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Top 5 Canada Hotels
 1. The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta
The milky-blue Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier hanging above it are enticement alone to stay at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, as did the Rolling Stones recently. The quarters are amazingly comfortable inside, with a breathtaking landscape outside. The newly renovated Stanley Thompson wing now features a golf theme. But it is even more rugged pursuits for which the refined resort is famed: mountaineering and hiking, skiing and skating. (800) 441-1414 or (403) 522-3511, www.fairmont.com/lakelouise
 2. Four Seasons Hotel Toronto
A celebrity hive during September’s annual Toronto International Film Festival, the Four Seasons Toronto will host Hollywood in even higher style given the recent rehab of its spacious Yorkville Suites, featuring 42-inch plasma TVs, DVD and stereo entertainment systems, marble bathrooms, and walk-out balconies. (800) 819-5053 or (416) 964-0411, www.fourseasons.com/toronto
3. Ritz-Carlton, Montreal
Management of the historic hotel recently reverted to the owners, ensuring the sort of personal attention for which the 1912 hotel is famed. (800) 363-0366 or (514) 842-4212, www.ritzmontreal.com
4. The Fairmont Chateau Whistler
New equipment and televisions in the health club and optional golf transfers via helicopter shape up the Chateau Whistler this year. (800) 441-1414 or (604) 938-8000, www.fairmont.com/whistler
5. Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver
Check into panoramic views atop the Pacific Centre and, later, check out with a meal to go from the hotel’s famed kitchens. (800) 332-3442 or (604) 689-9333, www.fourseasons.com/vancouver
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The Platinum List
Isn’t
it great to hear firsthand from a friend about a wonderful travel
experience, complete with tips on where to stay and where to play?
Welcome to the ever-popular Celebrated Living
Readers’ Choice Platinum List, which is like having more than 38,000
friends share their travel preferences in one superb best-of-the-best
list. And what a list it is: 130 luxury hotels, 48 legendary golf
courses, 26 sumptuous spas, and 10 top cruise lines.
Two
highlights of the survey, for me, actually take the form of statistics
— we received 10 percent more entries than last year, and a whopping 79
percent more of you reported you read Celebrated Living regularly. As editor, that’s music to my ears.
For your eyes, our Platinum List has a handsome new design, courtesy of CL’s
talented art director Marilyn Calley. The pages are fresh, engaging,
and filled with images that will make you say “I want to go there,” or,
also fun, “We’ve been there and loved it!” As one reader commented,
“These picks are a mix of places already visited and those I dream of
visiting.” See for yourself, beginning with a handy pullout compilation
list on page 49.
 Of
course, we wanted to entice and reward you for taking the time to weigh
in with your outstanding travel knowledge. Grand Prize winner Henry de
Lagarde is glad he participated. He was randomly chosen to win a
two-year lease on a 2007 Lincoln MKX, MKZ, or Navigator (he chose the
MKZ and is pictured with it here), and 500,000 American Airlines
AAdvantage miles. Ten Second Prize winners received 50,000 miles each.
Quite an incentive, I’d say.
We hope you’ll agree that the rest
of this summer issue is as entertaining and enlightening as the
Platinum List. There’s a feature story on Heidi Klum, a look at
chartering fabulous yachts, five great summer motorcycle rides and
several bikes to enjoy them with, a tour of several cool European
castles, and more. Or, for those weekends when you want to just sit
back and enjoy your own backyard, check out our cocktail story, with
recipes perfect for poolside sipping — and for contemplating where
you’d like to go next.
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