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flavored food that takes advantage of seasonal Canadian produce, including vegetables or-
ganically grown on the property. The soup of the day is a good way to get things going,
then choose between mains such as prawn risotto or grilled Alberta beef tenderloin. The
dining room is in a log building, but on warmer evenings you'll want to be outside on the
patio.
INFORMATION AND SERVICES
While accommodations, fast-food restaurants, and gas stations line the TransCanada High-
way, downtown Golden holds other basic services, including the post office (502 9th
Ave.). Ninth Avenue also holds outdoor equipment shops and Bacchus Books & Cafe
(409 9th Ave., 250/344-5600, 9am-5:30pm Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm Sun.), offering a wide
selection of new and used topics, with plenty of local reading and detailed maps of the
Columbia Valley.
The year-round Golden Visitor Centre is ensconced in an architecturally striking
building beside the highway before it descends into town from the east (111 Golden Upper
Donald Rd., 250/344-7125 or 800/622-4653, www.tourismgolden.com , 9am-4pm daily,
until 8pm in summer). Interpretive displays describe the valley and everything there is to
do and see, while outside a short walking trail leads to a lookout.
GETTING THERE AND AROUND
Golden is on the TransCanada Highway, 134 kilometers (83 miles) west of the town
of Banff and 713 kilometers (443 miles) east of Vancouver. Greyhound buses (250/
344-2917, www.greyhound.ca ) stop four times daily in Golden, utilizing the Husky gas
station as a depot.
For a cab, call Mount 7 Taxi (250/344-5237).