Calgary Travelers Recommend

Calgary hosted the 15th Winter Olympics in 1988, a first for Canada. At Canada Olympic Park you can see the 70m and 90m ski jumps - from the top you realize how crazy those guys are - and the concrete bobsled and luge runs. The Olympic Hall of Fame has three floors of exhibits honouring athletic achievements. Calgary Zoo not only has close to a thousand kinds of animals, but a dinosaur park (yes, they’re replicas). Fish Creek Provincial Park offers the chance to get away from it all on hiking trails in an enormous mid-city wilderness, or you can rest easy in the tranquillity of Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Calgary is shaking off its redneck ‘Cowtown’ image and showing off how much it has to offer. Why not get up in the air to get a perspective on this up-and-coming metropolis? Take a trip up to the top of Calgary Tower to check out the mountains on the skyline, get high on adrenalin on the rides at Calaway Park or take in the view from a restaurant.

Located a roughly 90minute drive away from Calgary is one of the countries top tourist attractions, Banff National Park and the resort town within it also known as Banff. The town and the surrounding areas are known as having some of the most beautiful and picturesque landscapes in all of the country. Located north west of the city between the popular towns of Banff and Jasper is the Athabasca Glacier which is part of the Columbia Icefield. The best way to get up close with this ancient piece of ice is to take a day trip like the Columbia Icefield Tour from Calgary. On the tour you will drive along the Icefield Parkway, which is known as one of the greatest mountain drives in the world as well as, visit Banff and Lake Louise with the best part being a ride in the all-terrain Ice Explorer. If you are tired of the big city and you just want to get out and explore you might be interested in taking a Mountain, Lakes, and Waterfalls Day Trip from Calgary.