A beautiful B.C. hotel was named among the top in North America, the only Canadian hotel ranked on a new hot list for 2026.
CN Traveller recently put out a list of the best hotels in America and Canada, and Rosemead House, located in Victoria, got lots of praise from the travel publication.
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“Vancouver Island typically means cedar forests and crashing surf—not scones and Edwardian settees. Yet tucked into Esquimalt, just west of Victoria, Rosemead House truly puts the British into British Columbia,” CN says.
CN says that it cost $25 million and over a decade of work to turn what was formerly a Tudor-style building that was over a century old into what it describes now as a “maximalist, Anglophile fantasy.”
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Behind the transformation are owner and developer Lenny Moy and interior designer Karen Wichert.
Local luxury hotel interiors are sleek, serene, and historically grounded with a West Coast flair, Moy told CN, adding that “there’s no beige here.”
“We wanted colours to pop,” Moy said. CN suggests that they do indeed pop.
“Amenities mix history with modern luxury: Kohler smart toilets, heated bathroom floors, $23,000 Swedish Duxiana mattresses.”
Each of the hotel’s rooms features an Edwardian writing desk, original architectural details, and layered textiles, including William Morris wallpapers. The result is a charming stay that’s rooted in history but doesn’t compromise on modern comforts.
“I had a cryo-facial at Salt & Ivy Spa before dining at Janevca Kitchen & Lounge, where Top Chef Canada‘s Andrea Alridge serves steaks from a $75,000 wood-fire oven, and there’s trompe l’oeil peach melba for dessert,” CN writes.
“I felt transported to a posh London fête—until I looked up and saw not the Sceptred Isle but the Salish Sea,” CN added.
The B.C. hotel was also recently celebrated by Travel + Leisure.