Banff Springs Hotel.

Just recently, me and my mom decided to peace right out of our town, and spend a lovely weekend at the Banff Springs Hotel. Now I'm going to warn you right now, if you're expecting to stay at the castle, you better be expecting to pull out a wad of money and be around (some) snobby, wealthy people.
This place is truly amazing, but since it is so expensive we just stayed over for a night, and in the morning went to the spa and returned home.
Some history about this castle may suggest that it is haunted, and I heard that sometimes when you enter the elevator, you may be greeted by a bellboy who turns out to not truly be there, or a ghost of a bride walking down the stairs (who had tripped and fallen to her death). Who knows?

The Lobby

Then there's Sam, the former bellman, who swore he would come back to haunt the place. Shortly after his death, a mysterious bellman fitting Sam's description and dressed in an old-style uniform, suddenly arrived to rescue two elderly ladies who were locked out of their room.


There've been many famous people to grace the Banff Springs Hotel halls, including the beautiful Marilyn Monroe, when she stayed there to shooting a movie.

Then there was the time in the early 1950s when Marilyn Monroe twisted her ankle while filming River of No Return.

"The bellmen would flip a coin to see who would be the lucky one to push her around in her wheelchair," Moberg says.

There are 770 rooms, 12 eateries, four lounges, a spa, tennis courts and a 27-hole golf course

The Spa Lounge

The mineral pools at the spa.

I definitely recommend staying here if you are traveling from far away. Its worth it considering how breath taking this building is, but it's not crucial to stay here because Banff is gorgeous by itself.

If you go to lunch in the hotel, make sure you order the salad with goat cheese, grapes and nuts. It's the best thing i've ever eaten! 

Enjoy :)