The Best Hotels Near Le Riverain, by the Record
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A private floor inside Ottawa's grandest castle hotel, the Gold Experience trades the main lobby's grand theater for a quieter check-in, a dedicated lounge, and rooms where some windows frame Parliament like a postcard that never gets old. Breakfast and evening canapés arrive without fanfare. The Château Laurier holds a Michelin Key, and this tier is where the building's storybook scale starts to feel personal rather than ceremonial.
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The Gray Collection brought a Montreal boutique sensibility to downtown Ottawa, and the Metcalfe sits in quiet contrast to the corporate hotels around it. Rooms run loft-inspired with good light, the Living Room shifts from morning coffee to evening cocktails without missing a beat, and Cocotte Bistro handles French bistro cooking with a local lean. It's the kind of hotel that makes you feel slightly smug about not staying at the Marriott next door.
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Floor-to-ceiling windows and rainfall showers in a hotel that has quietly decided fuss isn't the point. Alt is a modern, no-frills business hotel in Ottawa's downtown core, and the rooms are bright, well-equipped, and easy to live in for a few days. The in-house café and bar runs all day and turns out coffee that surprises. Parliament Hill and the Rideau Canal are a short walk away, and so is the light rail.
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A skybridge connects this Germain Hotels property directly to Ottawa's terminal, so an early departure means rolling out of bed rather than into a cab. The 178 rooms are clean and functional, with king rooms facing the runways for light sleepers who have made their peace with that. Sosta! Pizzeria does wood-fired pizza in the lobby when you'd rather not eat at the gate. The gym runs all night, because airport hotels attract that kind of person.
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Ski-in, ski-out access puts the slopes about as close as the minibar at this large Laurentian resort hotel sitting at the foot of Mont-Tremblant. The rooms lean modern with a nod toward mountain rusticity, and the facilities run deep: spa, health club, and an outdoor pool that stays open through Quebec winters, which takes a certain commitment. Montrealers have been coming here forever, and the village has a distinctly French feel that Whistler can't match.