34 Give A Tour: My 10 Favorite Things To Do In Calgary

A while ago I posted about a book I had gotten: No One Cares What You Had For Lunch 100 Ideas for Your Blog. Today my post is number 34 from the blog, Give a Tour.

So today I'll suggest My 10 Favorite Things To Do In Calgary:

1. Go To The Mountains: I know this isn't directly in Calgary, but quite close and a really fun thing to do. It's great that you can get into the wilderness so quickly. Plus there is Banff and Canmore, if you like to go shopping.

2. See the Skyline: Two great places to see the Skyline of the city are Scottsman Hill above the Stampede grounds or on the Commons at SAIT. Both provide an excellent view of our amazing skyline

3. Banff Hot Springs: Is there anything better then sitting in the Hot Springs, when it is snowing all around you. You get out the hot springs feeling rested and happy, it is a spa experience in itself.

4. Go To the Zoo: Calgary has quite a good zoo and for 15$ or a 40$ yearly pass, it is great to see Lions and Tigers and Bears. The Africa exhibt that was recently renovated was amazing. It is also a really great place for kids, with cool playgrounds and a reasonalbly priced cafeteria with lots of healthy choices.

5. Have breakfast at the Rockyview Hospital: I know you must all think I'm crazy, but if for some reason you are ever at the Rockyview Hospital in the morning, I highly recommend the breakfast there, it's good and cheap. My usual is a poached egg, piece of toast, peice of ham, sausage and hashbrowns. That comes to 3.15$. Water is free.

6. Take a Tour of the Bernard Callebaut Chocolate Factory: If you love chocolate, you should defintly do this. Espeically since you get a free chocolate in the end. It is amazing to see the detail and the quality that goes into these chocolates. Delicious!

7. Shopping: If you are a tourist and like shopping I would say there are two places to check out, the first would be Chinook. It's a mall, but it has an amazing food court and most stores you could imagine. Secondly would be downtown. On the second and third floors of alot of the buildings downtowns are stores and they are all connected by walkways. Plus for a break you can head to Devionain Gardens.

8. Markets: Calgary also has some good markets. Two I frequent are the Calgary Farmers market in Curry Barracks. Runs all year long on Fridays-Sundays and is fairly "high class". The second would be Millarville, which only runs in the summer and only on Saturday mornings (although the Christmas Market is next weekend) but great food sold from local farmers.

9. Willow Park Winery: This is a great wine store in Willow Park. They have classes (that someday Darryl and I will take) and every kind of wine you can imagine (well I'm sure not every kind of wine but tons and tons). They also have a wide variety of ports, which is nice.

10. Going to the Park: Lucas, Emma and I go to the park almost everyday. Most times it is the park at the end of the street, but there are tons of options here in Calgary. We also frequent, the Southland Off Leash and Fish Creek Park.

I know I have lots of readers in Calgary, so I'd love to hear some of your favorite things to do in Calgary.

Till Monday

Jenn