Seniors Head North to Calgary

Senior travelers, Calgary, Canada is called A Winter Wonderland. Calgary was recently recognized as one of the top travel hotspots in the world to visit by The New York Times, the United Kingdom’s The Guardian and Vacay.ca, one of Canada’s leading online travel resources.

Calgary is Alberta’s largest city and is situated where the prairies end and the foothills begin. To many Canadians it is referred to as “Cow Town” or the “Stampede City”. Let’s see why.

Seniors Investigate the Stampede

The city, often referred to as the “heart of the new West” is traditionally recognized for the Calgary Stampede and its proximity to the Rocky Mountains. Each July the Stampede is the highlight of Calgary’s summer with the famous rodeo including all kinds of cowboy style entertainment.

This vibrant city is gaining recognition as a cultural, cosmopolitan and culinary destination. Calgary is an energetic city scattered with stimulating cultural attractions, mouth watering dining, breath taking parks and pathways, wallet hungry shops, and top notch night spots.

The best 54 places to go in 2014 includes Calgary.  Some pretty neat shots huh? Note that the beautiful scenery of Banff National Park not far from Calgary. Senior visitors will find the city jumping with excitement with the Bow River along side and the Rocky Mountains all around. For first time senior visitors, here is a site just for you.

Seniors Enjoy Canada’s Living Museum

Hub Pages focuses on ten sites you will not want to miss. Heritage Park Historical Village has been recreated into Canada’s largest living museum, complete with costumed townsfolk who are keen to bring history to life. The Park consists of more than 100 old historical buildings.

Take in Calgary’s old west with a visit to Fort Calgary; birthplace to the city. Senior visitors can’t miss the Calgary Tower, a 191 meter free standing observation tower in Downtown Calgary.

Other major attractions include Spruce Meadows, the Glenbow Museum, Bowness Park, the Zoo, the Calgary Philharmonic, Canada Olympic Park (COP) and the Eau Claire Market.

This city is a booming oil town where people come from all over Canada to take advantage of its scenery, outdoor life and just plain fun.  You will find a nice variety of tours of Calgary and this is the first thing I would take in to explore a new city.

It is often said that “Calgary is the big city, with a small town atmosphere”.  Certainly when it comes to recreation, there is no shortage of places to see and things to do in Calgary.   Hope you see you at the Stampede among the 700,000 guests. Look for me. I’ll be wearing my PHX Suns Orange baseball cap. jeb