The Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival bursts into Banff May 30th and 31st, pairing an intoxicating food and wine event with the powerful landscape and pure alpine air of the surrounding peaks. "After 11 years in Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, it's thrilling to finally launch in the Canadian Rockies," says Cathy Miller, Festival Director. "People can make a weekend out of it, sample the best gourmet food, ...
Alberta ski resorts are, without a doubt, some of the best in the world.� All over North America and Europe, there are problems going on with ski vacation resorts right now. Rising global temperatures seem to be cutting the ski season shorter and shorter, and low altitude ski resorts are going out of business right and left. As all this happens, however, Alberta ski resorts continue to thrive ...
Edmonton Canada is offering an array of opportunities to visitors and locals to enjoy some regional cuisine throughout 2008, with over 10 food-focused festivals. From restaurant sponsored culinary events to celebrations of cultural cuisine, food lovers may explore Edmonton from a whole new perspective. Downtown Dining Week, from March 7 - 16, begins the festivities with a ten day epicurean festival, ideal for Edmonton winter vacations. The event includes special dinner menus ...
When the world's largest, most experienced heli-hiking company teams up with an accredited child-friendly retreat hotel in Canada's famed Banff National Park, there are serious memories to be made on this summertime family dream-vacation! Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), in partnership with the Banff Rocky Mountain Resort, has created a six-day family adventure with Rocky Mountain high country beauty, the exhilaration of helicopters and whitewater rafting, the comfort of wonderful ...
Jasper National Park has dubbed Sept. 14- 16 the "Weekend of the Century," as it celebrates its Centennial with a weekend of special events - many of them free of charge - that cater to travellers of all kinds, from history buffs to nature enthusiasts, to golfers, theatre-goers and more. A selection of the weekend's highlights include: * Friday: Art Exhibit: Tuktu Prayers, 7-10 p.m. at Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives. ...
Mention the Canadian Rockies, and most people instantly think of Banff. As the main tourist destination in the Rockies, Banff is very much a commercial town geared to tourism. But for those who like their Rockies a little quieter, 250 kilometres north is paradise - the town of Jasper. July and August are the peak times to visit Jasper, but if you don't mind colder weather and like your ...
Creating a vacation itinerary can be both thrilling and frustrating, especially when information is hard to find or activities are difficult to book. The recently re-launched, www.TravelAlberta.com has been redesigned to serve as a central point of reference so that a trip to any area in Alberta may be planned with ease from initial research to final bookings. With such a wide array of Alberta travel destinations available, TravelAlberta.com ...
The Canadian Badlands is sometimes referred to as the world's largest graveyard with the biggest bones due to its extensive dinosaur finds. This claim to fame makes this southeastern region of Alberta a perfect place to search for extraordinary Hallowe'en travel ideas. The Centrosaurus Bone Bed in Dinosaur Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is a good example. An October 6th guided hike to this massive bone bed ...
Tourism Edmonton has released a press release on 101 fun things to do in Edmonton, Alberta. Worth a look if you are planning on visiting Edmonton. Edmonton, Canada's Culture Capital for 2007, Canada's Festival City, home to the World's Largest shopping and entertainment complex... Edmonton truly has it all. Motivated by the multitude of attractions and museums to be enjoyed on an Edmonton getaway, Edmonton Tourism created its own ...
