Fairmont Pacific Rim

Vancouver has a particular kind of romance when the mountains, water and city all seem to meet in the same view.

Fairmont Pacific Rim sits right in the middle of it.

Set on Vancouver's waterfront near Canada Place, the hotel looks toward the harbour and North Shore Mountains, bringing together ocean views and contemporary city elegance in a wedding setting that feels unmistakably West Coast. Its current wedding collection includes spaces for intimate celebrations through to receptions of approximately 500 guests.

Inside, the feeling is modern rather than traditional.

The Star Sapphire Ballroom brings warm wood, ivory walls and a light-filled foyer together in a space that can move naturally from ceremony to cocktails and eventually into dinner and dancing.

But then there is what waits outside.

The harbour.

The mountains.

Vancouver moving around you.

There is something lovely about a wedding where the couple can step away from the reception for a few minutes and still remain surrounded by the city that brought them there.

Imagine leaving the noise behind for just long enough to take photographs near the water.

The ceremony has happened.

Everyone else is already beginning to celebrate.

For the first time all day, the two people at the centre of everything are standing together without anyone asking them what happens next.

Across the harbour are mountains.

Behind them is their wedding.

That is the sort of moment a couple may remember more clearly than anything that was carefully scheduled.

Then they go back inside.

Dinner begins.

Glasses are raised.

The ballroom that looked pristine earlier slowly starts showing signs that people are having a genuinely good time.

Chairs move.

Conversations stretch across tables.

The dance floor fills.

Fairmont Pacific Rim can feel glamorous, but its greatest luxury may be how much of Vancouver remains visible around the celebration.

The city does not disappear when the wedding begins.

It becomes part of it.

For couples who picture something modern and elegant but still want water, mountains and the unmistakable beauty of the West Coast around them, this is the kind of place where Vancouver does half the decorating itself.

• On the water, or with water views
• Mountain views
• A ballroom or banquet hall
• A historic setting
• Rooms for guests on site
• A coordinator to guide the day
• Wedding packages
• Sound system and audio-visual
• A patio or terrace
• A fireplace or fire pit
• String lights and candlelight
• Accessible