Banff Town is located in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada, and is part of the Rocky Mountain Park UNESCO World Heritage Site. At 1,383 metres above sea level, it is the highest town in Canada.
Many people come to Banff National Park to play, will choose to transfer to the town of Banff, from Lake Louise, Dream Lotus Lake is relatively close to the north is Jasper. The town is a collection of play, accommodation, entertainment in a place, shops, restaurants and hotels are basically located on a main street, very convenient, the avenue is lined with 19th century style buildings, there are Bow River, there are hot springs, and from any point in the town, you can see the beautiful scenery of the Rocky Mountains, the whole town comfortable. Banff is also known for its openness to homosexual people, with many rainbow sidewalks seen on the street.
1️⃣ Moraine Lake
Because I always want to see the sunrise Jinshan, so the first stop choose Dream Lotus Lake!! Dream Lotus Lake is the biggest harvest of the line. Compared with Emerald Lake and Lake Louise, personal feeling dream Lotus Lake is the most beautiful, there is no need to add filters are already beautiful. Since 2013, the road has been closed to private cars, so you need to take the shuttle bus. Plan to go to Menglian lake must rent a boat here, the lake is very clear and beautiful... Really is forced to push here, because it's so worth it!! It was the first day we drove in the parking lot under Menglian Lake and waited all night. Because the attraction is huge! We choose to walk in this scenic spot, and friends who want to visit more scenic spots can ignore ~ friends who have time can try ~ it is worth it!
In my heart, this lake is really the most beautiful lake I have ever been to. Cloudy beautiful, sunny beautiful, sunrise more beautiful! Now look at the photo will fall in love again and again! Because you need to book a bus ora group to go to the Lake (except for the hotel guests can drive in), I highly recommend staying at Moraine Lake Lodge where we stayed at that time.
2️⃣ Louise Lake
The second stop in Banff is definitely the famous Lake Louise, which can be directly driven to the scenic spot. Any family with kids can go! We have also hiked in this scenic spot, which is highly recommended to those who love hiking !!!! Climb to the top of the mountain will get a different scenery oh!! The color of the lake is beautiful. It was a holiday when we went so it was super crowded. I don't know if you will have the same feeling as me, more people and then the beautiful scenery will be inferior. The lake has a parking lot and can be accessed by private cars.
The Banff cable car is closed, but the Louis is a ski resort, an open-air cable car. Along the way to hear a lot of wild animals, more into the feeling of nature. On the same day, I stayed in the Louis Hotel, the hotel is older, but the lake view is very beautiful in the room, and the afternoon tea to see the lake view is also very good. We could get up in the morning to watch the sunrise, but we couldn't get up that day because the weather was not good.
3️⃣ Peyto Lake
This stop is the most amazing of my own! Because the lake is really blue! No exaggeration at all, with the sunlight, it is like living in a wonderland on earth!! Highly recommended to see on a sunny day!
This Tiffany Blue lake is also special, but can only be seen from a distance from the observation deck. There is a need for a small hike here. The first viewing spot is very crowded with tourists, and it is highly recommended to go to Peyto Panorama Viewpoint. This viewing spot is very few people, but it takes about 20 minutes to hike, the road is not particularly easy to find, it is recommended to download a AllTrails to follow the map.
4️⃣Banff Gondola
There is a gondola in the town of Banff that can be used as a cableway up the hill. Very recommended to take the cable car, single ticket 60, all the way to the mountain scenery are particularly beautiful. Reach the top of the mountain can walk for a while, the blue sky and white clouds and continuous mountains, really feel that human beings are very small. The observation platform on the mountain is surrounded by mountains. We went there in the winter sunset. It was beautiful!
Today, drive from the hotel to Sulpher Mountain, Gondola sulfur mountain, and take a cable car from the bottom of the mountain to the top in about eight minutes. At the bottom of the mountain to buy a package of cable car +Northern light buffet, a total of 355. After the cable car down we board walk, that is, there is still some way, you can slowly climb the mountain to see the scenery along the way, we spent about one and a half hours. Walk relatively slow, the weather is very good, enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way.
Because it is winter, just see some snow mountains, the lake is frozen, but also feel that the ticket price is a little not worth it. But when we got to that buffet, it was worth it. It's basically a scenic restaurant, the food is good, beef, chicken, pizza, drinks, dessert, fruit, I feel like I ate a lot, stayed a long time. Sulphur Mountain from buying tickets to leave about three and a half hours, went to the top of the fourth roof to see the landscape, and to the museum on the second floor to see, or very good, because we were anxious to go to the hot spring during the day, and left. The hot spring is very close to here, about a minute or two, and it is very hot. Snow mountain background, soaking in the warm feeling
There are a lot of restaurants in Banff town, and most of the better restaurants need to be reserved. For the specific recommendations of the favorite restaurants, you can see the previous notes.
📍Block Kitchen + Bar, our favorite restaurant on this trip, the Asian fusion dishes were really good, the cocktails were good, and there were no dishes at all.
📍The Maple Leaf, high-end steak and seafood restaurant, the huge Alberta steak is really super worth it, you can eat very satisfied, reward yourself after the trip。
📍The Grizzly House, a restaurant specializing in cheese POTS and exotic barbecue, is worth a try if you like to eat cheese and have the courage to try all kinds of meat.
📍Tooloulous, Louisiana-style brunch with crawfish and Eggs Benedict would be great.
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