Sandman Hotel & Suites, Calgary Airport

Travel Blogs from Calgary

The End...

A travel blog entry by moniandchris

... oceans, hills, lakes, prairies, hot springs, cliffs, beaches, northern lights, rainforests, tundra, wetlands, rivers, ...

Two great weeks with our friends

A travel blog entry by steeles-rvtrip

... couple across from us, looking for food, they said it was quite scary, but again Mike was hopeful one would come over to us to say hi! In the morning, after driving the rv by the lake for a somewhat closer look, following Steve's expert directions, who had to get out of the RV to tell him where to go! Michael accomplished a 6 (or more) point turn, so that we could finally leave the park!! After lots of laughs, ...

Saddle Up Cowboy

A travel blog entry by solinski

... exhibits and took Robbie on the Merry-Go-Round at the midway.

For dinner we walked back to our hostel and made kraft dinner in the shared kitchen. It was great! After that we all fell into bed - unfortunately our hostel had no a/c and we baked all night long!

All and all we've been very impressed with the downtown Calgary area - lots in walking distance - a truly great area!

Yippee Ki-yay Cowboys and Cowgirls,

The Olinskis

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Big City Canada: Calgary!

A travel blog entry by strayerfamily

... was a site called "Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump". What the ? Turns out this is a historical site where the natives of years past would force the buffalo towards a cliff. They would then have no choice but to jump, rendering dinner and hides at the bottom. But "Head Smashed"? These crazy Canadians have a way with their words, and their long O's.

Olivia located our campground of choice for the evening: Calgary ...

Exploring downtown

A travel blog entry by andrewandbecci

... It took Andrew a while to get used to the handing of an automatic and the different road signs but we decided to then head to Calgary zoo.

The Zoo was very big and reminded us a bit of Chester Zoo it was very big and Will laid out with plenty to see. Our favorite bit was the Canadian area where there were all the native animals to this area. We saw our first grizzly but fortunately ...