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Calgary and Edmonton Places to stay, things to do
Calgary & Edmonton
Between Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies and Elk Island National Park in Central Alberta, Edmonton has a number of attractions and beautiful natural areas to explore in all four seasons. From West Edmonton Mall, the greatest indoor show on earth, to the Old Strathcona Historic Area, Alberta's capital combines the sophistication of a modern major city with small town friendliness and western hospitality. It is served by flights from Heathrow and Gatwick. Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Calgary is a place where visitors come to explore the heritage of the Canadian West. This clean and vibrant city offers the best of all worlds: a cosmopolitan city of over 1 million people and easy access to all the beauty and excitement of the surrounding countryside. It is served by flights from all over the UK. As any large city, there are lots of hotels which can be found on our website.
Ramada Hotel
Location: Downtown Calgary Description: A comfortable 3 star hotel with a restaurant and pub. The outdoor swimming pool is only open in summertime but there is an exercise room. Accommodation: 201 rooms Why we like it: Good value accommodation in the centre of town.
Fairmont Palliser Hotel
Location: Central Calgary Description: Impeccable hotel with all the comforts you could need including 2 restaurants, swimming pool, health club and sauna. Accommodation: Fairmont rooms with a variety of bedding and the exclusive Gold floor. Why we like it: Historic, comfort and in the right place!
Edmonton: Fantasyland Hotel
Location: Attached to the West Edmonton Mall, the world's largest shopping and entertainment complex. Description: This is a hotel with a difference, with access to a 5-acre water park, the world's largest indoor amusement park, huge ice rink, dozens of attractions, themed streets and restaurants and 880 shops. Accommodation: As well as the standard rooms, there are 114 themed rooms in 11 different styles range from the Western Room where the children sleep in jail' to the pillars and statues of the Roman room, the Igloo room and the African Room with its waterfall Jacuzzi. Why we like it: It's fun, it's funky and it's different.
Calgary Stampede
July 4-13 2008
The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth as it is called locally and as you relive the cowboy days of yore, you probably won't disagree with that statement. 2 nights/3 days will give you enough time to enjoy all that is on offer. Your package will include accommodation at the hotel of your choice and the 2day thrill package which gives you tickets in the platinum section of the afternoon rodeo and to the evening Gold Section Chuck Wagon races and Grandstand Stage Show. You will also receive a souvenir programme, a Calgary Stampede Golf shirt, a Calgary Stampede Carry Bag and 2 sky ride chairlifts across Stampede Park. 2-day thrill package: £130 pp
Drumheller Experience
There is nowhere quite like the Drumheller Valley! In the Heart of the Canadian Badlands in Southern Alberta, the Drumheller Valley offers visitors a unique combination of spectacular scenery and interesting things to do. Within easy driving distance of Banff or Calgary, you will be in another world - the world of startling contrasts between the deep past and the exciting present. Rolling fields suddenly give way to steep, dry coulees ridged with the strata of hundreds of years of erosion by time, wind and water. At the heart of this is the Royal Tyrrell Museum, not only a world famous museum with the most phenomenal dinosaurs, it is also a great place of discovery for all ages. From creating your own cast of a fossil, investigating real dinosaur remains in the Badlands to hiking the surrounding badlands, this is a great trip for budding palaeontologists. Price: per person including 2 nights at the Best Western Jurassic Inn £109 Children under 12 free. NB Museum entrance extra. Some programmes need prebooking see www.tyrrellmuseum.com
Calgary & Edmonton Hotel Prices Prices are per room per night based on 2 people
Fairmont Palliser Fairmont Room up to 30th Apr up to 13th Jul up to 31st Oct up to 31st Dec Child Discounts £121 £251 £133 £121 Under 19 Ramada Hotel Standard Room £60 £91 £91 £60 Under 18 Fantasyland Superior Room £108 £165 £165 £108 Under 18
Supplement - Jun 9-13 & Jul 4-13 - £40
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