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From pop-up shops and farmers’ markets to live music and special excursions, we’re constantly inspired by what’s happening in The County and right here at The Royal.

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Canadian Staycation

Must-See Stops and Stays in Ontario’s Prince Edward County 2022

Prince Edward County’s newest hotel is also one of the oldest, built in the late 1800s and lying vacant for the past several decades.

Escapism Toronto

The Royal Hotel is the best thing to happen to Prince Edward County 2022

We check into The Royal Hotel, Picton’s 143-year-old gem that recently underwent an impressive renovation. Here’s what to expect at the stunning Prince Edward County Hotel.

Toronto Life

Inside the Royal Hotel’s five-year restoration 2022

Left derelict for more than a decade, Prince Edward County’s the Royal has been given a second life with a thoughtful restoration.

Global News Kingston

Picton's historic Royal Hotel officially opens after a massive restoration 2022

Massive restoration breathes new life into Picton’s historic Royal Hotel.

Belleville Intelligencer

Picton’s historic ‘The Royal Hotel’ re-opens after nine-year restoration 2022

Picton has reclaimed a major centerpiece of its historic downtown.

Sharp Magazine

The Royal Hotel Has a Storied Past and a Promising Future 2022

A landmark of Picton, Ontario, The Royal Hotel fell on hard times before undergoing a grand revival.

Watershed

Game On: The Royal Hotel 2022

The impossible possible beautiful formula that resurrected The Royal Hotel.

Toronto Star

Royal revival in PEC 2022

Picton’s chic, new boutique hotel pays tribute to history.

 

– Wing Sze Tang

Toronto Life

"I didn't know this part of my life was missing" 2022

Chef Albert Ponzo on how a move to P.E.C. and an unexpected hiatus from the kitchen reordered his priorities. 

 

– Toronto Life

Globe and Mail

A stay at Prince Edward County's revamped Royal  hotels is a journey in local details 2022

The ‘Royal contrast’ of tensions between the genteel and the real come alive in the hotel’s 28 rooms, cade, bar, bakery and restaurant.

 

– Nathalie Atkinson

Toronto Life

What's on the menu at the Royal, Prince Edward County's Swanky New Hotel 2022

If the location alone doesn’t hook you, the food will.

 

– Liza Agrba

Globe and Mail

How Prince Edward County's new hotels are designed for locals and visitors 2022

Over the past five years, the Royal has been rebuilt and restored to its former glory.

 

– Alyssa Shwartz

 

InQuinte.ca

Re-imagined Royal Hotel now open 2022

“It’s been years in the making and after an extensive restoration, The Royal Hotel in downtown Picton is open.”

 

– InQuinte.ca

County Live

History renewed as re-imagined Royal Hotel opens 2022

“Following years of restoration, The Royal Hotel has re-emerged in downtown Picton, with a grand opening slated for May.”

 

– County Live

Travel Week

Prince Edward County’s historic gem The Royal Hotel now open 2022

“The grand opening in May 2022 will also mark the debut of a new outdoor pool and garden.”

 

– Travel Week

Taste Toronto

Now Open 2022

“Now open, The Royal Hotel is a gorgeously-revived piece of Prince Edward County’s history.”

 

– Christine Peddie, Taste Toronto

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Oeno In the Annex

Spring Fever March 11 – April 29

After a long winter, there is a restlessness—a fever sets in….a deep desire to revel in nature’s awakening. Spring Fever. 

In celebration of the arrival of spring, Oeno Gallery in The Royal Annex presents ‘Spring Fever”—a fabulous collection of paintings by Pat Service, Fiona Ackerman and Jennifer Hornyak. All three artists have a history of expressing nature’s glory in brilliant colour, form and pattern. Joining them are sculptors Phillipe Pallafray and Shayne Dark.

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