by KIM KAVIN
JOURNEYS
Ocean House Collection guests love the exclusive benefits of Relais & Châteaux. For an exceptional getaway, consider these North American destinations.
CANADA
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Post Hotel & Spa
The Post Hotel & Spa was built during the World War II era by a crew of just 10 men. It has since had several owners who expanded the property, with the current owners taking the reins in the late 1970s. They added fine dining and Europeantrained chefs, and grew the wine program. By the mid1980s, the restaurant was so popular they decided to expand and upgrade the hotel too. Today, the Post’s wine cellar is among the most impressive in Canada, with a collection of more than 25,000 bottles. In 2020, the hotel was yet again a recipient of the Wine Spectator Grand Award, the brand’s highest honor for the top level of wine service—an award the property has won every year since 2002. Guests eager to taste some noteworthy bottles with finely paired cuisine should try the Wine Maker’s Dinner Series, with each meal limited to 30 guests. For serious foodies, a new offering called the Gourmet Package is scheduled to begin in June. Chef Hans Sauter
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is preparing a six-course menu paired with wines from the cellar. The package also includes two nights in a deluxe room with a king bed and fireplace, breakfast each morning, and a welcome wine and fruit basket. Working off those calories should be fun and easy, with activities that include biking, rock climbing, fishing, horseback riding, whitewater rafting and golf. Banff National Park has almost 1,000 miles of trails to explore, and there are four noted golf courses nearby. The renowned Banff Springs offers a par-71 course with 18 holes and stunning mountain views. And when it’s time to relax, the hotel’s Temple Mountain Spa offers a range of massages, body therapies, facials, and nail and waxing services. The Temple Mountain Escape package is a top-level treat. It combines a body scrub, followed by a Thai stem massage that includes yoga-style stretches, heated herbal stem and deep-tissue massage, all in a surrounding aroma of soothing lemongrass.
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Lake Louise is a place and a body of water. Both the hamlet and the lake are within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
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The turquoise color of Lake Louise comes from rock flour—silt-sized rock particles—that flows in from glacier meltwater.
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Post Hotel & Spa’s wine list is 65 pages long. It includes over 60 types and vintages of Champagne.
Left: European-inspired cuisine Top: Hiking in Lake Louise Center: Many deluxe rooms and all suites have fireplaces. Bottom: Guests can use the hotel’s hybrid bikes.
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The resort was originally built in 1942, but because of the war and other reasons, it wasn’t able to open until 1948.
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Yes, there was a building on the property leased to the post office. That’s one reason for the Post Hotel & Spa’s name.
PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF POST HOTEL & SPA
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