"I loved the setting in Gastown and the building’s history — the hotel occupies the former Vancouver Stock Exchange and you enter through revolving doors off Howe Street into a stunning curved heritage ceiling painted with 48 separate artworks. Opened in 2018, the 201-room hotel mixes preserved opulence (even the two elevators feel gilded) with modern comforts like triple-paned windows, heated bathroom floors, and an in-room tablet to control the TV or order room service; there’s also an on-site Mediterranean wine bar, Hydra." - Bianca Bujan