways. Wildly popular traditional tea services are still held in a hall fit with original woodwork and ornately carved ceilings.

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