The Best Hotels Near The Starlight, by the Record
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A raw-concrete modernist house a short walk from the Avon Theatre, designed by Shim/Sutcliffe in the spirit of Tadao Ando, renting as a self-contained two-bedroom stay. The furnishings are modernist classics, the art is contemporary, and the kitchen comes stocked with Pelee Island wine and Le Labo bath products. It sits among Stratford's Victorian Gothic streetscapes like a polite argument. Check-in is Fridays or Mondays, with a minimum stay, so plan accordingly.
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Antique furnishings, crystal chandeliers, and only 25 rooms give this Forbes Four Star boutique hotel the feel of a small English country manor that happens to be a short walk from the Stratford Festival. The contemporary restaurant leans into locally sourced Canadian cooking, the indoor pool works year-round, and the English gardens are the kind of thing that makes a post-dinner stroll feel like a reasonable life choice.
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The glacial lake it overlooks is an almost implausible shade of turquoise, and the hotel's scale matches the landscape rather than fighting it. This is a grand railway-era resort in the Canadian Rockies, the kind that draws guests who want wilderness close enough to admire but a proper bed waiting when they're done. It holds a Michelin Key, and the Rockies do the heavy lifting on atmosphere from the moment you arrive.