Some excerpts from the website of Saint Clair that might be useful
Saint Clair Hotel is set in a heritage listed building - built in 1911 by Henry Pybus, Captain of the Canadian Pacific Steamship - "Empresss of Japan" which took the "Blue Ribbon" while setting the Trans-Pacific crossing record - 1897. The hotel originally accommodated railway & ocean going passengers back to both Pacific and Atlantic locations. Our recently renovated
rooms are clean and comfortable. Each
room has its own
sink and there are
showers on each floor. Linens are provided and there is a
laundry room. There are
parking facilities in the same block. The hotel is located in a beautiful part of downtown Vancouver close to all the attractions. Across the way is a Cathedral, park and fountain. The library, post
office, hockey arena, football stadium,
convention center, law courts, art gallery, shopping, theaters and Gastown are all close by. The hotel is in a student area and there are a number of public and private colleges in the area. Stanley Park and the beaches are within fourteen blocks. All buses are two blocks away, the skytrain is 1/2 block, the bus depot/train station is 1.6 kilometers (a short ride on the skytrain), the seabus to North Vancouver is 5 blocks. The cheapest way to get from the
airport to the hotel is to take the local bus and get off by the Hudson's Bay Department Store. We are two blocks from there.