City: Medicine Hat
Top Things to do in Medicine Hat
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Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately 169 km (105 mi) east of Lethbridge and 295 km (183 mi) southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are within Cypress County. Medicine Hat was the sixth-largest city in Alberta in 2016 with a population of 63,230.
Restaurants in Medicine Hat
1. Hidden Valley
2. Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 94 reviews
The Esplanade is where arts and heritage come to life in Medicine Hat, where the stories of our great collective culture are told through music and dance, theatre, painting and sculpture, exhibitions and installations, artifacts, objets d’art and more. Inside, visitors are delighted to discover a vibrant art gallery, a prized museum, an intimate studio theatre, a dynamic education suite, expansive public archives and many volunteers and staff who are eager to tell their versions of our city’s tale. The Esplanade also features a 700-seat main stage theatre which boasts superior theatre technology, acoustic perfection and striking interior design. In the northeast corner of the grounds stands another inviting building with stories of its own to tell. With its white picket fence, gingerbread trim and quaint heritage gardens, the restored Ewart Duggan House, the oldest brick home in Alberta still on its original foundation built with locally produced bricks, is open year-round.
Reviewed By Meander32274399507 - Medicine Hat, Canada
This museum boasts local heritage resources, well presented displays, books and arts/entertainment in a full stage with wonderful acoustics. The Esplandade has an atrium for artistic settings and small gatherings. Weddings are common in here. The grounds have statutory honoring immigrants and local fisherman.
3. Medalta
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 250 reviews
THE MUSEUM @ MEDALTA IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED. Medalta is a jewel in the Canadian Badlands - an industrial museum and contemporary arts centre, framed by the dramatic cliffs of the South Saskatchewan River in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Feel the nostalgia as you walk the same floors as past factory workers. Learn and create while getting hands on with a clay experience taught by ceramic artists who are currently enrolled in our International Artists in Residence program. Immerse yourself in local culture with your knowledgeable tour provider (Please book in advance), and complete your journey by indulging in local foods while connecting with Medicine Hat's growing creative community at various free to the public events. Our facilities are open year-round. Please check our website for special event hours.
Reviewed By franklySaskatoon
Medalta was a very successful ceramic production facility in its day. The kilns are interesting to see as is the original studio where the production took place, with a rotating kiln . A charming art gallery with good ceramic displays is also on the site .The large round kilns were for firing bricks. Good place to see.
4. Police Point Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By TripMember06042014 - Medicine Hat, Canada
We go there for the great walking trails, river views and wildlife. Add to that it's a great place to hide and hunt rocks! Generally we go there once a week and have found most fellow visitors sensible during the pandemic!
5. Echodale Regional Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 114 reviews
Reviewed By 839elainep - Medicine Hat, Canada
Clean, well cared for. Picnic tables and fire pits. Well maintained walking trails and washrooms. Lots of parking. Bring your own firewood
6. Kin Coulee Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By 899marcusc - Medicine Hat, Canada
This is a fantastic place for walking all year round and for tobogganing in winter and for all kinds of activities in summer. The trails connect via tunnel under the highway to even more park space on the South side of the trans Canada. If you access from the South side you see the Teepee (Canada’s tallest) and the Tourist info centre; most tourists would access the park from this side. But take the trail that goes past the TP and go down the hill into the park and you can walk the extensive trails for a good hour if you have time. The golf course is right here too.
7. Monarch Theatre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By vickimJ6071ZG - Medicine Hat, Canada
This grande old theater is wonderfully restored and is a true piece of Medicine Hats history! They show movies and can be rented out for all types of venues. Concerts, weddings, funerals are just a few of the things happening there. Winter time you will find a selection of free movies on a Saturday afternoon for the kids or at Easter time. This theatre is a must to visit!
8. Medicine Hat Visitor Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 37 reviews
The Medicine Hat Visitor Information Centre offers travellers a wealth of information on attractions within Medicine Hat and surrounding region. As a gateway to the Alberta Badlands, Medicine Hat is a hub for cultural and outdoor attractions within the city as well as day trips to nearby outdoor experiences.
Reviewed By Family_Tripster_05 - Alberta, Canada
Situated alongside the Trans Canada Highway, the Medicine Hat Tourist Center is a nice convenient stop for weary travellers at any time. There is ample parking and a nice playground for the kids to let off some energy. There are picnic tables if this is your lunch stop with access to nice clean washrooms inside. The desk staff are helpful and like any other Alberta tourist center, there are lots of pamphlets to pick up for information on tourist activities in the surrounding area. There are lots of local, Medicine Hat souvenirs that you can pick up if you are collecting, and a few nonperishable food items from local food artisans. But Sundays in the summer (May into September) are when this becomes a real frenzy of activity. From 11 o'clock until after 2 PM the local food trucks congregate in the parking lot and locals line up for their favorites. Rain or shine there are always at least four or five food trucks and sometimes up to nine or ten. Even during this busy time, access is maintained to the trailer dump station and at the end of a busy weekend or a long weekend there are often five or six units lined up waiting to dump at this efficient location.
9. Saamis Tepee
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 196 reviews
Reviewed By JAS840 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This tepee was used to stand at the Olympic 1988 in Calgary and then was placed at this location. In the tepee there is enough information about he history of Medicine Hat and the native people. It seems that Canada likes to have something 'extraordinary' things such the largest...... tomahawk, baseball bat and many others... scattering around the land. But this Giant Tepee is the best of all, it is one of a kind. You can see the tepee from a distance, 2 minutes driving from the tourist information centre. The area is also an archeological site. It is a must visit place.
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