A hotel and casino in southeast Calgary, just off Deerfoot Trail, the city’s main north–south freeway.
The place
Deerfoot Inn & Casino works as a city base: a hotel, restaurants, a casino and an event space on the south side of Calgary, with downtown a short drive north and the Rockies on the western horizon on a clear day.
It is a practical choice for Stampede week, a hockey game or an early start for the mountains, when you would rather sleep near the freeway than downtown. The casino age in Alberta is 18.
When to go
July is Stampede month, when the city fills up and hotel rates rise, so book early. Summers are warm and mostly dry.
Winters are cold, broken up by chinook winds that can raise the temperature sharply within hours. The ski season in the Rockies runs from late autumn into spring.
Around it
Calgary Stampede
Ten days of rodeo, concerts and fairground in early July.
Banff National Park
Lakes, hot springs and mountain roads, roughly an hour and a half to the west.
Fish Creek Provincial Park
One of Canada’s largest urban parks, with river paths on the city’s south side.
Before you book, ask
- Whether there is an airport shuttle, and when it runs.
- Rates and minimum stays during Stampede week.
- Which rooms face away from the freeway.
- Concerts and events on the nights you are there.