Banff’s Art- Eco Hotel, The Juniper, Celebrates the National Park’s 125 Birthday with Light Footprint and Soft Touch Packages
Summer touring packages at Juniper Hotel & Bistro will have guests celebrating Banff’s 125 year with light footprint self propelled tours, retro additions like cruiser bicycles and blue plate specials, incentives to bring your own bike and the chance to learn more about one of the park’s most iconic inhabitants, the grizzly bear, all starting with soft touch on the wallet rates as low as CDN $165.00 per person, if booked Sunday – Thursday.
An added soft touch? Return guests can book overnight stays for an additional 10 per cent off.
Living up to the title for being one of Banff’s most cycle friendly hotels, The Juniper’s small fleet of Electra Delux Relic and Norco Santiago Seven Speed Cruisers has just arrived. These three and seven speed bikes are perfect for gliding around town or the Vermillion Lakes and are available for ½ day or full day rentals. The rental includes a helmet and lock.
Guests may use them on The Juniper’s Go Green Banff Sightseeing package, a self propelled tour that highlights Banff’s best experiences by foot, bike and canoe. Included is a full day bike rental, a Banff tour map, a one-hour canoe rental and a full breakfast. Overnight rates begin at CDN$165 per person, based on double occupancy for overnight stays Sunday – Thursday. ‘s top five must-see
The Juniper is perfectly situated for destination cyclists and the hotel is ideally located as a jumping off point for various loops and trails in and around the Banff town site. The Banff Mountain Biking and Cycling Guide is available from the front desk, and guests who check in with their own bikes will receive a Velo Voucher for two at the Wild Flour Bakery, Banff’s only organic bakery. General Manager James Kendal is an avid cyclist, so he has even created a special Juniper tune up station, which includes a Park Tool™ Tuning & Wash Station and a back up tool kit with onsite mechanic support should guests require bike tuning advice.
Guests preferring getting even closer to nature can sign up for the Path of the Great Bear Experience with internationally renown bear specialist Reno Sommerhalder, a certified wilderness guide with 20 years of field experience with bears. The goal of this one-of-a-kind experience is to explore and understand the difference between the myths and realities about grizzlies. How dangerous are they really? How can a bear slumber half the year without any food? This package is CDN$270.00 per person and includes a guided bear ecology hike and a gourmet lunch to go, based on double occupancy.
Summers in the Canadian Rockies bring long days and The Juniper Bistro is reinventing an age old tradition and bringing back “blue plate specials,” so guests can dine early and get out and enjoy the evenings. The CDN$30.00 three course meals are offered daily between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Menus change weekly and feature “Cross Roads Cuisine” a name inspired by the Bow Valley corridor, which bridges two abundant food baskets from the prairie grasslands to the Fraser Valley Delta. “Cross Roads” is drawn from the tradition of the first peoples who traveled between the salmon region to the West and the buffalo plains to the East, and used the current Juniper site as a resting ground and location to cache food.
About The Juniper Hotel & Bistro www.thejuniper.com
Set at the base of Mt. Norquay at the edge of town, The Juniper Hotel & Bistro embraces all that Banff National Park has to offer – abundant wildlife, stunning vistas and a rich history. Originally created as a highway hotel in the 1950’s, in celebration of the opening of the TransCanada Highway, today the 52-room Juniper is the first hotel in North America to reflect Art Eco design. This is a term coined by the Banff based design team from Arctos & Bird as the perfect way to describe the reclamation, recycling and re-use that characterized the 2003-2004 restoration of the hotel. Backing up its “eco” claim, The Juniper recently signed on to receive 100 per cent of its electricity needs from Bullfrog Power, a green electricity provider, and is also the first hotel in Banff to be approved by Ocean Wise, the Vancouver Aquarium’s rigorously monitored restaurant conservation program for purchasing seafood.
For more information people may go to www.thejuniper.com or call 1.866.551.2281
