10 Niagara Falls Canada Hotels with In-Room Hot Tubs

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Niagara Falls Hotels with In-Room Hot Tubs

Canadian Side or American Side for a Tub With a View

The falls sit on the border, and the two banks give different views. For a hot tub room that looks at the water, that settles which country you sleep in.

• What You See From the Canadian Bank From Ontario you look straight across at the full curve of the Horseshoe Falls, with the American Falls off to one side. The hotel towers with falls views line this bank, so the tub rooms with a view are here.
• How the American Bank Differs New York’s side puts you beside the American Falls and shows the Horseshoe Falls side-on. It’s the closer look at the water. Stay there for the state park, and cross the river for the wide view.
• Crossing Between the Two The Rainbow Bridge is the one crossing at Niagara that takes people on foot, and it takes cars too. Carry a passport, or one of the border cards both countries accept at land crossings. A plain driver’s licence won’t get you across.

Falls View or Just the Tub

Two kinds of tub room sell here: the ones that face the falls, and the ones that don’t. The second kind costs far less.

• Falls-View Rooms Hilton Niagara Falls/Fallsview Hotel & Suites grades its whirlpool rooms by view: casino and city, the American Falls, or both falls. The both-falls rooms cost the most.
• City-View Rooms in the Towers The towers on the bluff sell rooms that face the casino and the city as well. A tub room on that side costs less and sees none of the water, so read the view in the room name before you pay.
• Tub Rooms Back From the Bluff Hotels a few blocks back from the falls sell jetted tub rooms with no falls view, for a good deal less. You walk or ride to the water in the morning instead.

Whirlpool, Jetted or Soaker: Reading the Room Name

Hotels here use several words for a tub, and they don’t all mean jets.

• Whirlpool and Jetted Mean the Same Tub Both words describe a tub that pumps water through jets. Sterling Inn & Spa builds each of its room types with either a jetted tub or a steam shower, so pick the room that names the tub.
• Air-Jet Tubs Bubble Instead An air-jet tub pushes warm air through small ports in the tub. You get bubbles and a softer feel than water jets give. Hotels write it as air tub or air-jetted tub.
• Soaker Tubs Have No Jets A soaker is a deep tub and nothing more. Hilton Niagara Falls/Fallsview Hotel & Suites lists a soaker tub room beside its whirlpool rooms, and Sheraton Fallsview Hotel describes both an oversized soaker tub and a whirlpool bathtub among its rooms. Book the wrong word and the water stays still.

Getting From Fallsview Boulevard Down to the Falls

Fallsview Boulevard runs along a bluff above the Horseshoe Falls. The water is close in a straight line and a long way down.

• Riding the Incline Niagara Parks runs a short funicular, the Falls Incline Railway, between the Fallsview area and Table Rock Centre at the edge of the Horseshoe Falls. It runs all year, and a railway has climbed this slope for decades.
• Taking the WEGO Bus WEGO buses run all year between Fallsview, Clifton Hill and Table Rock. Ride one when the weather turns or the hill looks long.
• Walking Down Murray Street Murray Street drops from Fallsview Boulevard to Queen Victoria Park beside the falls. The way down is easy and the climb back is steep, so save your legs and ride up.

Falls Illumination and Fireworks From Your Room

The view from a tub that faces the falls changes after dark.

• Lights on the Water Every Night The falls are lit in colour every night of the year, and the Niagara Falls Illumination Board has paid for the lighting for about a century. The lamps stand on the Ontario side of the gorge and shine across at the water.
• When the Fireworks Run Fireworks go up over the falls through the summer, during the Winter Festival of Lights, and on holidays such as Canada Day and New Year’s Eve. The nights change from year to year, so read the season’s calendar before you pick dates.
• Where They’re Seen From Niagara Falls Tourism counts the falls-view hotel rooms among its viewing spots, next to Queen Victoria Park and Table Rock. A room that faces the city sees none of it.

Why Winter Suits a Hot Tub Room

January to March is the quiet season here, and the tub is the reason to come anyway.

