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Hotel Arts

119 12th Ave SW Calgary, T2R0G8 Canada

Trendy boutique hotel in downtown Calgary

Close to the sights
Located 4 blocks from the Stephen Avenue entertainment district, the Calgary Tower, and the convention center, Hotel Arts is 1 km (0.5 mi) from Uptown 17th Avenue and the Stampede and Exhibition Grounds. Show more
Year-round pool
A popular local gathering spot, the Raw Bar serves contemporary urban cuisine, with seasonal menu service available on the patio surrounding the hotel's year-round heated outdoor pool.
Large plasma TVs
Pillowtop mattresses are twinned with goosedown duvets at Calgary's Hotel Arts. 32- or 42-inch plasma TVs and wireless Internet access (surcharge) help guests stay connected. Hide

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4.3out of 5

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86%

of guests recommend

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Studio
Two queen beds with Simmons Pillow Top Mattresses, cotton-rich linens, and goosedown duvets with triple-sheeted duvet covers. 28 square meters (300 square feet). Located in the East Wing. 32-inch wall-mounted plasma TV with premium cable channels and pay movies. Wired and wireless high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Desk. Cordless phone. Clock radio with CD player. Bathroom with rain shower and pedestal sink. Bathrobes. Aveda bath products.
Luxury King
Room with one king bed. 32.5 square meters (350 square feet). Desk. Simmons Pillow Top mattress. Triple-sheeted cotton / linen bedding with down comforter (bedspread) and duvet cover. Extra pillows. Private balcony with city or pool view. 42-inch wall-mounted plasma TV. Premium cable channels and pay movies. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access (surcharge). Cordless phone. Clock radio with CD player. Bathroom with rain shower and pedestal sink. Bathrobe. Aveda bath products.
Luxury 2 Queen
Room with two queen beds. 32.5 square meters (350 square feet). Desk. Simmons Pillow Top mattresses. Triple-sheeted cotton / linen bedding with down comfortere (bedspreads) and duvet covers. Extra pillows. Private balcony with city or pool view. 42-inch wall-mounted plasma TV. Premium cable channels and pay movies. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Cordless phone. Clock radio with CD player. Bathroom with rain shower and pedestal sink. Bathrobes. Aveda bath products.
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Hotel Policies & Fees

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

Policies
  • Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
  • Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
  • Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
  • Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
  • Pets accepted
  • Cash not accepted
  • Check-in time starts at 3 PM
  • Check-out time is 11 AM
Fees
  • The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
    • Valet parking fee: CAD 28 per night (in/out privileges)
    • Pet fee: CAD 30 per stay
    • Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): CAD 10.45 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
    • Hot and cold buffet breakfast fee: CAD 15.95 per person (approximate amount)
  • The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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  • Accessible path of travel
  • Accessible bathroom
  • Roll-in shower
  • Handicapped parking
  • In-room accessibility
  • Braille or raised signage

Property Amenities

This 12-story, smoke-free boutique hotel is located in downtown Calgary, within five blocks of Stephen Avenue, the Calgary Tower, and the Calgary Telus Convention Center, and 1 km (0.5 mi) from from Olympic Plaza and the Stampede and Exhibition Grounds.

The menu at the hotel's restaurant, Raw bar, offers contemporary cuisine and serves all meals, including Sunday brunch. Menu service from the Raw Bar is also available on the patio by the hotel's year-round heated outdoor pool.

An on-site fitness center offers cardio equipment, free weights, and yoga mats.

Hotel Arts has 7 meeting and conference rooms offering more than 10,000 square meters (107,640 square feet) of flexible meeting space, which was renovated in October 2008. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in the lobby.

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Air-conditioned public areas
  • Airport transportation (surcharge)
  • ATM/banking
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Ballroom(s)
  • Banquet facilities
  • Valet parking
  • Bar/lounge
  • Business services
  • Complimentary newspapers in lobby
  • Concierge services
  • Currency exchange
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Elevator/lift
  • Event catering
  • Exhibit space
  • Express check-out
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Fitness facilities
  • Wireless (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
  • Wired (high-speed) Internet access - complimentary
  • One meeting/conference room
  • Parking limited (surcharge)
  • Luggage storage
  • Hair salon
  • Room service
  • Health club
  • Multilingual staff
  • Number of floors - 12
  • Total number of rooms - 175
  • Valet parking (surcharge)
  • Parking (surcharge)
  • Patio
  • Poolside bar
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Safe-deposit box at front desk
  • Secretarial services
  • Security guard
  • Shopping on site
  • Ski storage
  • Spa services on site
  • Swimming pool - outdoor
  • Tour assistance
  • Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
  • Wedding services
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Coffee shop or café
  • Doorman/doorwoman
  • Beach/pool umbrellas
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • 24-hour business center
  • Meeting facilities size (meters) - 10000
  • Conference center
  • Shoe shine
  • Smoke-free property (fines apply)
  • Smoke-free property
Hotel Arts, Calgary,  Canada, Property Amenities Pool

