Hotel Georgia: history and chic in downtown Vancouver
Opened in 1927, the Hotel Georgia quickly became a cultural icon in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, filled with Art Deco flourishes and pulsating to the beat of its own big band orchestra.
The hotel’s latest dining venue, Reflections the Garden Terrace, opened earlier this month on a lushly landscaped fourth-floor patio with a seasonal menu based on the Pacific Northwest’s bounty.
Just a few blocks up from waterfront Canada Place (the convention center and cruise ship terminal) and across the street from the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is in the thick of Vancouver’s downtown attractions.
The appeal:
Besides being close to everything, the Rosewood Hotel Georgia exudes old-school grace — rich, dark woods; custom Art Deco-inspired furnishings; and several elegant cocktail lounges — while offering modern in-room conveniences such as free Wi-Fi and enormous bathrooms with large, “floating” tubs and separate glassed-in showers.
Guests don’t have to be a patron of Sense, a Rosewood Spa, to enjoy the hotel’s 52-foot, indoor saltwater lap pool (next to the outdoor Reflections restaurant), or the 2,400-square-foot fitness center, which is also shared with residents of the adjacent condo tower.