These are some of the best things to see in Alberta.
With six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, incredible vistas and countless tourist attractions to bring you close to nature, Alberta is waiting to be explored.
Get a taste of some of the best places to visit in Alberta, whether you love long days spent out in nature, road tripping between quirky small towns and roadside attractions or taking guided tours.
Whatever you're into
Alberta's UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Alberta is home to six UNESCO World Heritage Sites—more than anywhere else in Canada.
Stand among the glacier-carved peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, walk where dinosaurs once roamed at Dinosaur Provincial Park, and take in the cross-border vistas of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Trace nearly 6,000 years of Indigenous history at Head‑Smashed‑In Buffalo Jump, read ancestral rock art at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park / Áísínai'pi, and venture north into the wild expanse of Wood Buffalo National Park.
Iconic Alberta Experiences
The best thing to do in Alberta? It depends what you're into. But some of the top picks include:
- Coming face-to-face with full-size dinosaur skeletons at Drumheller's Royal Tyrrell Museum
- Chasing frozen bubbles locked beneath Abraham Lake's winter ice
- Touring rare instruments and live recording studios at Calgary's National Music Centre
- Spending a day inside West Edmonton Mall, home to an indoor waterpark, roller coaster and hundreds of shops
- Staying in a sky-watching geodome at Métis Crossing, then visiting rare white bison onsite
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Travel paths forged in HBO’s The Last of Us
Explore the incredible sights and eerie locations of HBO’s Alberta-filmed series, The Last of Us, for yourself.
The first season was filled with iconic shots from across the province, including downtown Calgary, the Legislature Building in Edmonton, Fort Macleod, Canmore and Calgary’s SAIT and Mount Royal University.
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