Accommodation
Accommodation
Accommodation ranges from top-quality hotels to motorway motels, lodge estates and hostels. Banff National Park is famous for its two baronial-quality hotels, offering approximately 2000 rooms. Many lodges offer various levels of self-catering, often in conjunction with fishing and hiking trips. Several agencies offer bed & breakfast and ranch vacations throughout Alberta. For information on bed & breakfast accommodation, contact the Alberta Bed & Breakfast Association (website: www.bbalberta.com); or Bed & Breakfast Association of Greater Edmonton (BBAGE) (tel: (780) 432 7116; website: www.bbedmonton.com). Travel Alberta can provide a comprehensive guide to the province’s accommodation (see Contact Addresses section). Grading: Canada Select star ratings (blue stars), and Access Canada (showing as A1, A2, A3 and A4 in the amenity symbols; for those who are senior or disabled), are both optional programmes that accommodations can participate from. However, much of Alberta’s accommodation is at present already supervised by the provincial government under a voluntary scheme to ensure high standards of cleanliness, comfort, construction and maintenance of furnishings and facilities. Look for the ‘Approved Accommodation’ sign which means that the establishment conforms to these standards. For more information on accommodation in Alberta, contact Travel Alberta or the Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association, Suite 401, Centre 104, 5241 Calgary Trail, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 5G8 (tel: (780) 436 6112; fax: (780) 436 5404; e-mail: info@ahla.ca; website: www.ahla.ca).
Camping/Caravanning
The northern area of Alberta contains hundreds of lakes and forests, with abundant game such as deer, moose, bears and the rare trumpeter swan. There are numerous campsites in the National Parks. The permanent facilities tend to be more basic in the north. A number of companies can arrange motor camper rentals, with a range of fully-equipped vehicles. Full details can be obtained from Travel Alberta (see Contact Addresses section); see also Camping/Caravanning in the general Canada section.
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