Top Things to do in Banff National Park
Things to do in Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies: The Best Sights & Landmarks
With Cascade Mountain to the north and Sulphur Mountain to the south, the town of Banff boasts a magnificent Canadian Rocky Mountain setting. Travelers are spoiled for choice by the irresistible combination of luxury lodges, perfect powder, renowned restaurants and energetic nightlife on offer. With both summer and winter appeal, Banff lures visitors to its stores, spas and slopes year-round.
Restaurants in Banff National Park
1. Icefields Parkway
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5.0 based on 1,845 reviews
Scenic highway cutting through breathtakingly beautiful mountain passes.
Reviewed By BCW_1016 - Charlevoix, United States
We drove it in our rental car leaving Banff at 7:30AM and did not get beck until after 4PM - so much to see! This is an absolutely beautiful drive with many places to stop to take in the marvelous views of mountains, lakes & streams and/or enjoy short hikes. You can see many glaciers on the mountains. We took the drive in mid September and the Aspen trees were a beautiful golden color against the backdrop of green pine trees. Our turning point was at the “Ice Field Center” where we walked up to the glacier. If you wanted to get up close and personal with the ice, tours are available - they take you out onto the glacier on a special bus and let you walk around for a few minutes. A very enjoyable day.
2. Eiffel Lake Trail
3. Castle Lookout
4. Morant's Curve
5. Morant's Curve
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By jassyho
This spot offers amazing views of some beautiful mountain scenery in Banff National Park. We had not planned to visit but just happened to be passing by when exploring the area for a x-country ski outing. How thrilling to be there just at the right time when a train passed by. A beautiful sunny blue sky day made for a perfect visit! It is so photogenic...and really represents the beauty of the great Canadian Rockies!
6. Walter Phillips Gallery
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
7. Banff Avenue
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4.5 based on 1,435 reviews
Reviewed By viktoriyak912 - Saskatoon, Canada
Great atmosphere of Canadian Rockies. It is an iconic street to get the unique feel of Rocky Mountains and Banff National park. Plenty to see, museums and souvenir shops, galleries with Inuit and gemstone art, sport equipment rentals, restaurants with international cuisine from Canadian and French to Mexican and Italian, bars, pubs, diners and Rocky chocolateries.
8. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
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4.5 based on 368 reviews
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is the largest arts institution in Western Canada. Each year, Banff Centre presents over 400 public concerts, performing arts events, festivals, and gallery exhibits each year - most of them free! Premier events include the Banff Centre Mountain Film & Book Festival, the Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Family Winter Arts Festival, as well as concerts, opera, dance performances, recitals, talks, and open studio events. Tickets and schedule are available for purchase on our website. Banff Centre is home of the Walter Phillips Gallery, exclusively committed to the presentation of contemporary art practice - the gallery is free and open to all. At Banff Centre you can also find a hotel, four restaurants - including the top-rated Three Ravens Restaurant and Wine Bar - a library, and a full-service fitness centre.
Reviewed By chrisbeba - Toronto, Canada
Went there to keep the kids entertained during a very cold winter day. They/we had great fun using the climbing walls and the pool. The place is very clean. Great views from the pool
9. Parks Administration Building
10. Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
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4.5 based on 1,593 reviews
Reviewed By Westydave - Emu Plains, Australia
We have just finished a wonderful week at the Fairmont Chateau. The highlights of the week are: The Ice Magic festival was amazing: teams of 2 working for 36 hours to create amazing ice sculptures with chainsaws , drills, and irons ... cannot believe the artwork they created ( it was -30 degrees as well) Gold Floor: the food, the service , the room and most of all the view is amazing. We are a family of 4 sharing one room with 2 queens, we loved breakfast every morning ( omelettes by Conner and the team were a highlight) the all day snacks and drinks were also used each day. Some nights if we had lunch we would just have the gold lounge canapés for dinner .. they were great .. the concierge would also organise anything you needed. The Night Snow Shoe experience: booked this in for our last night in Lake Louise and had a great experience. The weather had warmed up and our guide was both knowledgeable and great fun. Recommend this to families, as long as you can walk you can snowshoe Book in a photo session: the professional photographers are great, we walked In a 30 minute photo session which produced great photos with no fuss (I am not a photo shoot fan and I enjoyed it :-) ) Overall cannot praise the lake Louise team highly enough ... well done
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