Day Trips

Nanton Lights the Way, the kick-off to the Christmas season, takes place on Saturday, November 23, 2019, with festive shops and boutiques open with seasonal goodies for you, and special inventory and great deals to make your shopping list a snap to complete. The ...Read More

Find Santa on the top of a mountain this Christmas! From November 16 – December 30, 2019, Banff Gondola is hosting a Mountaintop Christmas, with all the wonder and magic you can hope for. Santa will be visiting until December 22, 2019, and you’ll ...Read More

The tiny town of Rosebud, a little over an hour from Calgary, boasts a thriving theatre that has become a favourite of many Calgarians. Rosebud Theatre offers professional theatre productions, paired with a delicious meal, that will engage and entertain you. For the 2019 ...Read More

Is there a better way to celebrate Christmas than skiing with Santa at one of the most beautiful resorts in the world?! Head to the Lake Louise Ski Resort on December 21 and 22, 2019, and find Santa Claus out skiing with his elves ...Read More

Go for a drive, and on a beautiful day in the Red Deer area, check out Discovery Canyon. With a lazy river and a beach area, there’s something for everyone! This free play area features: natural river-fed bubbling pools of water tube floating trickling rivulets ...Read More

Kayben Farms’ Sunshine Adventure Park is a refreshing place to take your kids for a delightful day of fun in the sun, about 10 minutes south of the city. [...] ...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