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www.astoriahotel.com , $217-235 s or d). This European-style lodging was built in 1924
and kept in the same family since. Rooms are brightly furnished, and each has a fridge,
TV, and VCR. Outside of summer, these same rooms cost from $120. Note that there is no
elevator in this four-story hotel.
Near the end of Pyramid Lake Road, north from downtown, are the sprawling,
impossible-to-miss grounds of Pyramid Lake Resort (780/852-4900 or 888/852-7737,
www.mpljasper.com , $235-345 s or d), the only lodging away from town (besides The
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge) that offers motel-style accommodations. Plenty of water-
based activities and rentals (across the road), an interpretive program, a fitness center, and
a large barbecue area make the resort a good choice for families.
Hotel choices barely over the $200 mark include the Tonquin Inn (100 Juniper St.,
780/852-4987 or 800/661-1315, www.tonquininn.com , $215-370 s or d), with an outdoor
hot tub, laundry facilities, a steakhouse restaurant, and a sunny lounge bar; and Maligne
Lodge (780/852-3143 or 800/661-1315, www.malignelodge.com , $210-270 s or d), also
with an indoor pool. These places are worth considering outside of summer, when the cab-
in accommodations are closed and rates are discounted substantially, sometimes by more
than 60 percent.
On Connaught Drive southwest of downtown, Mount Robson Inn (780/852-3327 or
800/587-3327, www.mountrobsoninn.com , from $220 s or d) has 78 rooms, each air-con-
ditioned and with coffeemakers, alarm clocks, high-speed Internet, and hair dryers—in
other words, you could be staying in a generic city hotel. On the plus side, the suites here
are a good deal (relative to other Jasper accommodations); each holds two separate bed-
rooms, a full bathroom with additional outside vanity, and a fireplace (from $280 per unit).
The Sawridge Inn (82 Connaught Dr., 780/852-5111 or 888/729-7343,
www.sawridgejasper.com , $245-345 s or d) offers 154 air-conditioned rooms built around
a large atrium and indoor pool. Rates are reduced up to 60 percent outside of the busiest
mid-June-September period.
$250-350
Chateau Jasper (96 Geikie St., 780/852-5644 or 800/661-1315, www.chateaujasper.com ,
from $290 s or d) is one of Jasper's nicest lodgings. Guest rooms are spacious and eleg-
antly finished with maple furnishings and low ceilings that give them a cozy feel. Bath-
rooms are particularly well equipped, with guests also enjoying the use of plush bathrobes.
The classy in-house dining room, Silverwater Grill, offers a good-value breakfast buffet
($14) and dinner (mains $16-32).