Banff Springs Hotel

The Banff Springs Hotel is a former railway hotel of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

A first built of wood luxury hotel was built in 1887-88 by the Railway administration, but burned down in 1926 and was replaced in 1928 by the present building in the Scottish style castle. The spectacularly located in the Rocky Mountains luxury hotel has long been one of the group of Canadian Pacific Hotels, was temporarily closed in the 1960s and is said to have been the inspiration for Stephen King's novel The Shining. It is now run throughout the year by the Group Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.

During the construction of the huge hotels builders underwent a fatal mistake. They held the blueprints rotated 180 degrees and then so was also later the hotel. The kitchen had now, while the rear suites saw the best views of the Bow River to the slopes of Sulphur Mountain.