Your guide to keeping fit while travelling
Fuelled by the urge burn off holiday indulgences (pie, cookies, fudge, cookies, wine, cookies), the New Year might herald in a wave of new fitness goals for many individuals. Determined to launch 2019 as your best self, you sign up at the gym, get that new pair of runners and set your fitness schedule. And then it happens…your first work trip of the year.
Days packed with meetings, dinners out and nights at a hotel can throw a wrench into the strongest of fitness plans. This year, don’t let your travel schedule derail your New Year wellness goals. Keep on track by looking for activities at or near your hotel to keep you moving and motivated while on the road.
The Best Places to Keep Fit near Hotel Arts
We did a round-up of the best wellness and fitness locations around Hotel Arts to keep even the busiest jet-setter on track with their goals. Located in Calgary’s trendy Victoria Park neighbourhood, Hotel Arts is steps away from a host of activities to keep your fitness goals on track.
Walking/Jogging/Biking Routes
The Beltline Urban Murals Project is a great way to get your cardio up while enjoying thought-provoking, whimsical and powerful art. Start your walk (or run) from Hotel Arts (#15, Tyler Lemermeyer, on the map) and catch six of the 15 eye-catching murals on this 2.5 km loop through the Beltline District.
Lindsay Park (located 1 km south of Hotel Arts) is a park winding along the Elbow River and interlaced with scenic pathways. Exit Hotel Arts and take 1st Street SW Southward to 19th Avenue and cross the heritage CNR train bridge (built in 1912 and converted to pedestrian use in 1999) to access Lindsay Park. Exit the park at the 21st Street bridge and walk Westward to to 4th Street and head North to complete your run through Calgary’s trendy Mission Neighbourhood. While enjoying your trek, grab a coffee at the local favourites Phil & Sebastian or Purple Perk. For those wishing to extend the route, head South along the pathways of the Elbow River down to Stanley Park and then trek back downtown using the pathways on Elbow Drive before rejoining our route along the Mission District on 4th Street.
Bike Paths
Calgary has the most extensive urban pathway and bikeway network in North America. The City maintains 850 km of regional pathways and 95 km of trails. Hotel Arts is located on a primary bike route connecting city streets to nearby river pathways. Head north and bike through Calgary’s Rivers District to St. Patrick’s Island (an island in the middle of the Bow River – which is also home to the Calgary Zoo!). Follow the bike path west along 3rd Street River Walk to loop through Prince’s Island Park and Eau Claire. Then cross over Calgary’s Iconic Peace Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava and enjoy the scenic ride along Memorial Drive Bow River Pathway (with river and downtown views), returning you back to St. Patrick’s Island.
Pick up your bike:
- Hotel Arts Bike Program – Our fleet of Norco Scene 3 bikes are complimentary for hotel guests. They feature a light weight frame, disc brakes, Rapidfire 7 speed shifting and chunky tires which make it easy to be an Urban Explorer on Calgary’s bike paths or streets.
- Lime Bikes – Lime Bikes are the Car to Go of bike rentals. Download their app and rent their bikes by the minute. Pick up a green lime bike and leave it anywhere within Calgary’s inner city radius. https://www.li.me.
- Nomad Mobile Gear Rentals – Nomad rents an assortment of bikes and also hosts guided bike tours in Downtown Calgary that depart from Hotel Arts including their Coffee & Bike Tour as well as their popular Brewery Tours. In the winter, they not only feature Fat Bikes for touring around in snowy conditions but also have a mobile unit where they’ll rent out ski/board equipment too.
Yoga
HotShop Victoria Park is located in the Hotel Arts block, HotShop offers drop in Hot Yoga and spin classes with early morning, noon and evening sessions to cater to your on-the-road schedule. In the summer months, HotShop hosts poolside yoga classes at Hotel Arts on weekend mornings beginning at 9am. Check out their schedule while planning your trip to Calgary and see if there is one that fits your needs.
132 13 Ave SW
Fitness Centres, Gyms & Pools
- Hotel Arts Gym
Hotel Arts has a gym on the 2nd floor which is complimentary for guests featuring an array of cardio equipment, free weights as well as a universal weight training system, yoga mats and fit balls – perfect for that on-the-road maintenance workout. Open 6am-11pm.
2nd Floor, Hotel Arts
119 12 Ave SW
https://www.hotelarts.ca/amenities
- Anytime Fitness
Located in the Hotel Arts block, the Anytime Fitness gym is open 24-7 and offers noon and evening fitness classes. Gym passes are available to Hotel Arts guests for $10/day.
1222 1st SW
- Beltline Aquatic & Fitness Centre
Located a half block west of Hotel Arts on 12 Avenue, this City of Calgary facility has a swimming pool, workout area, full-size gymnasium for basketball and other sports, as well as a 40-foot indoor climbing wall with three auto-belays and two top rope options.
221 12 Ave SW
- Repsol Sport Center
Located in Lindsay Park (a 15 min walk or 3 minute bike ride south of Hotel Arts), Repsol Sport Centre is one of the most iconic recreation facilities in Calgary with its unique tent roof and it is also Western Canada’s largest indoor multi-sport facility. Drop in rates include access to Olympic-distance swimming pools, dive towers, an indoor track, sport gyms and the fitness centre. Check out their drop-in class schedules and open lane swim times on-line.
2225 Macleod Trail SE
https://www.repsolsportcentre.com
Dance Classes
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (located a half block east of Hotel Arts on 12 Avenue) offers drop in dance classes for a variety of levels and genres, from ballet, to hip hop, to belly dancing and everything in-between. Sign up for a class and, if the timing works out, check out one of their amazing
performances too.
111 12 Ave SE
CrossFit
Victoria Park CrossFit (located 4 blocks south of Hotel Arts) offers drop in classes for out-of-town CrossFitters looking to keep up their fitness regime. Note: drop-in classes are reserved for those with CrossFit experience.
300A 17th Ave SW
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