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Flights to Calgary
Major sites: Canada Olympic Park, Glenbow Museum, Fort Calgary
Popular Calgary attractions: Eau Claire Market, Calgary Tower,
Bar U Ranch National Historic Site
Other sites in Calgary: Calgary has many parks, including Heritage Park and
Prince's Island Park. Another favourite is Stampede Park, which is renowned for
its rodeos and chuck wagon races. Fish Creek Provincial Park is also popular
with its trails for biking, hiking and running.
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Flights to Calgary
Flights are available to Calgary from Manchester International Airport as well as London Heathrow and Glasgow Airport.
Return tickets to Calgary are priced from £379 from Heathrow Airport and start at £324 per person from Manchester.
Many airlines fly to Calgary including British Airways, United Airlines, FlyZoom and Air Canada.
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Where to stay in Calgary
Calgary has many fine hotels. Superb 4-star hotels in central Calgary include The Westin Calgary and
Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire
with rooms from £90 and £85 respectively. Other good hotels are the 3-star
Four Points Calgary West,
located next to the Canada Olympic Park and University of Calgary with rooms from £73, and the
International Hotel of Calgary,
two blocks from Chinatown with rooms starting at £80 a night.
Accommodation for backpackers and budget tourists is widely available. Shared and private rooms costing as little as £14
and £19 per night respectively are available at the Hostelling International Calgary City Centre. Other good places to
stay are the University of Calgary, Owasina Hall Summer Hostel and Twin Gables B&B.
Things to do and places to visit in Calgary
Calgary is still benefitting from the Winter Olympics it hosted in 1988. Cananda Olympic park is a favourite with many,
still used by Calgarians for skiiing in the winter, it is now also used through the year for mountain biking, luge rides,
bungee trampolining, outdoor wall climbing, and mini golf. Also popular is Calgary Zoo, with Kamala, the famous elephant who paints.
Calgary nightlife is as good as any. Restaurant are diverse and of a high quality, including the Sushi Bar Zipang and
Murrieta's West Coast Bar and Grill. Cool bars in and around downtown Calagay are Big Wally's, Bonavista Barley Mill and
the Bamboo Tiki Lounge. And for anyone that wants to go clubbing there is live rock music and dancing at the Back Alley Night Club
and the Hi Fi Club as well as the alternative Jimmy's Night Club.
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