How to Find Luxury Hotels in Calgary, Canada

Calgary, Canada is Alberta's largest city. Steeped in history but in love with progress, Calgary is a city both sightseers and adventurers will enjoy. Luxury accommodations can be found throughout the area, with many only minutes from the city's major attractions.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A computer with Internet access.
• A provincial highway map and a map of Calgary, Canada.

Know Your Destination

1. Calgary is full of busy shoppers. Yet the hustle and bustle of the business world still offers time to catch one's breath while taking in a play or riding a tram. Your accommodations will reflect the city's values of cleanliness and efficiency.

2. Choose your hotel or a local resort close to innumerable points of interest you'd like to see. Cast against western Canada's plains and mountains, Calgary offers the best of both the natural and modern world.

Find Your Way Around Calgary, Canada

3. Fly into the Calgary International Airport. Ranked as the fourth busiest airport in Canada, a full array of modern conveniences await travelers. Rest after your flight or rent a car to drive to your nearby hotel. A taxi will pick you up if you desire.

4. Climb aboard a helicopter to see the Wilson Icefield. Your flight will take you over the icefield where you'll see six glaciers, pristine wilderness waters and a 900-foot waterfall. You'll lift off within minutes of your hotel.

5. Know that Calgary's highway system is modern and fast. If you don't want to negotiate the city traffic, consider calling a taxi and let someone else do the driving for you. Cabbies are also excellent sources of 'inside information' on great places to eat and great sites to see.

Find Luxury Accommodations in Calgary, Canada

6. To book accommodations, contact Calgary Convention & Visitors Bureau at [phone] or visit the Web site (see Resources below). Float down the Athabasca River on a raft. You'll see the high rock banks and get a taste of what the early 19-century furtraders experienced when they traveled the same route. You'll want to rest up afterwards in one of the area's numerous luxury hotel rooms.

7. Stay near the famed Jasper Aerial Sightseeing Tram. This is Canada's longest and highest tram and starts at an elevation of 7,500 feet on Whistler Mountain. You'll see for miles and be able to pick out remote lakes, rivers and landmarks. Nearby accommodations are waiting when your feet touch the ground.

8. Choose luxury accommodations near the Deane House Historic Site and Restaurant. Have a quiet meal and enjoy the downtown scenery just off the 9th Avenue Bridge.

9. Select a hotel downtown near the Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts. Take in a play, be swept away and entertained as you are drawn into a professionally executed drama.