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EXPERIENCE The Prairies

Peace Bridge over the
Bow River in Calgary,
lit up at dusk

1 3 \-=
CALGARY Eau Claire Market

⌂ 200 Barclay Parade SW
§ (403) 264 6450 # 8am–
k 11 miles (17 km) NE of city @ Greyhound Bus Station, 4:30pm Mon–Fri
850 16th St SW n Tourism Calgary 200, 120, 101 9th Ave
SW; www.visitcalgary.com Housed in a brightly colored
warehouse, this mall is made
Calgary is a sophisticated place, a culinary hub with up of specialty stores selling
skyscrapers, galleries, and theaters, but it is also a a fine variety of gourmet
base camp to adventure. The city’s western atmosphere, foods, contemporary arts and
still redolent at times of the frontier, is somewhat crafts. There are also cinemas, Canada Olympic Park 0 meters 500 N
9 miles (14 km)
at odds with its ultra-modern skyline, which has cafés, and restaurants, and 1ST STREET NE 2N D STRE ET N E 3 R D S T R E E T N E 0 yards 500
walkways connecting to a
continued to grow since the oil boom of the 1960s. footbridge that leads to River Prince's Island C E N T R E S T R E E T 2 N D A V E N U E N E BRIDGELAND
Park
Prince’s Island Park. Cafe E D M O NTON T R A I L N E
1 S T A V E N U E N E
1 "\= 2 "'- Centre St 4TH AVENUE NE
Calgary Tower National Music Centre Eau Claire Bridge 6TH STREET NE CENTRE AVE NE TELUS Spark
4 Market 1 ST AV E N UE SW 1.2 miles (2 km)
5T H AV EN U E S E

⌂ 101 9th Ave SW §(403) ⌂ Studio Bell, 9th Ave SE at Calgary Chinese Calgary Chinese Bow River
266 7171 # 9am–9pm daily 4th St SE # 10am–5pm Cultural Centre 2 N D AVE SW Cultural Centre RIVERF RONT AVENUE SE MCDOUGALL RD NE Calgary Zoo
∑ calgarytower.com Wed–Sun ∑ nmc.ca 1 mile (1.5 km)
⌂ 197 1st St SW # 9am– 3 RD AVEN UE SW CHINATOWN M E M O R I A L D R N E
The Calgary Tower is one of The NMC (National Music 9pm daily ∑ cultural 3R D STR EE T SW Langevin
the city’s tallest structures and Centre), opened in 2016, is centre.ca 4 T H A V E N U E S W 4TH AV EN UE S E Bridge
was once the tallest building housed in an award­winning 1 ST STREE T SW C E N T R E S T R E E T 1 S T S T R E E T S E
of its type in North America. building inspired by the Located in downtown Calgary, 5 T H A V E N U E S W Saint Patrick’s
Two elevators hurtle to the top Canadian landscape and the Chinese Cultural Centre 6 T H A V E N U E S W 6T H AV E N U E S E EAST Island
in 62 seconds, and two emerg­ instrument designs. As the was completed in 1992. It is DOWNTOWN VILLAGE
ency staircases are composed national home for music in modeled on the 1420 Temple 7 TH AV E NU E SW 4 TH STRE ET SE 7T H AVENUE SE Fort Calgary
of 802 steps apiece. From Canada, NMC is known for its of Heaven in Beijing, which OLYMPIC City 6TH ST RE E T S E Historic Park
PLAZA
street level to the top, Calgary collection of over 2,000 rare was used exclusively by 8 TH AV E NU E SW Glenbow Hall National
Tower measures 627 ft (191 m). instruments, arte facts, sound emperors. The center was Museum Arts Commons Music Centre
At the top there is a revolving equipments and Canadian built by artisans from China 9 T H A V E N U E S W 9 T H A V E N U E S E
Hunt House
restaurant, Sky 360, and a music memorabilia, including using traditional skills. The Dr. Greyhound Bus Station Calgary and Deane House
Tower
1.2 miles (2 km)
glass­floored observation the Rolling Stones Mobile Henry Fok Cultural Hall is the 1 0 TH AVE NU E SW 10TH AVENUE SE
deck, both of which offer Studio and one of Elton John’s highlight of the building with
incredible panoramic views pianos. It also hosts a variety its 70­ft­ (21­m­) high ceiling 1 1 T H AVE N UE SW M A C L E O D T R A I L O LY M P I C W A Y S E 11TH AVENUE SE
across to the Rockies. of live music events. and an impressive dome 4 T H S T R E E T S W Heritage Park HistoricalVillage El b ow Rive r
1 2 TH AV EN UE SW 6 miles (9 km) 12TH AVENUE SE
Fish Creek Provincial Park Stampede Park
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