Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

Incredible! The staff, the facilities, the food, the accommodations, the concerts, the art... absolutely incredible!

Best conference destination. If you ever have the chance to attend/stay here, go for it! Facilities are world class, and it’s smack in the middle of nature. It’s a 5min walk from the town centre and city buses are nearby too. If you have the time, highly recommend doing the Banff gondola. You’ll be able to see Banff centre from the top :) A herd of elk comes to rest on campus at nights, so that’s pretty cool. It was a really enjoyable stay for us

Great location with awesome rooms - very comfortable beds!!! The restaurant (maclab)onsite is awesome too. They also have a pool and fitness centre!

Absolutely breath taking view. Gorgeous. Banff is so beautiful.

There are so many beautiful places to stay in Banff that you cannot really go wrong. This place is no different. It has beautiful views and the people here are pretty exceptional. One of our biggest annoyances though is that THERE IS NO PARKING available anywhere. It was so difficult to find a parking spot, we had to park a few ways from anywhere near our conference and the road did not feel safe because cars blocking both sides only allowed room for one lane and put us quite close to the traffic. We were constantly late and ruined our shoes :( Thats not their fault of course, but shopping for shoes in the Bow Valley is NOT an easy task. And you need a good pair of shoes because this campus has a lot of outdoor trails (uphill, and the buildings are pretty far apart) and it is SO DIFFICULT to find your way around. We tried out a few of their restaurants and Vistas was our favorite by far. They had a few different themes each day and the food was OUTSTANDING. Le Cafe has a few made-to-order sandwiches with very generous portions but there was not much variety and they weren't our favorite. MacLab had tasty food, we tried their chicken tenders and burgers and enjoyed them. However, ALL were quite expensive. It is better to just head to town to eat, there are so many more options for less money (and more parking!). Whats really cool about this place is that there is a wonderful library and a very cool gym. The library was free but the gym (and pool) was an additional cost. I am rating this so low because the higher than average cost of everything and the limited parking left a pretty bad taste in our mouths.