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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Historic elegance in Calgary
by mashpuma

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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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Fairmont Palliser - Calgary. Cow towns best?
by NomisG

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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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Advantages: Very nice and clean city
Disadvantages: -

So, finally... the third part of my CANADA row... C A L G A R Y... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... lies in the west of Canada, more exactly said in Alberta, only few kilometers far away from the Rocky Mountains. In 1988 the Olympic Winter Games took place in Cal ... Read review

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Another wonderful instalment but I am rationing myself in reading your travelogue - don't want it to stop. by andrewfleminguk

This sounds like a great place to travel. Enjoyed the review. Cheers by oldwasp

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Do You Like Cowboys?
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TAKE A BOW CALGARY, YOU WERE FLAMING BRILLIANT.
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Advantages: Safe, friendly, good transport
Disadvantages: Extremely cold winters

Calgary, is situated in the Province of Alberta, and nestles between the edge of the Great Plains and the magnificent Canadian Rockies. This makes it a perfect spot for a huge variety of holidays. You can spend your entire holiday exploring the city and ... Read review

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It sounds lovely, although I think the cold would put me off a bit! Lynne x by purplelynne

I would love to visit. Maureen by MAFARRIMOND

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Advantages: ----
Disadvantages: So much!!

The first time I stepped on Canadian ground was at CALGARY INT. AIRPORT. CALGARY INT. AIRPORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The airport is appropriate 17km far away from Downtown Calgary and it is very easy to get there. You just take the Deerfoot Trail (Highw ... Read review

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great review. lynsey xx by luseantom

Great review with plenty of detail. Quite a difficult subject to review, but really well done. by Dogbert

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YYC Airport big hughe and beautifull designed
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Calgary International Airport
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What a welcome into Calgary!
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Advantages: Helpers & greeters everywhere!
Disadvantages: Long way to walk off the plane into arrivals

As soon as you step into the airport, you are greeted by 'helpers' dressed in cowboy clothes! I have been to Calgary 5 times and this still puts a smile on my face after a long flight. The 'helpers' are there to guide you into the arrivals hall, as the wa ... Read review

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I would really have liked to have read more about Calgary..Baz by Bigbaz

Sorry mate, I've just realised that your op was about the airport in Calgary. Sorry about that, I'll re-rate for you. :) by rowei

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YYC Airport big hughe and beautifull designed
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Calgary International Airport
by johnnycanuck

* CANADA - Part 2: Calgary Int. Airport *
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Advantages: Easy to navigate, Spacious, Scenic views
Disadvantages: Could use more retail, No rapid transit link

Calgary's airport (YYC) is an attractive, well-designed facility with convenient access to the city and some impressive mountain views. The fourth busiest air terminal in Canada (after Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal), YYC was renovated and expanded in ... Read review

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An excellent first review, well written, interesting and informative. Welcome to Ciao!...Les by Floon

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YYC Airport big hughe and beautifull designed
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What a welcome into Calgary!
by charlieb

* CANADA - Part 2: Calgary Int. Airport *
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Advantages: Loads to do. Compact downtown area. Fly direct from UK
Disadvantages: VERY cold in winter/spring.

…This one’s for Stevethesleeve who prompted me to continue writing my series of Canadian travel ops. So here goes… Well it seems appropriate to begin with a little history of Calgary, which sits in the prairies, on the banks of the Bo ... Read review

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You sound as though you had a great time! I'd love to spend another holiday in Canada, we visited Banff and Vancouver in May/June 2000. by sdwill

I have always wanted to go to Calgary, and I will one day, Ang. by yukkibear

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Do You Like Cowboys?
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* CANADA - Part 3: CALGARY *
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