Calgary, located in Alberta, is an attractive and beautiful city that is situated on the banks of Bow River. It is close to Alberta’s majestic Rocky Mountains. Snuggled in the foothills of Canada’s Rocky Mountains, Calgary, Heart of the New West TM is a place where the visitors come to explore the heritage of Canadian West. The safe, clean and vibrant city offers the best of all worlds – a cosmopolitan city of more than 1 million people and breathtaking outdoor adventure in pristine wilderness.

The well-known visitor attraction of Calgary is Calgary Stampede. This features a large parade and world-class rodeo that attracts more than a million people every year. Canada Olympic Park is multi-purpose athletic facilities designed for skiing, snowboarding, bobsleigh during the winter and mountain biking during summer.

The Pengrowth Saddledome is home of NHL’s Calgary Flames as well as being the venue for countless events and concerts throughout the year. Glenbow Museum, Calgary Tower and Eau Claire Market are other nice places that you can visit year round. The eastern face of the Rockies as its backdrop, the crisp concrete-and-steel skyline of Calgary, Alberta seems to rise from the plains as if by sheer force of will.

Calgary is also the hub of country’s fifth largest metropolitan area and the largest between Vancouver and Toronto. Calgary happens to be one of the sunniest places in Canada. Summers tend to be sunny and often warm, usually accompanied by the short, but heavy thunder storms. Winter does not tend to so harsh in Calgary as in other parts of the Canada. However, the temperatures seem low, the lack of humidity decreases the winter chill.

Calgary has number of parks, which are run by Calgary Parks & Recreation. The most popular ones are on the South part of the city. These parks are easily accessible by car or by bike path. Bowness Park is the best known as a starting point for the Bow River rafters, and also for summer barbecues and baseball. This is the best location spot for outdoor ice-skating with its frozen lagoon and winding creek-beds. Prince’s Island is the finishing point for most Bow River rafters. This park is on downtown’s edge, so is very popular at lunch. You can delight refreshments at Eau Claire Market.

Devonian Gardens, this 2.5 acre indoor park on the top floor of TD square of downtown. There are about 20,000 plants, waterfalls, fountains, bridges, reflecting pools, art gallery and a playground under its massive glass roof. In winter, the pool becomes an outdoor skating rink. Talisman Centre at Lindsay Park is a quiet treed park on the Elbow River bike path and has jungle gyms for the kids to play on. This park is close to downtown and also has bridges across the Elbow.

Stanley Park is the river-side park close to downtown, cuddled between Elbow Rive and Macleod Trail. Swim at the outdoor pool, which opens from mid-June to Labour Day, or wade in Elbow River. Play tennis or lawn bowling.

River Park/Sandy Beach is the park famous for barbecues and kids playing on the swings beside the river. There is a pebbly beach on the Elbow River. On the top of the bluff overlooking the river, play frisbee, touch football, or walk your dog while enjoying a great view of downtown, which is only 5km away.

Calgary, also known as the Heart of New West, is an awesome city that meets the old and new, creating an environment for all to enjoy. Whether you delight the outdoors or the cosmopolitan life, you will really love Calgary and its wide-open skies. Calgary lies in the Bow River Valley between the bold landscape of the Rocky Mountains and the flat prairie lands of the province of Alberta in western Canada.

Calgary is a city of skyscrapers, of energy, agriculture, manufacturing, research and development and also of advanced technology. It is a modern, sophisticated city, a center of commerce and of culture, of youth and vitality – making Calgary a fantastic travel destination year-round. Calgary can be regarded as one big playground for the outdoor enthusiast. It is only an hour away from the Canadian Rockies that are a majestic setting of beautiful mountains.

Calgary is perfect for skiing, snowboarding or snowmobiling in the winter. During the summer, you can go for horseback ride, hiking and biking. There is the world popular Calgary Stampede, enjoy chuckwagon racing, stock shows and more. Catch a show at the Grand Stand for completing the western experience. Heritage Park Historical Village is also a fantastic place. Find the largest living historical village in all of Canada as it recreates Western Living pre-1915.