The coldest Alberta winters may call for a drink that warms us up, while our scorching summers may call for a cold-brewed beer or refreshing mixed cocktail. Alberta’s smaller towns and cities are home to a number of locally owned establishments that can help provide refreshment with a seasonal flair and home-grown ingredients, while sometimes in quite cool or unique spaces. Camrose is home to several wonderful microbreweries, crafting unique new flavours that are sure to please your palette. Whether …
Shop, Save and Win on our Shopping Trails!
As the Christmas season is upon us, we made a shopping guide to help you find the perfect gifts. Highlighting some of the region’s retailers, antique shops, and quilt shops. We’ve designed three shopping trails to provide an enjoyable experience of shopping for the perfect gift this Christmas season. Pick one of our shopping trails – Northeast of Edmonton, East of Edmonton, or Southeast of Edmonton – and start your search for the perfect gift! Look for unique gift ideas from …
Black Friday Weekend – Go Shopping East of Edmonton!
This season, stores are open and shopping events are a plenty! Isn’t it time for the fun to be back for Christmas Shopping across the region! Find the perfect gift, one-of-a-kind items and unique boutiques when you go shop local! Read on for some of the best sales and deals from local businesses you should check out. Shopping local will save you time, money and help support our neighbours. Find all the shopping events on our events calendar. Shop Northeast …
Where to Shop in Camrose
We hope the biggest souvenir from your trip to Camrose is your memories and photographs. But, it’s often nice to buy yourself or someone else an item that is unique to where you visited. In Camrose, you’ll have several options to help you in finding that perfect keepsake or memory. Camrose and its local shops are also a more peaceful alternative to city shopping and can add a bit of relaxation to browsing shelves, meeting owners, and learning about their …
Where to stay in Camrose
You have several options for resting easy in Camrose. Your accommodation choices will likely depend on what brings you to town whether it’s for business, seeing family, or attending a local event. You could just be passing through, too. No matter your reason for visiting, there is a hotel here to help make your stay and night’s rest much more comfortable. If traveling with family or to see family, keep in mind that three Camrose hotels offer a pool and …
Golfing in Camrose
The natural areas surrounding Camrose are not the typical flat, prairie farmland that normally comes to mind with rural Alberta. This portion of Alberta rises and falls over gorgeous green hills that almost call out to golfers. The many golf courses in and around Camrose are all highly rated and reviewed as not only fun to play on but also easy on the eyes. If golf is your escape, then you’ll be happy to know you can plan an overnight …
Biking Trails around Camrose
Exploring Camrose means you can switch from parkland to urban amenities quite quickly: Hidden behind the main streets and downtown Camrose is an expansive system of parks, ponds, and creeks, all lined with paved bike paths. The city has even made it safe and easy to cross the main highway with pedestrian underpasses. You can venture out on a Camrose bike tour on any side of the city, and explore via residential streets, the paths, or a combo of both. …
Fall Camping in Camrose
It has been a sunny and warm first month of the fall season so far in Camrose County. What better way to make the most of the weather by planning a fall or Thanksgiving camping trip with the family? Many of Camrose’s campgrounds stay open into October, so you can take your pick from a variety of outdoor activities to help you decide where you spend the night. No matter which campground you book for your Camrose trip you will …
Dining in Camrose
The fall activities around Camrose probably have you a little hungry. Luckily, there is great local dining around many corners of Camrose and outside city limits. You can start your day off right with the many local cafés. Between places like Fiona’s, the Lefse House, or a long list of others, you can get your morning fix of something sweet, something savoury, or your fix of a caffeinated beverage- it’s not just coffees you’ll find in these cafes: many offer …
October’s Beautiful Roadtrips, Great Golf & Autumn Adventures!
North Saskatchewan River in Two Hills County Now’s the time to enjoy the natural fall colours display all across the region. Go on a Beautiful Roadtrip! Check our Itineraries / Roadtrips page for ideas, OR go to Trip Ideas for the recent articles. Great Places for a Fall Shopping Experience When you shop at a local store East of Edmonton, you will find it unique, uncrowded, safer, and a “real” shopping experience that will be a breath of fresh air compared to Big City …