Canada Travel
Canada is the second-largest country in the world, behind Russia. Its natural beauty stretches from Toronto in the south to the Nunavut province in the north, and from Newfoundland in the east to Vancouver in the west. You can hear people speaking French in Quebec, English in Ontario and Inuktitut in Nunavut. Canada is a huge, diverse place with breathtaking beauty, and this guide can help you navigate it.
What to do in Canada
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Canada Travel Requirements
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Getting to Canada
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Canada Hotels
Canada offers a variety of accommodations. To step inside from the cold, stay in one of the many fine urban hotels. There are also plenty of options available for the budget traveler. And if you’re heading to some of Canada’s famous ski slopes, don’t miss out on the accompanying resorts.
Dulcinea's Insight
- For additional advice and Web resources for finding and booking hotel rooms online, consult the findingDulcinea Travel Web Guide.
- The sites listed below are general resources for locating a place to stay in Canada. If you know the city you’ll be staying in beforehand, consider visiting that city’s official tourism Web site for listings specific to the city. For examples, visit the Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal tourism Web sites.
Dulcinea's Picks
For hotel search engines …
Mobissimo
directly searches 45 independent Web sites, including travel agents and hotel chains, to find the lowest hotel prices in the cities of your choice. Results present hotel names, their rating, price and provider in an extremely user-friendly way.
TripAdvisor
ranks listed hotels according to real traveler ratings, so the most popular hotels appear at the top of your results. Other resources include access to Frommer's travel guides, a central listing of travel deals by destination (from sites like Orbitz, Expedia, Hotwire and Hotels.com), and extensive traveler reviews of local attractions.
For general Canadian accommodation sites …
The Canadian Hotel Guide
is an extensive source for hotel accommodations in Canada. The site’s user-friendliness and hotel reviews are particularly helpful. Be sure to check the top three guest-rated hotels, featured at the top. Maps and photographs lend visual appeal and added insight into properties on the site.
Trail Canada
has a section of its Web site dedicated to finding a hotel. Simply choose where you want to go, when you want to check in and out, and then order the results by value, quality, price or alphabetically.
The Multilingual Accommodation Directory of Canada
looks a bit amateur, but it can be a very helpful resource when searching for a place to stay in Canada. Find a variety of accommodations, including cottages, guesthouses, and bed and breakfasts, that probably won’t be featured on some of the larger trip planning sites.
For the budget traveler …
Hostelworld.com
is a Web site for finding and booking a hostel on the Internet. This link directs you to the section of Hostelworld for Canada. View user ratings for each hostel, in addition to photographs, descriptions and pricing information.
Canada Budget Hotels
leads you to hotels throughout Canada that may not take such a big bite out of your wallet. You won’t find a huge list for each city, especially the smaller ones, but the site certainly provides some helpful budget hotel options.
For camping …
Campgrounds Campings Canada
offers a wealth of information about campsites in the different regions of Canada. Choose a province to find a brief description and a list of regions. Each region links to an overview and a list of campgrounds by location. The site does a great job of teaching you where to camp, and what the area has to offer.
Camping-Canada.com
has lists of campgrounds throughout the country. Search by province to yield a wide selection of campgrounds, or narrow the search by region, city or campground type. Campgrounds are listed with the amenities available and some include user reviews.
For ski resorts …
NorthAmericanSnow.com
lists some of the best places to ski in the United States and Canada. Need help narrowing your options when it comes to finding a ski resort in Canada? Simply pick a location from the list on the upper left or on the clickable map of Canada, and the site provides a list of the best resorts with descriptions.
GoSki Canada
has a lengthy list of Canadian ski resorts. Focus your search by location using the map on the right. Some ski resorts have pictures and descriptions, whereas others only have the statistics of the trails. Though the descriptions provided are inconsistent, the site does a good job presenting the available options.
Getting Around in Canada
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