city guides

WHERE TO STAY

Historical, contemporary or quaint, there are many beautiful places in Calgary where you can hitch your horse (not literally, of course). All of these hotels are close to sights worth seeing.

The Fairmont Palliser Hotel
133 9th Avenue SW
403-262-1234

The city’s grand railway hotel. With luxurious ballrooms and hand-tooled leather pillars in the dining room, it’s full of Western history.

Hotel Arts
119 12th Avenue SW
403-266-4611

Newly opened, with stylish boutique-type amenities: contemporary art, minimalist
decor, flat-screen TVs and two of the city’s hottest new restaurants, Raw Bar and Saint Germain bistro.

Hyatt RegencyCalgary
700 Centre Street SE
403-717-1234

Next to the downtown Convention Centre, facing historic Stephen Avenue and offering full business amenities, from free local calls and wireless Internet to safe laptop storage and a fitness center/spa.

The Kensington
Riverside Inn
1126 Memorial Drive NW
403-228-4442

An intimate, 19-room property just across the Louise Bridge from the core in trendy Hillhurst. A great choice for female travelers who like the security and personalized service of a smaller boutique hotel.


WHERE TO DINE

Capo
1420 9th Avenue SE
403-264-2276
caporestaurant.ca

At intimate Capo, the inspired Italian cuisine by chef Guiseppe di Gennaro, like ethereal gnocchi in lobster sauce, garners rave reviews.


Divino

113 8th Avenue SW
403-410-5555
crmr.com/divino

For a more formal evening, visit the wine-and-cheese bar at Divino: Choose a flight of wines paired with fine cheese, or try chef John Donovan’s inspired bistro cuisine, cooked on a wood-fired grill modeled after the one at New York’s Gramercy Tavern.


Palomino Smokehouse
109 7th Avenue SW
403-532-1911
thepalomino.ca

For authentic barbecue, downtown Palomino Smokehouse is a casual Western honky-tonk place, with a massive smoker turning out perfect ribs, chicken and pulled pork—plus the best white-cheddar grits ever.


River Café
Prince’s Island
403-261-7670

Chef Scott Pohorelic is the champion of local and seasonal ingredients. From bison and blueberry pemmican on sage crackers to cedar-planked arctic char with caramelized onion pierogi, the offerings on his rustic regional menu reflect the riverside location of this top restaurant.


Rouge
1240 8th Avenue SE
403-531-2767
rougecalgary.com

Chef Paul Rogalski creates French-inspired cuisine in an historic Inglewood mansion using fresh local ingredients from his own garden.