Day Trips

artsPlace in Canmore is hosting the annual Canmore Festival of Art and Creativity, a three-day event celebrating Canmore’s creative spirit coinciding with Alberta Culture Days! FREE drop-in workshops, performances, demonstrations, films, a community campfire, and the Canmore Studio and Gallery Tour – art and ...Read More

What do you picture when I say “Badlands”? Is it hot, dry summers, rocks and dinosaur fossils, and maybe Drumheller and the Royal Tyrrell Museum? Well, keep going south along the Red Deer River Valley and you’ll come to the other Canadian Badlands, just ...Read More

From the rolling prairies, to the soaring majesty of the Rockies, to the world-renowned Calgary Stampede, Calgary has become a tourist destination that is famous around the world. Many people who visit Calgary include a trip to Banff National Park (and if they don’t, ...Read More

During the holidays my sister-in-law Jen, and I sprawled on the couch and commiserated how baked we felt after the craziness of the season. Always up for an excuse to run away to the spa we conspired to have a girls’ weekend in Banff ...Read More

Check out the Wibit inflatable park at Sylvan Lake, Alberta! Opened in 2016, Sylvan Lake Aqua Splash will take over as the biggest water fun at the lake, as Wild Rapids waterslides closed in 2016. An obstacle course on the lake is sure to provide ...Read More

Cochrane Historical Museum opened its doors only a couple years ago and allows you to take a trip down memory lane. The museum is in the Old Davies Hospital, the town’s first hospital, built in 1909. The museum is located on the Cochrane Ranche Site, ...Read More

Banff National Park is Canada’s oldest, and arguably the most well-known, of Canada’s national parks. The park is famous around the world, and literally millions of visitors from all corners of the globe stream through its gates on a yearly basis. Canadians also love ...Read More