Cannery Pier in the spotlight

Published 6:57 am Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa sits on the Columbia River in Astoria.

Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa was recently ranked No. 25 on Trip Advisor’s 2015 Travellers’ Choice “Top 25 Hotels for Romance — United States.”

It joins a prestigious group of U.S. hotels, including No. 1, The Inn Above Oak Creek in Sedona, Ariz.; the No. 2, the Desert Riviera Hotel in Palm Springs, Calif.; and No. 3, the Hotel California in Palm Springs.

“Travelers rave about the Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa’s location in the Columbia River, friendly staff and special amenities such as complimentary chauffeured vintage cars which take guests to and from dinner at downtown restaurants, wine and hors d’oeuvres reception featuring Smoked Salmon on local Finnish Rye Bread, binoculars in every room for watching wildlife and passing ships as well as complimentary Cruiser Bicycles to ride along the Astoria Riverwalk,” wrote Donna Quinn, director of sales and marketing, in a release.

Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa is a luxury boutique hotel built on the former site of a historic cannery 600 feet out into the Columbia River. Waterfront balconies in each room allow guests a bird’s-eye view of river traffic to and from the Pacific Ocean. Hotel owner and Astorian Robert Jacob designed and built the hotel as a tribute to the Finnish fishermen who created the first fishermen’s cooperative in Astoria — Union Fishermen’s Cooperative Packing Company — during its heyday of canning salmon. Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa opened in 2005 and has been written up in the New York Times, Sunset Magazine, Travel & Leisure and other publications.

For the full list of the “Top 25 Hotels for Romance — United States,” visit www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Hotels-cRomance

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