Take a walk through Quebec City's renovated Château Frontenac
Three-fifths of the rooms have been gutted and rebuilt, conference space expanded, restaurants reimagined, the lobby modernized. It's a $75-million investment that's paying off, owner Ivanhoé Cambridge says
With its first wing built in 1893, the Fairmont Château Frontenac is a historic symbol on Quebec City’s skyline.
Among the $75-million in renovations was a shift in the lobby’s colour scheme from burdgundy to icy blue, in tribute to the ice floes on the neighbouring St. Lawrence River.
A blue onyx backdrop was installed at the check-in desk to match the ice-blue theme.
The renovations included two new restaurants, including The Sam, a casual bistro whose name is a play on the name of Quebec City founder Samuel de Champlain.
The blue theme continues in the river-facing portions of the restaurants.
1608 is a new, casual wine and cheese bar next to the Sam that gives Château Frontenac guests and locals the chance to try some of the region’s hundreds of different cheeses. See full story at link below: Château Frontenac reaches out to new generation.