Photos de CALGARY

Despite the tall buildings of its downtown core and its status as an oil capital, Calgary is a metropolis turned towards nature and its traditions. Built at the confluence of two rivers (Bow and Elbow Rivers) and surrounded by hills, this city (the sunniest in all of Canada) is at the gateway to the Canadian Rockies to the west and the Badlands to the east. In July, the annual rodeo festival, the Stampede, reminds everyone of their cowboy past, and gives this quiet town a special atmosphere and excitement. It has earned the city the nickname "Cowtown". The city of Calgary is divided into several neighbourhoods, including Downtown with its shopping street (Stephen Avenue) where shopping centers are connected by skyways (+15), the historic Inglewood neighbourhood and the Southeast, Mission and the Southwest, then Kensington and the North.