Banff Trip

Hey everyone! Hope you guys are having a great start to your week. We are currently in Banff having the most wonderful vacation with the most scenic views. I am actually not kidding when I say these views are incredible and do not get old. I never thought I’d say the outdoors made for my favorite vacation but you just cannot compete with natural beauty. Okay, enough gushing. I’ve attached the itinerary from our trip and some of our favorite places to eat (several of you requested on instagram). Also, we are vegetarians and some of the places we chose catered to that, however, they still had other food options that sounded great! I’ll break it up into a few posts but here is the first series.

Breathtaking views from the Vermillion Lakes, Alberta

Arrival:
There are no airports at Banff so you have to take a shuttle there. They can get a little pricey but its a nice ride with scenic views. You can fly into Calgary and take a shuttle from there.
Make sure to have some snacks before the ride :) (you will very clearly see food is our priority, haha.)

We had some nitrobrew and a latte with bagels and chocolate croissant the morning we left for Canada. For a quick snack before Banff it was time for a chocolate muffin and mango passionfruit tea :)

Hotel:

You guys, the hotel. How beautiful was the hotel. I still remember the moment when we were dropping other passengers off around the town and they mentioned that the castle nestled among the mountains was our hotel. My jaw dropped. Without further ado, Fairmont Banff Springs.

Also the view from our room:

We would wake up in the morning, walk downstairs to the coffee/brunch shop built into the hotel and grab a london fog with some belgian waffles and head up to eat outside in the fresh, crisp air.

We got there pretty late on our first day and spent the rest of the day exploring their adorable downtown (picturesque hallmark movie like city) and grabbed dinner at Nourish Bistro.

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They had great vegetarian selections. We went with the 27 (!) topping nachos for appetizer and ordered a beautiful burrito (quinoa, falafels, blueberry blend, roasted veggies and strawberry salsa) and king kong noodles in a coconut chili peanut broth.

We then headed out to the Vermillion Lakes for an evening walk after our tummy and hearts so full.

The views were incredible.

More to come in series 2!