Advantages: Awesome sights you can only dream of
Disadvantages: hard to decide wha to wear!

Calgary is in Alberta, just short of a 9 hour flight from London. If you are visiting Calgary and want to see the Rocky mountains then hiring a car is a must. The rates are quite reasonable though and as the airport is about a half hour drive from downt ... Read review

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Have you any more info on places to stay and costs/ advice on car hire. I'd love to visit the Rockies too. by mirandamac

I'd love to travel around there. One day maybe. by kevin121

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Calgary - The Gateway to Two Worlds
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Advantages: a magnificant view from the top
Disadvantages: the restaurant is not always open

...dos is to go up Calgary Tower. This will cost you around £20 but well worth it. The first thing that strikes you is that it is in the middle of the town so you dont have to take extra transport to go to visit ... Read review

Advantages: easy to get around and very well sign posted for all areas
Disadvantages: very small duty free shop

The first thing you notice when arriving at Calgary Airport (YYC) is the guides or helpers all dressed as cowboy/cowgirls with hats on and you cant help smiling and thinking "yes I am in Canada". Calgary is the fourth biggest air terminal in Canada and ... Read review

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Not very well focused on the subject here. R. by RICHADA

Sorry but this is not a terribly useful review by catsholiday

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* CANADA - Part 2: Calgary Int. Airport *
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What a welcome into Calgary!
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Calgary International Airport
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Advantages: Good Location, Friendly Staff, Fully Equipped Rooms
Disadvantages: WiFi not free, Cluttered roads surrounding hotel during Stampede

The Fairmont Palliser is a well known hotel located in downtown Calgary, Alberta Canada. The exterior of the hotel stands out well with the surrounding buildings and offers a unique victorian style building. The hotel features full Valet services for vehi ... Read review

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Nice work, well written. by dynamicnurse

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Fairmont Palliser - Calgary. Cow towns best?
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Historic elegance in Calgary
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Advantages: Cheap, friendly
Disadvantages: Rough

Calgary city centre has several youth hostels; we stayed at HI Calgary. This is located in 520-7th Avenue, on the outskirts of Downtown Calgary and about a 10-15 minute gentle walk from Calgary Tower and the shopping areas of town. The location is two min ... Read review

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Perhaps next time the budge for accommodation should be upped a little?! Good review. by NomadSue

well reviewed by TheHairyGodmother

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Advantages: Location, customer service, food
Disadvantages: Expensive!

...work. I was very impressed! The hotel is rated as a 4 star but I would say that it's actually on par with a couple of 5 stars that I have stayed in and certainly better than several other 4 ... Read review

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Sounds like a fab hotel :) by shoppingpenguin

Sounds lovely! Great review x by lora44

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Advantages: Suite hotel in downtown Calgary with great food
Disadvantages: Some traffic noise

...suite for us at the International Hotel in Downtown Calgary for the first night of our Canadian holiday. Opened in 1970 with 248 suites, it was only 6km from the airport and reached in about 15 minutes by taxi, but the estimate ... Read review

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Those mattresses in the picture are huge. The beds looked very comfy. Pat.t x by patriciat

The americans seem to do everything on a grand scale don't they. by docpov

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Advantages: None to speak of.
Disadvantages: Dirty, noisy, no food, BAD location, creepy staff.....

Oh boy! Where to start. We stayed here on the first night of a recent ski holiday. We wanted somewhere close to the airport and cheap as we picked up our hire car to head to Radium, BC, early the next morning. The hotel is not particularly close to the a ... Read review

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Will stay clear of this. Thanks by oldwasp

wow, it really doesn't sound like a good place to stay. Good review though x by fizz9999

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Advantages: Grand comfort, good location, great price.
Disadvantages: No airport shuttle bus.

We stayed in the Fairmont Palliser, Calgary last weekend after a week long Ski holiday to the Rocky, Purcell and Kootenay mountains. (6 mountains in 8 days - just to make any skiers reading jealous!!) It was a great place for some luxury after skiing all ... Read review

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Great review :o) Debs x by debmercury

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Great Place To Stay
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Historic elegance in Calgary
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Advantages: Clean, tidy, good food, helpful staff
Disadvantages: located in commercial district

A standard North American style hotel, we stayed here for one night in September 2008 on a bed and breakfast basis before we picked up an RV for cruising around Canada. Smoking and non smoking rooms available Spacious comfortable rooms, en suite cab ... Read review

Advantages: Loads
Disadvantages: None

The Ramada Hotel in Calgary (Canada) is a personal favorite, and when in Calgary, I wont stay anywhere else, indeed, I am willing to travel an hour or so just to stay there! My son loved it too (But not as much as the theme hotel in Edmonton (Different ... Read review

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Sound review. Certainly a far cry from anything in Kabul I should say. by andrewfleminguk

great review :o) Lisa x by just.bcoz

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Advantages: Elegant, comfortable hotel with superb service
Disadvantages: Can get very busy with events and groups

...particularly enjoyed a stay at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, we were keen to try its smaller sister in Calgary. We stayed for 3 nights at the end of a superb Rocky Mountaineer train journey from Vancouver to Calgary. First impressions of th ... Read review

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sounds great :o) by TheHairyGodmother

Good review, sounds like a great place. Hope you han a nice weekend by oldwasp

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Great Place To Stay
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Fairmont Palliser - Calgary. Cow towns best?
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Advantages: great airport shuttle service, large rooms, possible free late checkout
Disadvantages: staff slightly unhelpful, room cleanliness variable

We unfortunately had a mixed stay at this hotel in September 06. Arrival: The shuttle service is easy to use. Use one of the many interactive free telephones in Calgary airport to contact the hotel and they will send a driver and minivan to collect y ... Read review

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Great update and a good insight into the hotel - Lexy by Bollinger28

If I'm not miscalculation I'm turning you green with this rating :-) Congratulations! :-))) by SaschaT

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Advantages: history of calgary settlers -indians-cowbys and scandels
Disadvantages: hard to find without a map

I am lucky that I have family in Calgary and have visited this wonderful city and region many times. Each visit is not complete without a trip to the Glen bow museum, which is situated downtown. You would think that I would have had enough but there neve ... Read review

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A good review! - particularly well-written. Should you decide to add more to this I will happily return to re-rate. by Newboy3

Some useful info. Kim by kimp123

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Advantages: Fun, interesting, educational
Disadvantages: Just a bit tiring, but its to be expected for a day out and transport, a car I feel is a neccesity!!

...a little interesting history about Fort Calgary - Fort Calgary tells the story of the founding and growth of Calgary. The site was first developed in 1875 by the North West Mounted Police, who arrived at the junction of the Bow and Elbow Rivers to ... Read review

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Interesting review. My husband and I are planning on going to Canada in the new year. Would love to visit Calgary. by kollarosie

A very well written review. by Evie1982

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