Alberta, Canada

Comprehensive online guide to accommodations in Alberta that includes listings for motels, bed and breakfast, cottages, inns, hotels, resorts and much more.

Alberta's grandeur and beauty are obvious from the moment of arrival. Rolling foothills, intimidating mountains and prehistoric hoodoos are a few of the provinces more distinct natural landmarks.

The capital is Edmonton, the provincial bird is the Great Horned Owl and the Wild Rose is the provincial flower. Alberta is one of Canada's three Prairie Provinces; the other two are Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S.A. state of Montana to the south.

Most impressive are Alberta's Rocky Mountains, which facilitate the world famous resort towns of Banff, Jasper, Canmore, Kananaskis, Lake Louise and Waterton. Dinosaur hunters flock to Drumheller, home of the acclaimed Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, where the desert topography yields countless fossils and prehistoric discoveries.

Alberta's rural heritage can be further explored with a visit to the vast farmlands of Alberta’s Heartland, Southern Alberta, and Northern Alberta. Calgary, home of the globally recognized Calgary Stampede, is best known for its warm hospitality, oil and gas industry and close proximity to the Rockies.