The Rimrock Resort Hotel

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The Rimrock Resort Hotel is a hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on the slope of Sulphur Mountain, within Banff National Park. [1] It has 346 rooms and 21 suites, [2] two restaurants (Primrose and Eden), two lounges (Larkspur and Divas) and a coffee shop. U.S. News & World Report voted it the fifth best hotel in the province in 2015, and noted that it was included in the Travel + Leisure 500 World's Best Hotels for 2015. [3]

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References

  1. Ski. December 2002. p. 1. ISSN   0037-6159.
  2. Skiing. February 2001. p. 105. ISSN   0037-6264.
  3. "The Rimrock Resort Hotel". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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