Athabasca Motor Hotel, Jasper

The entrance one to this hotel is reminiscent to a ‘Fairmont’ with its Victorian style entrance way encircled by animal heads, wood panels and soft lighting but this is where any grandeur stops. My room during my stay was small and sparingly furnished but was clean and inviting. The cost a one night stay was $90 this included a double bed and private bathroom and nothing else, seriously nothing else! Don’t expect an extra pillow in the room or a coffee machine or anything apart from a bed and a shower and TV. I have visited Jasper many times and this is the first time I have stayed at the hotel, it has an affectionate local reputation, and I don’t know why. There are much better places to stay in jasper for the same price or only a few dollars more. This is the nosiest hotel I have ever stayed in ANYWHERE!!! Plus being in the mountains you would expect a decent room temperature, I woke up in the night shivering with the cold!! This is one of those places that survive through local reputation because the locals don’t have to stay there!! Avoid this hotel, there are much better ones, just a block or two further out of town centre.

The Place to Stay in Jasper staying in Jasper (wonderful by nature) the place to B can only be the Athabasca hotel, I’ve stayed here throughout my trip to jasper .affectionately known as the Atha-b the hotel is steeped in history and oozing class this heritage hotel has been the pulse of jasper since the 1920s renovated to a boutique standard the authenticity of the staff and the place provide the perfect backdrop for a stay in this winter paradise. The reception area and trophy room are decked out with stuffed trophy heads casting you back in time as soon as you walk in. The rooms are exquisite with brass beds and period furniture waking you in the morning seemingly in a different era. O'Sheas award winning restaurant serves a hearty breakfast to start your day and there lunch and dinner menu offer exquisite cuisine from an extensive menu. Of an evening I would frequent the Athab nite club which is the largest bar/ nightclub in jasper and is regularly packed to the rafters with headline acts, guest and resident DJs, giving you the perfect environment to enjoy a drink or 6 and party until the wee hours. If your a big sports fan as I am O'sheas lounge with its wall to wall TVs showing sport from around the world daily there is no better a place a guest of jasper could find themselves surrounding yourself in the warmth an authenticity of this hotel in downtown jasper truly is the must stay place if your visiting

We found bugs in the room we stay. In the next morning, I found many bites in my hand, neck, and face. The rashes are not very noticeable until I was on my way home. I phoned the hotel about the incident and told them to take action to deal with the bugs. Things like this should never happen. This hotel manager knows that. This is truly a bad experience for me.

I have stayed at the Atha B a number of times. NO... it is not your over-priced fancy dancy... It has a lot of character..is clean, the rooms are nice, you just must make sure you ask for a private bathroom. I will definitely stay there again.

The athabasca hotel located in the center of jasper is a very beautiful place. It's always clean and all the staff in every area of the building are very polite.