August Long Weekend In Saskatoon

I just got back from the long weekend in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Although, doing a trip report of Saskatoon is not the most exciting report in the world it's still ourtravels so I'll do one anyway.

The drive from Calgary to Saskatoon is fairly quick taking approximately 6.5 hours with a couple of stops for gasoline. The drive is a two laned highway for most of the trip. With very little traffic and long straight stretches passing slower vehicles is relatively easy.

We were there for an Ultimate tournament so we didn't spend much time seeing the city. However, we did see downtown and around the University and both are very nice parts of town. We ate at the English Pub on 21st St. on the Friday night. It's a very classic English pub with many MANY draft beers and quite a few bottle import beers. As all bottle imports at a pub these are very expensive so be warned. The menu was classic english grub but it lacked consistency. My Guniess and Steak pie was delicisous but my friends Guiness and steak pie was terrible and looked like gravy.

Hotels

The Sheraton Saskatoon. The Sheraton Saskatoon is a very classy and nice hotel in downtown Saskatoon.

It's located directly across the street from the Saskatchewan river which runs through town. It's also minutes away from the University of Saskatchewan. If you're staying here I recommend asking for a room that overlooks the river as you'll have a beautiful view of the river and possibly the two very nice bridges in town. The Sheraton Saskatoon also has a tremendous waterpark, the best hotel waterpark in Saskatoon. This

includes two waterslides, two hot tubs, a kiddy pool and an adult pool. I highly recommend the Sheraton Saskatoon.

The Delta Saskatoon. This is an old castles style hotel very reminiscent of the Chateau Frontnac or Banff Springs, of course not on the same scale. We've been told that this is the nicest hotel in Saskatoon, however, it does have the smallest rooms and windows. This is fairly typical of those 'castle' style hotels.

The Hilton Saskatoon. We had some friends staying at the Hilton Saskatoon this weekend and they said it was quite nice. Clean, good sized rooms and resonably priced a good destination for a family in downtown Saskatoon.

All in all it was a great weekend in Saskatoon with great weather, good food and lots of waterslides!