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Skytrain (Translink) Vancouver
26 Reviews In my opinion, one of the best things to have come out of the 2010 Winter Olympics is the skytrain Canada Line that now connects Vancouver airport to the downtown area. Tickets cost $8.75, or $7.50 if...
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Metro Montreal
124 Reviews The subway system in Montreal is called the "metro" like the one in Paris. It was inaugurated in 1966, just in time for Expo 67 (World Fairs). Every station was conceived by a distinct architect....
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Orleans Express (bus) Quebec
6 Reviews Traveling from Montreal to Quebec City by bus is fairly easy. It takes about 3 hours, and there are departures every hour on the hour. Once in Quebec City, you can choose to stop in Sainte-Foy, which...
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Travel by Rail Ottawa
18 Reviews If you are travelling to / from Ottawa on the Ottawa - Toronto train, you don't have to head to the Main Train Station (200 Tremblay Road). There is a small station in the West End; Fallowfield in...
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BC Ferries Victoria
42 Reviews If you are going from Vancouver Island to the Vancouver area, you will be traveling on BC Ferries. We did this on our return trip and this is a quite scenic trip as well. On a clear day you can see...
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Airport Shuttle Halifax
7 Reviews The cheapest way to go from the airport to city is via the Airporter airport shuttle bus services which operate daily from 6am to 1am. The cost is Canadian $24 return and $14 one way. The buses are...
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Getting around in Edmonton Edmonton
19 Reviews If you plan on travelling all day on bus & LRT, you might want to consider buying a DayPass for $7.50. Staying for a week or two & using public transit? Buy a book of 10 tickets. Each ticket ($2.10)...
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Getting to Winnipeg Winnipeg
3 Reviews If you plan to arrive by plane, Winnipeg is rarely a direct flight and your choice of carriers is limited. Air Canada is the dominant carrier in Canada and has the most International connections. If...
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By Car./Motorhome Banff
7 Reviews We hired our PT Cruiser at Calgary Airport and returned it to Alamo / National Car Rental in Banff ( cnr Lynx & Caribou St) 8 days later. The vehicle performed well and was covered in mud and dirt...
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Buses Windsor
4 Reviews Need a Bus to Detroit or Toronto Airport, why not go with ROBERT Q AIRBUS! Detroit to Windsor - Windsor to Detroit FARES Adult One Way$34.00 Return $68.00 Senior / Student One Way $31.00 Return...
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Coach / Bus / Car / Trolley. Banff National Park
15 Reviews This is a one day excursion I took whilst I was in Banff (in July 2005) and it took me across Great Divide of the Rocky Mountains, Johnstone Canyon, Lake Louise, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Victoria...
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THE ICEFIELD PARKWAY Jasper National Park
1 Review One of the easiest ways to get to know the area is from the comfort of your own vehicle. The ICEFIELD PARKWAY(Highway 93) is often called the most scenic highway in the world. The 230 kilometre(143...
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General travelling info in London London
7 Reviews I will give you both our and our son's experiences. First, for a proper London area vacation you need a vehicle. Sure there is lots to do downtown - pubs, restaurants, churches, museums, parks and...
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driving Charlottetown
5 Reviews To get to Prince Edward Island, you can drive across from New Brunswick via the Confederation Bridge. It takes about 9 minutes one-way, if you're driving at the posted speed limit. You don't pay the...
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Confederation Bridge Prince Edward Island
9 Reviews Reasons to use the Bridge The Confederation Bridge joins the provinces of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada and forms part of the Trans Canada Highway-making travel to and from the...
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Vancouver International Airport Vancouver
23 Reviews This is the international arrivals and departures level of the Vancouver airport has been recently renovated with this first nations artwork as the centrepiece. There has been a $10 per ticket...
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Buses Montreal
15 Reviews There is a site that lists the different bus companies going to and from Montreal for intercity travels (i.e New York, Boston, Quebec, Toronto, etc.). It's great because it allows you to compare...
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Via Rail (train) Quebec
11 Reviews Quebec's main railway station is the Gare de Palais which is situated towards the Old Port on the edge of Downtown and at the bottom of the hill from the Old City and so is within easy walking...
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Public transit - city Ottawa
25 Reviews Ottawa's Public Transportation started on June 29, 1891 when Thomas Ahearn and Warren Soper made the first run of the Ottawa Electric Street Railway Company. The company was privately run for 58...
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Bus/Transit Victoria
17 Reviews BC Transit / Victoria Regional Transit offer bus services that cover Victoria and other populated regions of Vancouver Island with bus services. Vehicles range from fairly small van-sized vehicles...
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Ferry Service Halifax
9 Reviews We drove to Halifax from Cape Breton but a car is not a handy thing in the city. It is best to leave it where you are staying and preferably take the ferry into town. The ferries run from Davenport...
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Getting to Edmonton Edmonton
12 Reviews This airport is about the same size as the one in my hometown of Albuquerque, but handles so much more volume! This airport never shuts down, as there are red eye flights zooming in and out of here...
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Getting To Winnipeg and Around Winnipeg Winnipeg
2 Reviews Winnipeg International Airport serves the great city of Winnipeg with flights to most of Canada, the US, and the Carribbean. I don't believe they have any international flights, like they used to....
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Trolley/Bus Banff
6 Reviews Around the last week of September the public bus schedules change to winter schedules (fewer buses and longer in between). This happened to me,,,,, Ask the bus driver to make sure about the...
