Calgary > Calgary Experience

Advantages: Safe, friendly, good transport
Disadvantages: Extremely cold winters

...Mountains. The City of Calgary experienced rapid growth due to beef cattle raised on the plains and the lucrative oil industry. The high rise buildings in the heart of downtown were funded by large corporations moving in to capitalise on the weatlh. Calgary's population is approximately one million, making it Canada's third largest city and it has the fastest growing population. From the UK, there are regular flights direct to Calgary, with a flight ...
...-40C winter temperatures that hit Calgary for months on end. Most hotels have tourist maps in the lobby area which show the locations of the main malls. There are numerous coffee shops and restaurants to choose from. The Subway chain is good for the economy lunch, serving a great choice of huge sandwiches, filled french sticks and wraps. They are about £3-4 each with a drink. My personal favourite for dinner was The Old Spaghetti Factory found at ... Read review

Advantages: Very nice and clean city
Disadvantages: -

...year 1914, or by the Calgary Stampede, the largest Rodeo of the world. Circa 97o.ooo inhabitants live in Calgary! HOW TO COME THERE? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the winter there are few nonstop connections from Europe to Calgary. From Frankfurt there is a daily connection with Air Canada to Calgary (codesharing with Lufthansa), Air Transat also offers flights from Frankfurt and London-Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow. Otherwise one can fly to Toronto ...
...beverages. First we went to CALGARY TOWER, for 1o$ you can go to the top of the 191m high Tower and on the observation deck. Likewise there is a turning restaurant, as well as several brochures and maps down in the entrance hall, which are for free! For the first day we'd seen enough and we were tired, so we went back to the hotel. I noticed that the whole city was very clean! But two beggars wanted to have some money from us. By coincidence we ... Read review

Advantages: Loads to do. Compact downtown area. Fly direct from UK
Disadvantages: VERY cold in winter/spring.

...across the area in which Calgary now lies, and decided that it was the ideal site for a fort, and so the city was born. It was know back then as ‘The Elbow’, or ‘Bow River Fort”, and then like in so many other Canadian places, a certain officer named Colonel James Macleod called it ‘Calgary’ after his Scottish Highland birthplace. In 1883 the first railway arrived, and by 1884 Calgary had a population of around ...
...latter part of the 1990’s Calgary saw some of its most rapid growth, and since 1990 the population has increase by 22%, to around 860,749 (as of March 2002). Calgary is probably best remembered for the Winter Olympics, which it hosted in 1988. When the infamous Michael (Eddie the Eagle) Edwards, a plasterer from the UK finished 58th (last) in the 70 meter ski jump, and 55th (last) in the 90 meter jump. The Olympic village is worth a visit, ... Read review

Advantages: Lots to do.
Disadvantages: None

...in Canada- Country, and Western. Calgary is the city of cowboys and girls. For two weeks, in June, the whole of Alberta and lots from beyond, descend on Calgary for the Calgary Stampede. The stampede is an orgy of all things cowboy. There are live rodeos, cattle shows and country music events. There is also a huge funfair with loads of modern, scare you to death rides. I was working near Calgary last year and went along for the day. It was worth ...
...cowboys aren't your thing then Calgary still has lots to offer. Go and see the Olympic park, although don't waste your time and money on "The Olympic Experience" it's just naff. The olympic ski jump tower is worth a trip up. Make sure you have a go on the olympic Luge track. It takes half an hour to fill out the legal disclaimer forms, and then they only let you go down the last third of the course but it is scary enough. Quite good to be able to ... Read review