Located in Southern Alberta, Calgary is the largest city in the province and sits just east of the Canadian Rockies. The city is intersected by the Bow and Elbow rivers and features a large and busy downtown area. Calgary is known for its downtown festivals and attractions, including the NHL's Calgary Flames, and features a variety of hotels for guests to the city. A select number of these hotels allow visitors to bring pets with them into their rooms for an extra fee.
Cheap Calgary Lodgings: Sunridge Mall Hotels
The Travelodge Hotel Calgary Airport is just minutes from the airport and within a mile of the Sunridge Mall Shopping Center, the Sunridge Industrial Park and the Barlow Trail. The hotel features 203 rooms over six floors and offers guests accommodations including rooms that allow pets, a 24-hour complimentary airport shuttle service, free wireless Internet access, a fitness center, a meeting facility with audio and visual equipment and rooms with cable television, satellite TV access and bathroom amenities.
University of Calgary Hotels: Super 8 Calgary
The Super 8 Calgary/ Motel Village in Calgary is just off of Highway 1 and just blocks from the Foothills Athletic Park. The hotel features 59 rooms over two floors and offers guests accommodations including pet-friendly rooms, free wireless Internet access, an on-site swimming pool, complimentary continental breakfasts and handicapped facilities. It is within a half mile of nine different restaurants and fast food locations, and is four miles from the Calgary Zoo, three miles from the Eau Clair Market and less than a mile from the University of Calgary.
Downtown Calgary: Budget Hotel Options
The Wingate by Wyndham hotel in Calgary is just west of the city's Midnapore Lake and just off of Sun Valley Boulevard. The hotel is within six miles of the Heritage Park, the Calgary Tower and the Spruce Meadows. Accommodations include free wireless Internet access, complimentary breakfasts buffets, pet-friendly rooms, a business and meeting center with fax and photocopying capabilities, a fitness center with a whirlpool, a dry cleaning service and an on-site restaurant that offers causal continental dining.
Among the most popular cities in the country, even budget travelers can see all of the sites of Calgary from these budget hotels - including the Calgary Tower, the University of Calgary and the Sunridge Mall. From the Super 8 Calgary, the Travelodge Hotel Calgary Airport or the WIndgate by Wyndham hotel, visitors can travel the entertainment and attractions of the city.
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