Rooms

This urban-chic boutique hotel has 175 rooms on 12 floors. Beds come with Simmons Pillow Top Mattresses, cotton-rich linens, and goosedown duvets with triple-sheeted duvet covers. All rooms offer high-speed Internet access (surcharge) and wall-mounted plasma TVs with premium cable channels and pay movies.

Bathrooms feature Italian bamboo tiling or Italian marble, rain showers, designer pedestal sinks, and Aveda bath products.

Other room amenities include clock radios with CD players, work desks, and cordless phones. Refrigerators and microwaves are available upon request.

Hotel Arts, Calgary,  Canada, Rooms Guest Room

Room Amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Plasma television
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Cable/satellite television channels
  • CD player
  • Climate control
  • Clock radio
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Complimentary newspaper
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Designer toiletries
  • Desk
  • Direct-dial phone
  • Electronic check-out
  • Electronic/magnetic keys
  • Extra towels/bedding in room
  • Free local calls
  • Hair dryer
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Iron/ironing board
  • In-room massage available
  • In-room safe
  • Pay movies
  • Premium bedding
  • Premium television channel(s)
  • Refrigerator (on request)
  • Rollaway beds available
  • Sewing kit
  • Voice mail
  • Wake-up calls
  • Window opens
  • Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)

Dining

Raw Bar - Contemporary cuisine served in a cosmopolitan setting. Serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Extensive drink menu. Live entertainment on weekends. Seasonal dining on poolside patio.

Hotel Arts, Calgary,  Canada, Dining Dining

Recreation

Located in a lobby-level courtyard, the hotel's outdoor pool is heated year-round. A second-floor fitness center contains a treadmill, a stair machine, and stationary bikes, as well as yoga mats and free weights.

Guests can also purchase discounted passes to Anytime Fitness, Calgary's only 24-hour fitness center, located in the Hotel Arts Complex. The club offers fitness equipment, tanning beds, personal TVs, and extensive security, along with drop-in exercise classes, personal training, and towel service.

Canada Olympic Park, the primary venue for ski jumping, bobsled, and luge during the 1988 Winter Olympics, is located 14 km (8.5 mi) from the hotel and offers skiing and snowboarding in winter and mountain biking in summer. Numerous city parks offer set tracks for cross-country skiing, snow conditions permitted.

Approximately 105 km (65 mi) to the west of Calgary are the Alberta Rockies with countless opportunities for year-round fun, including hiking, camping, downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding.

  • Snowboarding nearby
  • Skiing - downhill nearby
  • Skiing - cross-country nearby
  • Ice skating nearby
  • Snowshoeing nearby
  • Yoga classes/instruction nearby
  • Running track/path nearby
  • Aerobics nearby
  • Volleyball nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Playground nearby
  • Swimming on site

Verified Reviews: All guest reviews are verified as submitted by our customers and reflect their stay at Hotel Arts

4.3
out of 5
avg. guest rating
Hotel service:
4.5
Hotel condition:
4.3
Room cleanliness:
4.6
Room comfort:
4.3
Location:
4.4
Neighborhood:
3.8
86%

of guests recommend

out of 36 reviews

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A Traveler from Sheboygan, WI
2.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted Sep 26 2011

“Hotel Arts”

Air conditioning/heat was broke. Hotel gave me one breakfast coupon only after I complained. TV did not work very well some channels were entirely unwatchable. Over priced hotel.

sandy m from australia
2.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted Sep 12 2011

“not impressed at all!!”

staff very pleasant and helpful, rooms etc good, but very noisy. rooms not very soundproof, and kept awake most of the night by people coming and going through the front foyer. Hotel was hosting several weddings at one time so was unable to use facilities etc very disappointing

A Traveler from Okemos, MI
3.0
out of 5
Does not recommend this hotel
Posted Aug 31 2011

“Not as good as advertised”

If you are reserving "studio" in this hotel, be prepared to a very noisy environment, bad air-conditioning and eventually, trying to move to other room. Service stuff are good people, but eventually not able to fix air-conditioning. the best solution would be to pay the same money at Hayatt, couple of blocks away.

