🗿 MonumentBig Head, a striking bronze sculpture that makes for a memorable photo stop.
🏔️ ViewpointEarth pillars left by the last ice age, above the Canmore cemetery, with views of the Three Sisters.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeThe Athabasca Glacier flows from the Columbia Icefield across from the Parks Canada visitor centre; a trail reaches its edge.
🏛️ Historic siteWith the Canadian Rockies rising behind it, downtown Canmore is an inviting place to spend a few hours.
🏛️ Historic siteCross Canmore’s historic Engine Bridge for views of the Bow River and Rockies. You might recognize it from The Last of Us.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeThe largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies: 22 km long, with Spirit Island far up the lake.
🏛️ Historic siteBuilt in 1893, the Canmore NWMP Barracks is one of the town’s oldest surviving buildings.
📸 Classic photo spotPoliceman’s Creek Boardwalk. The wooden walkway crosses a wetland beside the creek, where birds are especially active in spring and summer.
📸 Classic photo spotQuarry Lake: a former coal mine turned scenic spot for picnics, lakeside walks and a refreshing cold-water swim.
🏔️ ViewpointA short walk to a pond with views of the Three Sisters and Ha Ling. This is a protected area: stay on the marked trail and keep dogs leashed.
🏔️ ViewpointWide, powerful falls on the Bow River, minutes from downtown Banff.
🏔️ ViewpointA glass-floored lookout 280 m above the Sunwapta Valley, at the end of a 1 km interpretive walkway. Open May to October.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeThe disappearing lake: in fall it drains through sinkholes in its bed and turns into a mudflat.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeA lake below Pyramid Mountain, north of town, with a bridge to Pyramid Island.
🏔️ ViewpointViewpoint over Bow Falls and the Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff's castle.
📸 Classic photo spotA multi-tiered waterfall over sculpted limestone, right by the road. One of the Parkway's most photographed stops.
🏛️ Historic siteThe birthplace of Canada's national parks: hot springs, a cave and exhibits.
🏔️ ViewpointA seven-minute tram ride to the upper station on The Whistlers, at 2,263 m, 10 minutes from town.
🏔️ ViewpointA quick pullout to see the Stutfield Glacier spilling down from the Columbia Icefield, without leaving your car.
🏛️ Historic siteA log and stone building downtown, a national historic site and the Parks Canada visitor centre.
📸 Classic photo spotA big lake among mountains for walks, picnics and a day by the water.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeThe Sunwapta River, fed by the Athabasca Glacier, roars through a limestone gorge. Several viewpoints a short walk away.
🏔️ ViewpointA viewpoint above the Athabasca River known for mountain goats on the slopes and hanging glaciers in the distance.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeJasper has been a Dark-Sky Preserve since 2011 and, according to Parks Canada, the second largest in the world.
📸 Classic photo spotLakes next to town, famous for Mount Rundle reflected in still water.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeOne of Jasper's most powerful waterfalls: the Athabasca River thunders into a narrow gorge. 20 minutes from town.
📸 Classic photo spotThe turquoise lake of the Valley of the Ten Peaks; the classic view is from the Rockpile. Shuttle access only.
📸 Classic photo spotA pond at the foot of a big rock face, sheltered from the wind: mirror-like reflections.
📸 Classic photo spotAn emerald lake beneath Victoria Glacier, for lakeshore walks or a summer canoe paddle.
📸 Classic photo spotA reservoir 5 km from downtown with views of Ha Ling and the Little Sister; popular for paddling.
🏔️ ViewpointA turquoise lake shaped like a wolf's head, seen from a viewpoint on the Icefields Parkway.
📸 Classic photo spotA reservoir over 20 km long among mountains, with a beach at the Spray Lake Day Use Area.
🏛️ Historic siteThe "Castle in the Rockies": an 1888 hotel in Scottish baronial style above the Bow River.
📸 Classic photo spotA park on the Bow River, on the Bow River Loop, with Mount Rundle views; great for a picnic.
🏔️ ViewpointA gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain, with a boardwalk, restaurants and 360° views over six mountain ranges.
📸 Classic photo spotThe town's main street: shops, cafés and restaurants with Cascade Mountain as a backdrop.
🏛️ Historic siteSantiago's founding square, laid out in 1541 and framed by the Cathedral and historic buildings.
🏔️ ViewpointHuelén hill, turned into a park in 1872: terraces, stairways and views of the city and the Andes.
