MICHELIN Tourist Guides: Alberta and the Rockies
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ISBN 13 9781906261559
Size: 116mm x 223mm
Format: Paperback, full colour
Size: 116mm x 223mm
Format: Paperback, full colour
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To make the most of a trip to Alberta, look no farther than the Michelin Green Guide Alberta and the Rockies. Let it lead your ascent of the highest peaks in the Canadian Rockies, help you find fossils in the Alberta Badlands or book a riverboat cruise down Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River.
Michelin® Green Guide Alberta and the Rockies recommends places to enjoy the best Alberta beef, trail ride in Kananaskis country, heli-hike in the Rockies, and watch wildlife in Wood Buffalo National Park.
You can plot your journey using Michelin's colourful maps and specialists' driving and walking tours. Colour photographs, a broad coverage of outdoor activities, shopping, and entertainment help you visualize your trip. This authoritative guide is all you need for your Alberta vacation.
Michelin® Green Guide Alberta and the Rockies recommends places to enjoy the best Alberta beef, trail ride in Kananaskis country, heli-hike in the Rockies, and watch wildlife in Wood Buffalo National Park.
You can plot your journey using Michelin's colourful maps and specialists' driving and walking tours. Colour photographs, a broad coverage of outdoor activities, shopping, and entertainment help you visualize your trip. This authoritative guide is all you need for your Alberta vacation.
A Planning Your Trip section helps you organize your travels from transportation to and around Alberta through choosing your temporary accommodations.
Suggested outdoor activities and entertainment venues ensure you hook that brown trout from Bow River's waters, toe tap to Red Thunder Dancers' drumming, taste prairie oysters at the Testicle Festival, and ride the gondola at Sunshine Village ski area.
Address Books placed throughout the guide describe the diversity of Alberta's dining venues as well as its country inns, guest ranches, modern hotels and other types of accommodations, including overnight stays in a teepee or a campground under the stars.
Descriptions of the landscape and topography of the province--from northern Alberta's boreal forests with their Athabasca oil sands to the verdant hills and short-grass prairie of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park.
A well-researched history of Alberta spans the era of Plains Indians' buffalo hunts to Canadian troops' peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan today.
Features on art, literature, music and cinema give insight into Alberta's cultural mosaic.
Sights laid out geographically provide easy navigation through the province, while Michelin® star ratings direct your choice of journey and attractions.
Specially created, mapped driving tours and local walking tours within Alberta help you plan your sightseeing time efficiently.
15 Michelin maps make plotting your journey easy and help orient you upon arrival.
Clearly written excursions around many of the sights offer deviations from principal tourist attractions.
Suggested outdoor activities and entertainment venues ensure you hook that brown trout from Bow River's waters, toe tap to Red Thunder Dancers' drumming, taste prairie oysters at the Testicle Festival, and ride the gondola at Sunshine Village ski area.
Address Books placed throughout the guide describe the diversity of Alberta's dining venues as well as its country inns, guest ranches, modern hotels and other types of accommodations, including overnight stays in a teepee or a campground under the stars.
Descriptions of the landscape and topography of the province--from northern Alberta's boreal forests with their Athabasca oil sands to the verdant hills and short-grass prairie of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park.
A well-researched history of Alberta spans the era of Plains Indians' buffalo hunts to Canadian troops' peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan today.
Features on art, literature, music and cinema give insight into Alberta's cultural mosaic.
Sights laid out geographically provide easy navigation through the province, while Michelin® star ratings direct your choice of journey and attractions.
Specially created, mapped driving tours and local walking tours within Alberta help you plan your sightseeing time efficiently.
15 Michelin maps make plotting your journey easy and help orient you upon arrival.
Clearly written excursions around many of the sights offer deviations from principal tourist attractions.
