Banff Reviews

Banff in Alberta, Canada is set in the heart of the Banff National Park, surrounded with the Rocky Mountains, some of which are Sulphur mountains, Mount Rundle, Mount Norquay and Cascade Mountain. It is popular both summer and winter, and some of the hotels make provision for storing skis and snowboards. There are many restaurants with all tastes ...  Read the complete review

Banff Winter 2008 First of all Accomodation We stayed at Banff Avenue Inn. During the winter season the hotel is taken over and run by Crystal Ski and what a great job they make of it. The hotel is very clean, the rooms are massive and the Jacuzzi is great after a days skiing. Breakfast is a buffet of cold meat, pastries ...  Read the complete review

If you like skiing you really cannot go wrong with Banff. There are runs to suit all sorts from the steep and the scary to the long easy and wide. Each day you are guaranteed to find freshly groomed pristine pistes . The only thing to remember is if you are going in January/ February take some quality kit and wrap up warm. It is bitterly cold ...  Read the complete review

Sunshine Village is located in the heart of the Canadian Rockies and only minutes from Banff, Canada. It touts itself as being "The Premier Ski and Snowboard Resort" and I think they are right. WHERE IS SUNSHINE VILLAGE? Sunshine Village is located just 15 minutes from Banff in the Canadian Rockies. The nearest ...  Read the complete review

After 5 years of persuasion I eventually talked my partner into going skiing. We decided to opt for a fairly last minute deal and started price watching the ski holidays in the internet and on teletext. Near the end of January 2003 a deal appeared on the teletext website offering a price of £299 per person for a week room only accommodation in ...  Read the complete review

Banff is right in the center of Banff National park, which was Canada's first national park, in the Rocky Mountain state of Alberta. It is surrounded by some of the most spectacular and rugged mountain scenery in the world, including glaciers, ice fields, snow-covered peaks, crystal clear lakes and raging rivers. Banff has everything for all ...  Read the complete review

I stayed in the Banff Springs hotel over Christmas and the New Year with my family on a skiing holiday. The flight to Calgary lasts about 8 1/2 hours but the only company that fly direct from England are Air Canada, which costs 700 pounds per person. The bus to Banff takes just over 1 3/4 hours and if you go without a tour operator, as we did, I ...  Read the complete review

First the accommodation: ------------------------ I stayed in the Crystal Club Hotel: Banff Avenue Inn. I wanted to book a basic room but noticed the Premier Suite prices were the same, so grabbed the chance. This gave: More spacious room; Two Queen "sleigh" beds (never tried a Queen size before - did not ...  Read the complete review

I was in need of a serious vacation and a friend had told me about this national park in Canada filled with beauty.I hopped onto the internet and found out all the information on the park. Banff has lots of great spots that are spectacular to camp in.There are lots of cabins looking out onto Banff's many lakes,surrounded by nature ...  Read the complete review

I had the fortune to live in Calgary for two years, and for both ski seasons bought seasons passes for Sunshine Village, nr Banff. So what made me go back? Firstly, the resort offers superb value for money, both for day skiers and season pass holders. There is a huge amount of terrain with a total of 91 runs and 12 lifts. The ...  Read the complete review

During the last week of November 2000 we were lucky enough to get over to Canada for a weeks skiing. I’ll try to say a bit about the whole trip rather than just the skiing, so please bear with me. We flew from Heathrow to Calgary, Alberta on an Air Canada Flight. This was the first of five Air Canada flights on the trip, and I would fly ...  Read the complete review

Banff is a tremendous town to visit - a must if you are anywhere in Alberta. It is a hour or two in a car from Calgary, acessible along a good highway with soem tremendous views of the Rockies on the way there. However you do have to pay $10 to get into the National Park where Banff is located. Nestling in amongst the Rocky Mountains the ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review