Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Edmonton Tourist Attractions


Canada's festival city awaits you. With over 30 festivals year-round celebrating the arts, film, theatre, sports and winter, your Edmonton experience will be like no other. Experience first-hand North America's largest urban parkland, the continent's largest shopping and entertainment centre, and so much more - see for yourself why Trip Advisor named us one of Canada's top destinations.
Edmonton's world-class attractions offer something for everyone. These are just a few to get you started.
 
Alberta Legislature - Relax in 23 hectares of beautiful parkland surrounded by history, grandeur, and parliamentary tradition. Or enjoy a free tour of the grounds and building.
Art Gallery of Alberta - This iconic building, with its contemporary architectural lines, has an extensive collection of over 6,000 works of art and features world-class exhibits.   
Devonian Botanical Garden - Founded in 1959, this gem of a garden comprises 80 acres of display gardens and an additional 110 acres of natural areas.     
Edmonton Valley Zoo - Tigers, elephants and cotton-top tamarinds too! The Valley Zoo is home to more than 100 exotic, endangered and native species.
Elk Island National Park - Elk Island is a beautiful oasis home to over 250 species of birds and herds of free-roaming plains bison, wood bison, moose, deer and elk. 
 Fort Edmonton Park - Join costumed historical interpreters and try your hand at living life as an early pioneer in Canada's largest living history museum. Explore up to 150 years of Edmonton's history.
Muttart Conservatory - Nestled in the scenic river valley, the pyramids allow visitors to experience an exotic jungle, a desert oasis, the changing seasons in a temperate forest and floral paradise.

Old Strathcona - Stroll historical Whyte Avenue. Visit the farmers' market, shops, nightclubs and theatres. Named one of Canada's top five shopping districts, it's alive, exciting and waiting for you.
Royal Alberta Museum - From pictographs to petroglyphs, grizzlies to bison and bugs, rattlers to spiders, mountains to the windswept prairies, experience history like never before!           

TELUS World of Science - Become part of a larger-than-life experience in IMAX®, take part in fun and informative science demonstrations and explore a changing selection of feature exhibitions.   
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village - Interact with costumed role players portraying real-life early pioneers, explore over 30 historic buildings, sample traditional food and more.
West Edmonton Mall - An entire city awaits at West Edmonton Mall, home to over 800 stores and services, more than 100 eating establishments, 10 attractions and two great hotels.       

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