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When it comes to Christmas, no one does it better than Canada. The holiday season brings blankets of thick white snow, a multitude of holiday traditions and, thanks to Canada’s northerly location, plenty of darkness. So it should come as no surprise that a favorite holiday practice in the Great North, is setting up beautiful light displays.
People eat with their eyes. From the visual presentation of the food on the plate to a restaurant's decor, these visual cues add to the dining experience. All across Canada, top restaurants excel in these departments and several take that visual component to the next level--literally.
Exhibiting the flora of Canada's vast landscapes and often exotic species from afar, the country's public gardens foster an appreciation of the planet's diverse, precious and vital plant life, and offer brightly coloured, sweet-scented and lovingly tended natural sanctuaries for anyone to enjoy. The Great White North's publicly accessible gardens bloom among the world's best and here are WorldWeb.com's Top 10 picks.
Spooky tales of the dead have always fascinated the living, many of whom even seek out opportunities to encounter a ghost personally. And it would seem there are plenty of opportunities to do so across Canada, including the option of staying overnight at a haunted hotel...
Stretching from Nova
Scotia in the east to Vancouver
Island in the west, Canada
boasts more than 2,500
museums that range from large metropolitan galleries to small community
museums and chronicle everything from prehistoric dinosaur remains to
the latest developments in science and technology. No clay shard, no
centuries-old painting, no children’s toy is left unturned or
unexamined for the 59 million visitors who pass through the country’s
museums each year.
A bottle of wine, a secluded beach and the sun setting over the water. A log fire, a mountain retreat and starry skies. Centuries-old cobbled streets, quaint historic inns and intimate bistros. No matter what one’s idea of a romantic getaway is, Canada has much to fall in love with.
Although widely regarded as a hotbed for Winter sports, regardless of the time of year Canada hosts a large array of top-notch sporting events. Spanning sports as diverse as ice-hockey and equestrian show jumping, to golf and Formula One racing, no sport is ill-represented in this country of 33 million inhabitants.
The cowboy is a North American icon. From the prairies of Alberta to the ranches of Texas, the boot-kickin’, Stetson-wearin’ man has long been a symbol of the Wild West. Today, such figures can still be spotted across Canada, especially at summer rodeos. Amidst a flurry of chaps and spurs, country music and clowns, rodeo grounds come alive with bucking bulls and barrel-racing horses in a posse of action-packed performances.
Almost everyone's ideal summer vacation destination involves sun, sand and surf. Human instinct and the sweltering heat pushes people to the water during this season, and the wide expanse of Canada's stunning landscape offers up plenty of coastlines, lake shores and river banks from which to cool off. From the
More and more people are discovering the benefits of a weekly yoga class to relieve stress and bring balance into their daily lives. So why not consider combining yoga with a vacation for the ultimate retreat? It’s a trip that can bring health and rejuvenation...
Saint Patrick's Day is an Irish tradition long celebrated far beyond Ireland's borders. Green-clad, Guinness-drinking, Irish-jigging people across the globe get together on this festive day of March to share tales of leprechauns and shenanigans, look for lucky shamrocks and gawk at grand parades, all for the love of
Being stuck in an airport with less than stellar amenities or services can be quite frustrating. The criteria for what makes an airport great or the best can vary among travellers. For those travelling on business, the importance of having access to wireless Internet may be paramount, whereas
From coast to coast, festivals across Canada mirror the multicultural and diverse makeup of a relatively young nation. Whether it be a musical spectacle on a sweltering summer day or a mid-winter outdoor hullabaloo, these multifarious celebrations attract festival goers from every corner of the country and beyond. There are festivals for the young, the old, the music lover, the outdoor enthusiast and everyone in between.
There's no better way to relax than to get pampered at a spa. Whether trying to leave the stresses of everyday life behind for awhile or celebrating a special occasion with some friends, one of the many numerous spa treatments offered at some of Canada's best spas are bound to hit the spot
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