Banff In Winter (Banff)

Member Name: Vivien

Product:	Banff
Date:	13/06/00 (373 review reads)
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Advantages: Fantastic winter expierience

Disadvantages: can get very cold.

I have spent 4 weeks on Sking holidays altogether in Banff and loved every moment of it. Banff is set amongst the spectacular Rockie mountains and offers fantastic views in all directions.
The canadians are very friendly and appreciate the winter visitors as they have more time to get to know them. (the summer tourists stay only a couple of nights.)
Banff feels really safe, only danger coming from the elk that wander along the high street. Loads of shops to explore and enough restaraunts to eat out at a different one every night .
Temperatures in January can get to below -30, one day we expierienced -40, it is a strange sensation feeling your nose freeze, and it becomes a pain when you have to keep de icing your spectacles. The hot springs are a must visit venue . These are best visited when it is very very cold. Peoples hair, and moustaches freeze, and towels left by the pool freeze in all kinds of wierd shapes. However the water is that hot you can sit with your body out of the pool and still feel too hot.
Even the cheepest hotels are very good, and The banff Springs Hotel or the Rim Rock Hotel offer world class service and facilities

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