Grand Hotel Chateau Frontenac: the mostphotographed hotel in the world (Canada)
Built in the late XIX century,the luxurious Grand Hotel Chateau Frontenac, which resembles a medieval French
castle, and to this day remains one of the most famous hotels in the world. Frontenac castle
is not only a gem of Quebec City, but also record in Guinness Book of Records,
where he is listed as the most photographed hotel in the world.
The luxury hotel was opened in
1893 as part of a series of attractions that are planned to build along the
Canadian Pacific Railway. However, the construction of the hotel was unfinished
until 1924, when completed construction of the cult of the tower, which today
is an integral symbol of the city. Silhouette Château Frontenac seen throughout
Quebec, with the building of the hotel is not the tallest structure in the
city. The fact that the hotel is on top of a small cliff, so it seems much
higher than it actually is.
But at the same time cannot be
called a small hotel, because it has more than six hundred suites, in which for
a long time had to buy curtains , lots of restaurants, as well as many other
amenities that one would expect from an expensive hotel, the area of which, by
the way, gradually increased during this time.
Canada is proud of the
"pearl" of Quebec, and so the image of the hotel Château Frontenac
can be seen on one of the stamps. What can we say about the popularity among
tourists, to help the hotel and got into the Guinness Book of Records. Canadian
hotel proves once again that we should not be the highest, to catch, because
enough to be the most beautiful.
