Canmore (Banff), Alberta, Canada

Destination

Canmore, Alberta, is a town surrounded by the Canadian Rocky Mountains and near to Banff National Park. Spend your days cross country skiing, snowboarding, hiking or just strolling through the nearby town of Canmore. It’s main street is home to galleries where painters, quilters, stained-glass artisans, and blacksmiths can be found at work. Or just relax in one of Canmore’s many charming pubs or restaurants. Canmore is nestled in Alberta’s Bow Valley, surrounded by mountains and wildlife. It’s the perfect locale for fishing, climbing, canoeing, all kinds of winter sports, and more. Banff National Park is approximately 7.5 miles from your resort, and world-famous Lake Louise is a little more than an hour’s drive away.

Resort Overview

This beautiful resort consists of 108 studio, one and two bedroom units, with mini-kitchens that include stovetop, refrigerator, dishwasher and microwave. All units are furnished with sofa beds and some have balconies or fireplaces. There are complimentary laundry facilities available on site. The WorldMark at Canmore-Banff is happy to provide an outdoor pool, with two spas that are open year round, as well as common area bbq's.

Resort Amenities

Year-round outdoor and indoor spas, year-round outdoor pools, exercise facility, recreation room, lobby fireplace, underground and surface parking, barbecue grills in common areas, elevators, Internet access and common laundry areas.

Unit Amenities

The unit comes with a mini-kitchen, four-burner stove top, microwave, air conditioning, fireplace (some), decks (some), queen sleeper sofa (some).

Things to See and Do

Be sure to save ample time for exploring the area, taking advantage of this great location you’ve chosen for your vacation. Canmore and Banff are less than two hours’ drive west on Highway 1, so why not discover Calgary on the banks of the Bow River before making the leisurely drive to Canmore? A good place to start your exploration of Calgary is Calgary Tower. Built and opened in 1968, the tower is 626 feet high and remains the city’s undisputed vantage point offering breathtaking 360-degree views. Plenty of shopping can be had in Calgary before hitting the road.

For a very scenic drive, take Highway 1A (Bow River Valley Parkway) out of Calgary to the west toward Banff. The route is known for its breathtaking views and wildlife. You’ll likely have time to reconnect to Highway 1 at Canmore and continue on to the town of Banff, smack dab in the middle of Banff National Park. Near the town’s Upper Hot Springs, an historic spa and bath house noted for its healing waters, catch the Banff Gondola, an eight-minute ride to spectacular views of the Canadian Rockies at nearly 7,500 feet above sea level. The Banff Information Centre can guide you to the park’s Victorian-era Banff Park Museum National Historic Site, Western Canada’s oldest natural history museum that houses carefully preserved specimens of the park’s fauna. A hands-on discovery room delights kids and adults alike.