🏛️ Historic siteSeat of Chile's presidency, a neoclassical building by Joaquín Toesca that began as the colonial mint.
🏛️ Historic siteSantiago's cathedral on the west side of Plaza de Armas, with a richly decorated interior.
📸 Classic photo spotA still lake reflecting the Main Range peaks, Mount Temple among them, at the start of the Icefields Parkway.
🏛️ Historic siteSantiago's oldest building: a 16th-century colonial church that has withstood centuries of earthquakes.
🏔️ ViewpointOne of the first glaciers on the way to Jasper. A century ago it had three 'toes' like a crow's foot; today one is gone.
🏛️ Historic siteFish, seafood and casual eateries under a 19th-century iron structure, steps from the Mapocho River.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeOne of the most iconic views on the Icefields Parkway, 30 minutes from Lake Louise, with the shore reachable year-round.
🏛️ Historic siteA 1913 railway station on the Mapocho River, now a cultural center that hosts major fairs.
🏛️ Historic siteA Romanesque-Byzantine-style basilica reminiscent of Paris's Sacré-Cœur, facing a square with a fountain.
🏔️ ViewpointViewpoint over turquoise Lower Waterfowl Lake, with Mount Chephren behind it.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeA short walk down to a footbridge over the zig-zag limestone gorge carved by the Mistaya River.
📸 Classic photo spotA linear park along the Mapocho, with the German Fountain and the Fine Arts Museum among its trees.
🏛️ Historic siteA 19th-century neoclassical palace, seat of Congress until 1973, with a garden facing the Courts of Justice.
🏔️ ViewpointWhere the North Saskatchewan, Mistaya and Howse rivers meet, about halfway; services in summer only.
🏔️ ViewpointA 300 m cliff where dozens of snowmelt streams pour down in spring; in winter, frozen waterfalls.
🏔️ ViewpointThe Icefields Parkway's dramatic hairpin, with pullouts over the valleys and the winding road below.
🏘️ NeighborhoodCobblestoned streets, cafés and museums beside Santa Lucía Hill, steps from GAM.
🏘️ NeighborhoodA stroll under Parque Forestal's trees to the Fine Arts Museum and its gallery district.
🏘️ NeighborhoodPlaza de Armas, La Moneda, pedestrian streets and the Central Market: Santiago's founding core on foot.
🏘️ NeighborhoodMansions, curving alleys and Plaza Brasil in western Santiago, a heritage zone.
🏘️ NeighborhoodOne of Santiago's oldest neighborhoods: colorful façades, murals and Plaza Yungay.
🏘️ NeighborhoodThe elegant street of 19th-century Santiago, lined with mansions and Palacio Cousiño.
🏘️ NeighborhoodA tree-lined avenue of university mansions and the Salvador Allende Solidarity Museum.
🏛️ Historic siteAn 1841 park with a lagoon, century-old trees and several museums, great with kids.
🏘️ NeighborhoodTwo curving 1920s cobblestoned streets beside the Church of San Francisco.
🏔️ ViewpointSantiago's great urban park, with views over the city and the Andes, a funicular, cable car and trails.
🏔️ ViewpointA viewpoint on floors 61 and 62 of the Gran Torre Costanera, 300 metres up, with 360° views over Santiago.
🏘️ NeighborhoodA design district between Providencia and Ñuñoa: antique dealers, workshops, galleries, cafés and bakeries around Av. Italia.
📸 Classic photo spotAn open-air museum by the Mapocho River in Providencia, with about 40 sculptures by 20th- and 21st-century Chilean artists.
🏛️ Historic siteAn artisans' village in Las Condes, beside the church of San Vicente Ferrer de Los Dominicos, a Historic Monument.
📸 Classic photo spotA large Las Condes park among office towers: lawns, tree-lined paths, playgrounds, a skatepark and an aviary, free to enter.
🏘️ NeighborhoodÑuñoa's classic meeting place: a square with a fountain, the UC Theatre next door and restaurants, bars and ice-cream shops around.
🏛️ Historic siteA Historic Monument since 2003 for its value as a site of memory. Guided Memory Tour on Saturdays at 10:00 am.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeA bioparque in Buin, 45 minutes by train from Estación Central: over 2,000 animals of 250 species across 14 hectares.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeThe zoo on Cerro San Cristóbal: over 700 animals and a walk-through aviary. Free, with advance registration.
🦩 Nature & wildlifeThe Santiago region's most important wetland: over 140 bird species, wooden boardwalks and free entry.