This impressive Scottish Baronial flight of Victorian fancy is Banff’s greatest landmark. Work on the turrets and cornices and the thick nine-story granite walls below began in 1888, but things were massively rebuilt in the 1920s. All this resulted in a labyrinthine pile that both celebrates the bygone days of the genteel travel and somehow mirrors, maybe even enhances, the...

The labyrinthine Deer Lodge developed piecemeal since its first incarnation as a 1920s log teahouse. The feel is still partly preserved, giving it as strong a sense of history as its pompous neighbor, Château Lake Louise, a short walk away. Few of the modest rooms here have phones or TV but facilities include a rooftop hot tub with fantastic views...