Inns Of Banff Hotel

This is what Villa Catedral in Bariloche would look like with proper planning and sufficient investment. Surrounded by the Rockies, the town is full of inns and hotels, cute shops and good restaurants. Everything has an Alpine flavor to it - the architecture especially. We are enchanted, got here a bit late in the day and would like to take a little time tomorrow morning to check it out. The scenery is spectacular! We had the most delicious pizza - thin, crispy whole wheat crust with tons of ...

We celebrated my nephew's birthday at lunch after taking them for a kung-fu class in the morning. After the lunch, a little chit chat with the other guests and then we headed to Banff, Alberta, roughly 3 hours trip west of Calgary towards the Rockies. We stayed in a three bedroom villa type inn complete with the amenities of hotels plus utensils for cooking and microwave, stove, dishwasher and dining set all for a cheap price. We dont have to eat outside for dinner and breakfast. I have to de...

This morning we were able to 'de-camp' in the dry sun. We've got so much stuff that it means unloading the van completely and then re-packing just about every time we need something. We should get the hang of it by the time we don't need to any more. We were on the road by 10 and stopped for breakfast before leaving Calgary. Almost immediately we started to see snow capped peaks! :o)

We drove to Canmore so that I could get a photo I've wanted to get since I was in Banff with Mike in 2...

Hey! We arrived in Banff on Friday after our first trip on a Greyhound bus! Can't say it was all that exciting but the scenery was amazing. We took a walk around Banff townsite that afternoon down to the Bow river. Our hotel is in a perfect location, with shuttle buses into town all the time but its also in walking distance to most sights. On Saturday we went up to Sulphur mountain to do the Gondola to the top. We took a walk around in the forest at the bottom first and Mhairi had a very amus...

Banff part 2! Monday morning we got up very very early and went dog sledding. We were taken by bus to Canmore and from there on to the Spray Lakes. We spent about an hour on the sled and each had a turn to drive and a turn to sit in the sled. We had 7 huskies of different kinds driving our sled. We went on a trail through pine woodlands and then out onto a frozen lake. It was amazing and a completely unique experience. Our lead dog is apparently the smartest dog our guide has ever met and the...

Jasper to Banff 23rd April cold sunny periods -6 degrees Jasper -3 degrees Banff Quite chilly this morning (-6 degrees) as we left Jasper to drive down the Icefields Parkway to Lake Louise (230km) and then the Trans-Canada Highway into Banff. Voted "The World's Most Spectacular Mountain Drive" it was just amazing, with picture postcard views the whole way. We stopped many times to see frozen lakes, frozen waterfalls and the magnificent mountains. The road was brilliant with not much traffic a...

Banff Sunny periods 4 degrees in town Summit minus 8 - minus 15 degrees Today we spent the day in Banff. We caught the Gondola up to the Summit, an eight minute ride above the spruce and fir trees to the summit of Sulphur Mountain. It climbed 698m to the elevation of 2282m at the Upper Terminal. At the summit The Banff Skywalk is a 1km boardwalk which leads to the Cosmic Ray Station Historic Site. Even though the temperature was only minus 15 degrees we spent a couple of hours taking in the s...