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Crossing the Detroit River Windsor
4 Reviews If you drive into Canada from the US you can either go over or under the Detroit River, I have gone over the Ambassador Bridge on previous trips and it is the more scenic of the two routes. You have...
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I drove up from New England. Driving through Main was great I stoped by Portland which is my abselute favorite city to visit on the NE cost.The New bridge to PEI let you drive into the island. The experiance of driving over this longest bridge in north america is great. The toll for a car is $37 cnd.
VIA Rail Canada runs more than 460 trains per week over a 14,000-kilometre network linking more than 450 localities in Canada.For information on destinations, stations and schedules, choose the train that interests you in the website link below.
If you have time, then definitely drive around Canada. Unfortunately, because it's so big, to see all the different cultures in a short time really requires flying.If you have to fly, then fly with Tango or Westjet. This are low-cost carriers, and are pretty competitive.. Don't even try using Air Canada: for some reason, every flight I ever try and book is in the $1000 range..
Despite it's vast size, Canada is one of the most accessible nations on the planet. It's very easy to get a visa to enter Canada and we have embassies and consulates in many countries worldwide.Air travel: Most major airlines have destinations in major cities like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg.Rail Travel: Via Rail crosses the full width of Canada with spectacular scenery on all sides. It's a great way for a relaxing trip across the country.Bus: Major bus lines such as Greyhound have excellent service across the country. There are also hundreds of charter buslines as well. The busses are clean, comfortable and have onboard restrooms.Ship: Major seaports have cruises originating in Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax and St. John's. You won't see many of these country grain elevators any more. This was photographed at Huxley, Alberta. The elevators in this picture,...
Personally, I think the best way to get to Nova Scotia from America is by traveling to Maine, then taking the Cat (or catamaran.) It would normally take about a day to get there from Maine, but with this new boat it takes about 3 hours. It's a real easy ride, too. Nice gift shops, a free movie... not bad.Just take the car, man. You can drive it on the boat then drive around the city. Just make sure your car doesn't suck like mine did and break down in the middle of nowhere.
We did not rent a car so we had to rely on bus, skytrain, and taxi. I had a very hard time getting help trying to locate a bus depot in Burnaby because they are doing alot of roadwork. The sky train station closest to me is not scheduled to open till August so we had a really rough time. At no time did I find a bus schedule, or skytrain schedule showing stops and where they went to. Nor did I get any help with transfers. It wasnt till we were there 3 days before I was able to figure out where I needed to go. So we basically had to spend a fortune in taxi services. I used a taxi company called Bonny's taxi out of Burnaby and my driver name was AJ. He was great and a big help. He gave me his mobile number and told me to call him anytime. Which I did. He was a lifesaver and got me to my locations for the tours right on time. They also have taxis outside of the airport. 406-435-6655....
I've always driven into Canada, but you can obviously fly into any number of cities. Just a few of the major ones that come to mind are Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver.I'm sure there's a bus system in Canada, much like Greyhound in the US. There's VIA Train, which traverses the length of the country and will most likely take you through some magnificent scenery, especially around the Alberta/British Columbia border.Car is the way I traveled. The roads and signs are very similar to those of the United States, but realize that there are more undeveloped areas in Canada, so finding roadside services late at night may not be an option. Also, speed is given in km/hr, not mph, but most cars have those numbers on the spedometer too.
Vancouver may be small when compared to New York or even San Francisco, but it still take time to explore You can see a lot of the city in two days, but a day or two more wll give you time to explore sights in the larger Vancouver area and the surrounding countryside.If you are shopaholic, coffee junkie, and/or people-watcher, begin your tour of Vancouver on Robson street 1, also referred to as Vancouver,s Rodeo Drive because of the sheer number of see-and-be-seen sidewald cafes and high-end boutiques.Warnings or Dangers: If you have read other warnings about Vancouver, you've probably read about the severe area of town known as the Downtown Eastside. The area around Main and Hastings Street is notorious for drugs, crime, and unsavoury characters. In fact, the neighbour (more)
Bus and metro are pretty well organised! For Montreal information, go see my Montreal Page. As for the south shore company, STRSM, as you can see, people are very friendly. When I was in Canada, I was going to work by bus. These are a few of the good friends I made in the bus.http://www.strsm.qc.ca/
Flying I flew Air Canada from Gatwick to Toronto, and around Canada on Air Canada.I found that Buses were a good way to get around, or to borrow my Uncles car :-) the Pic was taken flying from Toronto to Vancouver across the Canadian Rockies, it was a really bumpy ride :-)
Residence Inn Toronto Downtown / Entertainment District Toronto
4 Reviews and 508 Opinions I like it really much. Very clean, personnel was very professional, the suites are like a real home...
Opus Hotel Vancouver
5 Reviews and 653 Opinions A contemporary hotel located in the very cosmopolitan Yaletown. Top-notch service from a very...
Le Square Phillips Hotel Montreal
5 Reviews and 696 Opinions The stay was unremarkable. The hotel was drab. Dark, old, office building appearance. Our bedroom...
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Q: Hi, I'm traveling to Vancouver next week, and I wondered if anyone knows whether there might be a problem with withdrawing...
A: The only issue that you may run into is trying to withdraw money from a machine that is not part of the Visa network. Most Canadian banks are on this network; the only...
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