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Canada’s expansive countryside was settled by French, English, and Indigenous pioneers over the course of centuries. While Toronto and Hamilton may have grown into boxy cities, the country’s provincial outposts maintain much of the hybrid culture and historic architecture they had hundreds of years ago. For vacationers who enjoy a nice stroll through an 18th-century…
Photo courtesy of Flickr/Julia Vancouver is a city that makes room for nature—Stanley Park alone makes it feel different from other urban centers. And there’s more environmental planning in the works: the city wants every resident to live within a five-minute walk of a green space by 2020, and plans to enhance its forest canopy…
While Canada’s major cities are certainly a tourist draw, its wilderness is a sight to behold on its own. While the more audacious might choose to hike the mountains and plains, there is a much more convenient method of sightseeing—trains. Canada’s train system can take guests across the entire country, viewing everything from the rocky…
New Orleans and Rio may have two of the most famous Mardi Gras celebrations, but neither place is the original home of the holiday. In fact, it was two French-Canadian explorers who brought Mardi Gras to the city now known as Mobile, Alabama at the turn of the 17th century, about 15 years before New…
Though there’s more than 3.8 million square miles of land in Canada, the majority of its citizens live near its southern border, which means there’s plenty of pristine nature. The country is home to 47 national parks and reserves, each with its own series of attractions that will lure all types of adventurers. Whether you’re…
When it comes to a winter holiday, some escape the snow and head to the beach, while others hit the slopes for skiing or snowboarding on fresh powder. Then there are those who like to travel to ski destinations (or let’s be honest — are dragged along by friends and family), but would rather keep…
Sometimes a hotel is just a hotel — a place to rest your head and freshen up — but other times it’s an airplane with bunk beds or a lighthouse with a hot tub or an igloo with mesmerizing ice sculptures. In other words, there are hotels that are destinations in and of themselves. The…
Few films capture the beauty of winter train travel as the 1974 silver screen mystery, “Murder on the Orient Express.” In it, Hercule Poirot investigates a stabbing that occurred on a train from Istanbul to Paris. But this is no ordinary commute, as the seats are covered in red velvet and the scenery outside the…
The phrase road trip might produce images of a convertible whizzing past a sun-backed horizon and possibly a sunglasses-wearing dog in the back seat. Add the word winter to that phrase, however, and the journey might seem more like the result of a missed flight or bad break-up. But winter road trips come with their…
It’s that time of the year again — when the 2017 travel lists start pouring out and travel sites and experts make their bets on the top destinations for the upcoming year. While sites like TripAdvisor pick contenders based on identifiable trends from bookings in their system or directly through their users, Lonely Planet‘s managing…