• What Stays Open Journey Behind the Falls runs all year, and in winter its tunnels look out at ice. The falls are always open to look at. The Winter Festival of Lights has run from mid-November into January for more than 40 years.
• Boat Tours Stop The boat tours to the base of the falls stop for the winter and start again in spring. Plan the cruise for a warmer trip.
• Whether the Falls Freeze They don’t freeze solid. Ice builds up around the falls and on the rocks while the river keeps running, and from a warm tub on the bluff that’s what you look at.

FAQs

1. What is a jacuzzi suite?

A room or suite with a jetted tub inside it, for your use alone, as opposed to the shared hot tub by the pool. Jacuzzi is a brand name that people use for any tub with jets. Where the tub sits differs by hotel. At Howard Johnson Plaza by Wyndham by the Falls Niagara Falls and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Niagara Falls, ON it stands in the bedroom, and at Sterling Inn & Spa and Sheraton Fallsview Hotel it’s in the bathroom.

2. Which hotel has the best view of Niagara Falls on the Canada side?

That depends on which falls you want in the window. The towers on Fallsview Boulevard look down on the Horseshoe Falls, and Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview Hotel & Spa puts itself 100 yards from them. Sheraton Fallsview Hotel stands further down the river by the American Falls, and its falls-view rooms take in both. Ask for a high floor at either.

3. What hotel in Niagara Falls has a rooftop pool?

Sheraton Fallsview Hotel has one, an outdoor pool on the roof that looks at the falls. It opens for the warm months, from late spring into autumn, and closes for winter. The hotel’s indoor pool runs all year, so a winter stay still has somewhere to swim. Fallsview Indoor Waterpark connects to the building as well.

4. What happened to Embassy Suites Niagara Falls?

It became Hyatt Regency Niagara Falls Fallsview. The tower on Fallsview Boulevard is the same building, and its rooms were renovated for the change of brand. Search for that name if you stayed at the Embassy Suites and want the same address. Pages under the Embassy Suites name still turn up on travel sites, so match the hotel by its street address.

5. Which Niagara Falls hotels have a jacuzzi in the room and a pool?

Most of the larger hotels with tub rooms have an indoor pool too. Howard Johnson Plaza by Wyndham by the Falls Niagara Falls has a heated indoor pool and an outdoor one for summer, and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Niagara Falls, ON has an indoor pool. Sterling Inn & Spa has no pool, so pick it for the tub and the spa.

6. Do Niagara Falls hotels still have heart-shaped tubs?

Yes, Howard Johnson Plaza by Wyndham by the Falls Niagara Falls shows a heart-shaped tub in the bedroom of one of its king hot tub rooms. Tub shapes differ from room to room inside one hotel, and its other hot tub suite has a plain rectangular tub. Look at the photos for the exact room you’re booking, and ask the front desk to note the request.

7. When are Niagara Falls jacuzzi rooms cheapest?

Winter weeknights cost the least. At the big falls-view hotels, the dearest summer weekend nights cost up to three times the winter weeknight rate for the same whirlpool room. The bed and breakfasts move far less between seasons. Friday nights cost less than Saturdays at the larger hotels, so start a weekend a day early if your dates are loose.

8. Are there hotels with in-room hot tubs on the American side of Niagara Falls?

There are a few, and the ones nearest the falls are downtown beside Niagara Falls State Park. The Giacomo sells whirlpool rooms and suites in an Art Deco tower a 10-minute walk from the American Falls. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Niagara Falls New York has king rooms with a whirlpool on the upper river, an 18-minute walk from the same spot. Staying there means no border to cross if you’re already in the United States.

9. How long does it take to walk across the Rainbow Bridge?

Allow 25 to 30 minutes from one side to the other, and longer when the customs hall is busy. The walkway looks upriver at the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls, so people stop for photos halfway. Walking into the United States, you pay a small toll before the walkway on the Canadian end, and the walk into Canada has none. Have your passport in hand before you reach the booth.