Why Edmonton Is Seriously Underrated For Travel! Top Things To Do/Best Photo Spots!

We visit the highly underrated city of Edmonton where we show you guys some top things to do such as the University of Alberta's botanical gardens, Whyte Avenue, Geoscapes geodome dinner, and more! We also feature some of the best photo spots around town such as River Valley Overlook, Walter Dale Bridge, Muttart Conservatory, and more so much!
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We visited the beautiful Kurimoto and Aga Khan gardens at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden, making for a romantic date with a lovely picnic box from the Patio Cafe.
Our long awaited trip to Elk Island National Park was made when we watched the sun set over Archer Island, projecting beautiful colours in the sky and calm water. Though we didn’t spot any bison, we did see an owl chilling on the middle of the road after nightfall!
Discovering downtown by e-scooter from YEG Scoot was the most fun way to get acquainted with the city and it’s many bike paths and lanes! Our favourite parts were definitely riding downhill on the zig-zag path at River Valley Overlook, as well as on the wide Walterdale Bridge. We didn’t hesitate to put our scooters in ‘sport’ mode for that one!
Our stay would not have been the same without The Matrix Hotel. This place has some stunning rooms and suites, and the Platinum Suites on the top floor completely wow’ed us! Some hotels might offer complimentary breakfast, but do they give you an executive buffet breakfast? The Matrix does!
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Chapters:
0:00 Cinematic Intro
1:00 Matrix Hotel
2:39 Filistix Restaurant
3:11 Photo Spot #1: River Valley Overlook
3:45 Photo Spot #2: Queen Elizabeth Hill
4:28 Photo Spot #3: Muttart Conservatory
5:10 Photo Spot #4: 100st Funicular
6:08 Photo Spot #5: Rowland Park Lookout
6:57 Picnic Dinner at the Botanical Gardens
8:35 Venturing Whyte Ave
9:32 Elk Island National Park
11:00 Scootering around Edmonton
11:46 Geodomes dinner
13:49 Outro

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  • @LaurenJason
    @LaurenJason Жыл бұрын

    Follow us on Instagram for daily travel content! 😀 Lauren: instagram.com/laurenmneves/ Jason: instagram.com/jasonmengvisuals/ Travel Blog: laurenslighthouse.com

  • @tkamel18
    @tkamel18Ай бұрын

    I’ve been to 38 countries and Edmonton is one of my favorite summertime cities. Vancouver is the most beautiful in Canada, but there’s just something about Edmonton that hits me every time I go there. Character and cozy special place. Way less sterile than Calgary. The international food there is incredible too and the cost of living is insane for how nice it is…only been in summer though lol

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    Ай бұрын

    That’s awesome you’re enjoying Edmonton so much! It’s really quite lovely in the summers and the weather is just spot on 😍

  • @KayTongguo
    @KayTongguo2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the list of photo locations. The chapters really help too👍

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    We’re really glad you found this video useful!

  • @Outdoorswithmike
    @Outdoorswithmike10 ай бұрын

    Fun video to watch and the food was awesome.

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you Mike 🥰

  • @charlesdolivo3312
    @charlesdolivo33122 жыл бұрын

    Another great city video you guys 👏👏

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Charles

  • @nancyferreira2317
    @nancyferreira23172 жыл бұрын

    Looks amazing guys!

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nancy!🙏

  • @marcoricci2517
    @marcoricci25172 жыл бұрын

    Another really awesome city video. Starting to really like city videos too now

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    We’re very glad you do!

  • @Alan_P_Alvarado
    @Alan_P_Alvarado2 жыл бұрын

    Another great video! Love your channel. I’m currently visiting Banff and used your videos as inspiration on where to take photos. Side note. We saw you at moraine a few days ago! You both looked great! Was too she to say hi lol. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! We’re so glad you getting the chance to explore Banff 🙌 Oh now way! Definitely come chat with us next time, we’re always excited to meet cool people

  • @gabriellawisdom
    @gabriellawisdom2 жыл бұрын

    Looks amazing!!

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Gabriella!

  • @gabriellawisdom
    @gabriellawisdom2 жыл бұрын

    Elk island looks dreamy!!

