Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies, receives nearly six million visitors a year. It is the most heavily-visited national park in Canada, and rightly so - it's filled with ravishing sights. Packed with color photos, this bestselling guide offers itineraries that show you how to see the best of Banff and the Canadian Rockies in a short time - with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of area and thematic tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor info, Frommer's Banff and the Canadian Rockies day by day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip. Inside this book you'll find: -Full color throughout with hundreds of photos and dozens of maps -Sample one-to three-day itineraries that include: The Best Hiking, Banff for Photographers, Glaciers & Wildlife, Banff with Kids, and more -Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions clue readers in on great finds and values -Exact pricing so there's never any guessing -Tear-resistant foldout map in a handy, re-closable plastic wallet

Author Biography

Christie Pashby is a writer, editor and translator based in the Canadian Rockies and in Patagonia, Argentina. Christie was born in Toronto, and lived in Berlin, Germany and Nice, France during high school. She went on to attend universities in three Canadian provinces. She has a BA from McGill University and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College. She has been writing guidebooks for Frommers since 2001, covering Argentina, Chile and Western Canada. She also runs a boutique travel company called Patagonia Travel Company Ltd, works part-time at the amazing Banff Mountain Film Festival, is working on a novel of historical fiction and is the mother to an active toddler who loves to hike, ski and bike as much as her parents. Christie resides in Canmore, Alberta, Canada