The Fairmont Banff Springs is Canada’s castle in the Rockies, set at the base of Rundle Mountain along the Bow River in Banff National Park, minutes from the town of Banff. The historic castle has rooms and suites, the elevated Fairmont Gold floors and the Gatehouse wing, with mountain and valley views throughout. Dining runs to twelve restaurants, pubs and bars, from the 1888 Chop House steakhouse and the Vermillion Room brasserie to rustic Italian at Castello Italiana, German cooking at the Waldhaus and afternoon tea in the Rundle Bar. The 40,000-square-foot Fairmont Spa is adults-only, with waterfall plunge pools, a mineral pool, an outdoor pool, saunas and 27 treatment rooms. There is a 27-hole Stanley Thompson golf course, and an outdoor programme of hiking, wildlife tours and gondola rides. It suits couples and families who want a grand mountain resort with golf, a major spa and the Rockies all around.