Heritage Park Historical Village Review

Great experience. Captures the spirit of Calgary and Canada beautifully!

This place is amazing! Highly recommended for small children

Excellent place to spend a day wondering around learning about some history of Canada and the local area. You can enter almost every building and each one you enter you are greeted by a person dressed in the clothes you would expect from the era. They were all very informative and you can ask as many questions as you like. There is a functional steam train and Steam paddle boat, riding on these are included in your entry fee! Your only extra costs would be good and souvenirs. Gasoline Alley had the most impressive display of old cars and petrol pumps I'd ever seen. I can highly recommend this attraction, but one word of advice, try to go when it's a sunny day, we went on a rainy day and there was a bit of walking sometimes between places, so ended up wet and cold by the end. All in all had a great day exploring the park.

Arrived by bicycle and stopped here for a break. Great atmosphere and can get a coffee or complete meal without paying entrance fee.

Ten out of five..would be a higher rating if I could have seen the trains but that part closed for season

I have lived in Calgary my whole life. Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved this place. Something about the history all in one place amazes me. I love that the staff are dressed up in the era of clothing and that when you go into any house they have an astounding amount of knowledge about it. I make it a thing to come every year and recommend it to anyone.

It's a great spot, and located conveniently only a few blocks from my home. My daughter loves it, and I enjoy it as well. It is rather expensive for what it is though.

Great place to visit and have a day outing with the family. Definitely pack a lunch and snacks as prices are a bit high for food.

I find Heritage Park so relaxing and informative. You can really see what the past was like and learn some history. It's beautiful too with a lake and natural scenery

Not at all what I expected today. Nov 11 brunch was mediocre at best. Eggs were cold, scones were like hockey pucks. I think they could have done much better.

Came here on a Saturday had a great time brought back childhood memories will be back again

Fantastic place day or night! So informative and interactive for the whole family during day trips, and the ghost tours in the evening are a blast.

Honestly one of the coolest places Calgary has to offer, wonderful tourist attraction and there are always cool events happening here every week or other day!

This was my first time going to the heritage park. It was really nice and huge park lots to see especially for the kids.

Great job providing a safe and enriching environment. Always an incredible experience and opportunity to ride a steam train and see immersive history of our colonial heritage. Is it time to update this cultural resource in light of current global consciousness upgrade? Maybe, but no time for that here!

An amazing place where you actually go back in time you can see things as they were done back in the late 1800's early 1900's the staff are incredible, playing roles of the day while doing their jobs I don't know, too much to say just go ride the train the fairy the horse and carriage go to the fairgrounds just step back in time and relax and learn how it was back then I could go again and again.

Horribly short season and the gasoline alley is the worst of everything- enough toys to fight over and lots that kids shouldn't touch but also not enough to make it worth it for grownups. The actual grounds are great but management could do a lot more to make this a much better resource

Great afternoon out. Admission prices should reflect their operations. If you have the boat and rides out of commission for the season you shouldn't be charging full price for tickets. 2 of the 4 major attractions closed doesnt warrant full price ticket admissions.

Great day out, loads of neat history, cool shops, especially the candy store.

It was great!
My son enjoyed historical adventure & activity as a reasonable price!

A fantastic venue to host events with a nice historic touch.

This is one of the most unique places you can visit. Walking around here can feel a bit surreal because it really does feel like you're walking in the past. Whenever friends or family from out of town come for a visit, I always take them, and everyone has loved it.

This isn't a museum where history stays behind the glass. The interactive exhubits, costumed interpreters, historic buildings and hundreds of working antiques are just waiting for you to touch, smeel, taste, hear and see how the West was once!

Went there for music in the plaza, audio tech had no clue what he was doing and almost had to cancel the show completely. Felt so bad for the band who were really good.

went during the quilt show, what an amazing time, take the paddle boat tour for sure!

Our family had a lot of fun! We enjoyed the (super fast) old carnival rides, our toddler loved the train and boat rides, and our teenager loved all the pokestops!

We attended a Christmas party here and it was wonderful! Food was excellent!!

Our family spent over 8 hours here, trains, boats, carnival rides, fresh bakery foods. Our son talks about going back to Canada all the time. Wonderful destination for a cooler vacation.

Loved every minute of this clean and well set up park!

Amazing places to see here with very enjoyable interpretations. So much to see and learn. I particularily loved all the replica historical buildings and walking inside them to see how people lived. It also brought back a lot of memories of my own grandparents' house which still echoed a time from their own parents' era.

Went there for Thomas the tank engine. Expensive, but awesome. Really cool space, lots of parking. Unfortunately the Glenmore reservoir is out of service this year so the lake is really low, affecting views. Play spaces are great, really enjoyable experience.

Very expensive to get it, one pass for the day will run you about $40. The staff are very rude here. The actual heritage village is nice and the boat trip around the resevoir is definitely cool in the summer but comes with an additional ticket cost. All in all you pay way too much for what is offered.

Love this place. Years of regular visits and seasons passes, and it just gets better and better.

Last weekend we took our children (1, 5 and 8) to Once Upon a Christmas at Heritage Park. We visit the park 2 or 3 times a year because our kids love it and it is a fun place to be. The Christmas set up is fantastic. There are so many things for kids to do, petting zoo, carriage ride, maze, Santa, train display, scavenger hunt on top of everything the park already offers. I would suggest planning no less than 3 hours so you don t feel rushed and more like 4 or 5 if you want to do most things. It s popular so if you re there on a weekend expect some wait times, especially for the carriage ride. We would highly recommend this attraction for families.

Great place for the family! A fun step back in time.

LOVE the Heritage park, especially the marina. I have 14ft sail boat and 2 Kayaks there.

Nice place for a family day out.. rides and a lot to enjoy

We thoroughly enjoyed it here ! There are old fashioned rides .. the train had our 5 year old enthralled ... it was amazing to see how the old houses looked and ran and we even got to try the old fashioned phones ... I can t believe I have been in Calgary since I was a teen and never came here this is such a wholesome and great place to take a you g family .. and if you love old cars this is a must !

Fun place to visit. I recommend taking the short boat ride, since the views are amazing!

So much old stuff that in 1900. Children can have some fun there in rides and last there big boat that takes in water

A great place to have some fun with the family! Lots to do while, being educational and entertaining.

So many great volunteers and staff and holiday times entertain my kids (under 10) and my parents (over 50)

The Family Pass is well worth it, particularly if you live in the south west of Calgary. Tons of activities for the kids and some decent alternatives for adults.

Such a gorgeous park! Beautiful selection of native plants and grasses found throughout. The gardens are lovely. Thank you for taking such good care of the plants and trees! You not only make people happy, but the birds and little critters!

The kids love it, the displays are great and the food in the railway cafe is really reasonably priced, and good. there are also lots of events throughout the year like railway days and the fall harvest sale. The family loves this place.

Fantastic exhibition of vintage vehicles, great food.

Attended a safety dinner & had an enjoyable evening

Great value for my money. They are always adding new things & renovating the older exhibits. It's never boring.

Nice family place, you need all day and probably more to see it properly

More than we imagined in every way! Would absolutely recommend this as a fantastic way to spend an entire day!

Great to just wander around with lots of stores and activities. Tons of historical information at all the sites as well as all the employees are wearing accurate time period attire. Fun for all ages. Be sure to check out Gasoline Ally as well.