Chris M from Houston
3.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Aug 17 2011

“Nice hotel, but...”

This is a tough one to review. Hotel Arts is an older hotel (formerly Best Western) that had been renovated. Some aspects have been done very well (lobby, bedrooms, pool area) others not so well - the bathrooms are cramped with older fixtures and a poor shower in a stained tub. The desk area is not well suited for the business traveler. The pool area is popular with a younger (20s ) crowd and very busy at the weekends. The surrounding area looks interesting at first blush, but it appears to popular with a not so desirable crowd of youths (unemployed?) and because of the large number of restaurants and bars in the area, the late evening crowd can be rowdy. It is convenient to downtown, but if you in Calgary on business, I would stay downtown since this hotel is no cheaper. Overall I would say this hotel is not suitable for families, nor well equipped for the business person and I found it quite expensive relative to the Westin/Hyatt type hotels which have much better amenities. However for a younger crowd looking for a trendy hotel, it may suit very well.

Area recommendations
Downtown - good selection of hotels in different price ranges and central to all activities. Good choice of restaurants within walking distance. Calgary downtown is very safe.
A Traveler from Texas
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Aug 16 2011

“Would stay again”

First time in Canada, first stop on the trip, and recommend for a centrally located hotel. Very nice and helpful staff!

Tom K from Tulsa, OK
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Aug 8 2011

“Impressive design/remodel and comfortable hotel”

The remodeled hotel was clean, comfortable, and near the city center. Loved the remodel. The room was large and comfortable.

Deb C from Kansas, USA
4.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Aug 7 2011

“"Enjoyable stay"”

We traveled to Calgary with another couple and made our reservations via reviews by other people and also for the location. The rooms were very nice and clean. The food was average and the wait staff was very good. Front desk staff was very knowledgable and helped with all of our questions. The only complaint is the lighting in the rooms. Very dark in lots of places where you might have a suitcase etc. Not enough or bright enough lighting.

Area recommendations
The area near Hotel Arts is within walking distance of alot of things to do downtown. We never felt in danger while walking at night back to our hotel. The Calgary tower is close along with all kinds of shopping and Olympic Park.
John T from Santa Rosa CA
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Jun 14 2011

“great hotel”

Raw bar had wonderful food and wine, not raw, beautiful hotel, lively and beautiful

A Traveler from Calgary
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Apr 26 2011

“Amazing!”

When we arrived I had let the front desk know that we were there to celelbrate our birthdays (hubby and myself) We were asked if we wanted a city view or not. High floor or low. The room was perfect and about 30 minutes after checking in a platter arrived with chocolate dipped goodies! Happy Birthday was written on the bottom with chocolates. It was a very amazing stay and would definetly go back!

Carlos A from Mexico City
5.0
out of 5
Recommends this hotel
Posted Mar 23 2011

“Next time in Calgary will be there again”

Nice place, close to what its there to see and do in Calgary

Hotel Arts

119 12th Ave SW Calgary, T2R0G8 Canada

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Nearby Points of Interest

  • Calgary Tower - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
  • Glenbow Museum - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
  • EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
  • Olympic Plaza - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
  • TD Square - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
  • Devonian Gardens - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
  • GRAND - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
  • Petro-Canada Centre - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
  • Stampede Corral - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
  • Pengrowth Saddledome - 1 km / 0.6 mi
  • Fort Calgary Historic Park - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
  • Prince's Island Park - 1.7 km / 1 mi
  • TELUS World of Science, Calgary - 1.8 km / 1.1 mi
  • Calgary Zoo - 2.3 km / 1.4 mi
  • Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium - 3.2 km / 2 mi

Location Highlights

  • Connected to convention center
  • In shopping district
  • Convention center nearby
  • In business district
  • In city center
  • In entertainment district
  • Medical center nearby
  • Train station nearby
  • Shopping district nearby
  • Casino nearby

The preferred airport for Hotel Arts is Calgary, AB (YYC-Calgary Intl.) - 10.7 km / 6.6 mi.

Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.

Nearest Major Airport:

  • Calgary, AB, Canada (YYC-Calgary Intl.)

Area:

Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Calgary, with a population of 1.2 million residents, is Alberta’s largest and Canada’s fourth-largest metro area. The observation deck at the top of Calgary Tower provides an excellent view over downtown, including Stampede Park, site of the annual Calgary Stampede, and the Saddledome, where the Calgary Flames ice hockey team plays. The nearby Calgary Zoo is home to more than 1,000 animals.

Hotel Arts

119 12th Ave SW Calgary, T2R0G8 Canada

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