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s such a beautiful place for sunset!

  • @Vari88888
    @Vari888882 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video 📹 👏 loved it

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @kaikigraph4790
    @kaikigraph47902 жыл бұрын

    I Love watching this stunning and amazing video from My country Kenya 🇰🇪

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    We’re so glad you enjoyed watching from Kenya!

  • @kaikigraph4790

    @kaikigraph4790

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LaurenJason am coming there soon Goodwillingly

  • @GAMEOVER-zc7ek
    @GAMEOVER-zc7ek2 жыл бұрын

    Happy that you're givin my home some love, bud. Nice vid. Btw, whats the title of that lit music playing at 6 min timestamp? Thanks!

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate that! The song is called Surround Me - Kevin Andersson

  • @DK-xs5df
    @DK-xs5df2 жыл бұрын

    Great video! definitely going to reference this the next trip to Edmonton. (live in Calgary). Just curious which camera / lenses do you use for your videos? They are awesome. Cheers and just subscribed too.

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! We’re so glad you can find some good use out of this video 🙌 and we use the canon R5 and the RF15-35 and RF 28-70

  • @foryourknowledge5675
    @foryourknowledge56752 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video, can you make videos about West Edmonton mall and farmer market st. Albert

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! And we’ll definitely note that for next time when we get a chance to go back there 🙌

  • @melody35
    @melody352 жыл бұрын

    Wow nice video😍 Edmonton is my dream city

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s such a wonderful city!

  • @garrettahern3813

    @garrettahern3813

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LaurenJasonI hate Edmonton just something about it… bad vibes

  • @gp7910
    @gp7910 Жыл бұрын

    Great job! Maybe do Whyte ave,little Italy,118 ave and Chinatown...if they fix safety issues in the latter.

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic suggestions that we’ll definitely add to the list when we get the chance to go back! Thanks

  • @denirielle
    @denirielle2 жыл бұрын

    Has anybody told you that you sound like Dante Basco?? He’s a famous voice actor (Zuko from A:TLA)… dude it’s so uncanny.

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahah I think that is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone say that! I loved that show -Jason

  • @MargaretWitlock
    @MargaretWitlock2 жыл бұрын

    Please do more of these travel guides please🙏🙏

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    We want to make lots more in the future!

  • @nikkian9254
    @nikkian92542 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this! 💗 The reason I havent been to edmonton is because I've heard of "Deadmonton" and fear that it could be dangerous. Curious yalls perspective on this and how you felt safety wise when you guys were there?

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 ай бұрын

    Haha I believe they call it that name because they claim there’s nothing to do there rather than a safety issue because we felt quite safe everywhere we went! Of course as with any larger city, during the nighttime you could run into some uncomfortable situations but during the day it was great!

  • @nikkian9254

    @nikkian9254

    2 ай бұрын

    @@LaurenJason oh that's really good to know! haha I've been curious to visit Edmonton and now defs feel safer to do so 😄

  • @kaikigraph4790
    @kaikigraph47902 жыл бұрын

    Your email please!!

  • @AlishaWolfe
    @AlishaWolfe Жыл бұрын

    Don’t come here now there are too many fires 😂😂

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    Жыл бұрын

    We heard about the fire! We’re currently overseas so we’re not sure how it’s looking but heard about the fires on the news!

  • @AlishaWolfe

    @AlishaWolfe

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LaurenJason yeah it’s pretty scary as I live in Toronto.. I wish I could help them out 🥺

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AlishaWolfe for sure! We heard so many people had to leave their homes as well… it’s so sad 😭

  • @AlishaWolfe

    @AlishaWolfe

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LaurenJason yeah it’s pretty sadddd :/

  • @tylernguy5242

    @tylernguy5242

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AlishaWolfe The recent rain has helped improve things at least.

  • @slashd0t
    @slashd0t2 жыл бұрын

    Of course the Funicular is closed due to vandalism - it’s Edmonton … Anytime anything nice is built here, people feel the need to destroy it.

  • @LaurenJason

    @LaurenJason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha is that really the case?

  • @Chydova

    @Chydova

    Жыл бұрын

    Very sad. The government should do something about this.

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