Canada — only when you look at the speedometer on the rental car will you realize you are in another country now. Yep, the metric system. But not only that.

Whether it’s a walk to a gourmet restaurant, or a dip in the hotel swimming pool, the backdrop is the Canadian Rockies. There is no need to sacrifice comfort for beauty — beauty of the nature. This is where we get them both, at the same time!

Day 1: Bow Lake, Peyto Lake, Columbia Ice Field. Bonus: grizzly bear spotting

Day 2: Heart Creek Trail. Bonus: black bear encounter

Day 3: Lake Louise, Banff Downtown.

Day 4: Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Lake Louise Gondola.

Day 5: Johnston Canyon.