Soldato
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If you stop at Banff, I highly recommend eating at Tooloulou's
The Maple Leaf in Banff is great too.
If you stop at Banff, I highly recommend eating at Tooloulou's
Personally for 16-21 days, pick one side and stick with it. The country is ginormous.
Vancouver looked ridiculously expensive when I looked at hotels etc about a year ago, ive been wanting to go for ages.
In early April not much will have thawed in the Rockies (Alberta, BC). You could
1) Skate Lake Louise (although as someone has already said, its not more than a lake and a hotel - incredibly pretty but the kids might get fed up any longer than a couple of hours there)
2) Ski Sunshine Village.. hire stuff and get lessons for a day or 2. Great, easy, well run resort. Amazing views.
In terms of the cold, that doesn't bother us. Me and my eldest can both board / ski - so actually if we did make it to Banff or somewhere similar, it would definitely be on our list to do for the day Although, I've heard some horror stories of costs of skiing in Canada vs Europe.We went to Banff, Jasper and Vancouver in 2022, also tagging on Whistler after we had to leave Jasper early due to wildfires. It's a stunning part of the world and great if you enjoy hiking. In April I would be concerned that it's still very wintery though, so bear that in mind when planning any activities.