You can ski, cross-country ski, ice skate, ski-skate, sled and snowshoe to your heart’s content in every single province. Located in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, the hotel is perfectly located for guests to snowshoe, skate and cross-country ski to their heart’s content before enjoying a horse-drawn sleigh ride through the postcard-worthy natural surroundings. Most camps were by the seaside but some, like “California in England” near Wokingham, Berkshire were beside a lake and catered for a modest 300 guests. Visiting Banff National Park during the holiday season is like stepping into a scene from a Christmas card. If you visit the Canyon Lights at the Capilano Suspension Bridge, you’ll be able to walk amongst the treetops of the eight tallest decorated Christmas trees in the entire world. Brush up on your Roman history at HousesteadsFort and take a walk along Hadrian’s Wall with various points for learning all about the Roman’s in Britain. Last year, the British Museum in London provided a virtual-reality weekend and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City made some of its collections viewable virtually through Google Cardboard – enabling anyone with a smartphone and Cardboard VR headset to browse the museum.
With the Guided Meditation VR software, users can out on an Oculus headset and become immersed in a variety of soothing environments. An advanced simulation was also created using a Virtuix Omni treadmill and VR headset running software designed to prepare astronauts for a Mars surface landing. Through the use of special non-commercial developer platforms troops are placed in game-like combat simulations where teams can practice working together and using tactical equipment in accurately replicated 3D environments. In Europe, a company called MindMaze is assisting patients suffering from brain injuries by using an immersive virtual-reality therapy that helps them regain motor and cognitive function faster than with traditional physical therapy. The company believes the immersive experiences offered by VR headsets have the potential to revolutionize all fields of education. Having the ability to explore locations and resorts from an immersive first-person perspective can be especially valuable for destinations that might not have a top-tier attraction or much name recognition. There’s a beautiful old hotel, living-history village and National Historic Site of Canada with your name on it!
They say a picture is worth a thousand Christmas lights, so go ahead and draw answer inspiration from the festive images shown above the questions (even the most well-travelled holiday adventurer may need a helping hand.) You’ll finish this quiz wanting to plan your next Canadian holiday trip, even if it’s to a nearby attraction you weren’t aware of until you worked through these questions – who knew how many miniature Christmas trains Canada actually has? Make sure you bring your toothbrush when you visit Saskatoon because it has the most candy and toy stores per capita in all of Canada! It’s entirely run and organized by volunteers who work tirelessly to keep Candy Cane Lane running smoothly. France Break and Firefly Holidays are two newcomers to the market who are setting themselves apart from the competition by offering a small selection of Europe’s more exclusive holiday parks. Pontins was founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin, and was originally aimed at providing holidays for working families. Check out the mummers, the Christmas zoo and the winter solstice celebrations!
Surgeons can use these virtual models to determine the safest and most efficient way to locate tumors, make surgical incisions, and carry out complicated procedures. The famous Fire and Ice Show begins in mid-December and features skiers and snowboarders riding straight through flaming hoops (what better way to kick off the Christmas season)? Although there isn’t much panning for gold in the small community of Barkerville today, the town’s Old Fashioned Victorian Christmas celebration features lots of holiday-themed activities for the whole family to enjoy. There is a stigma in the USA about trailer parks. From its humble beginnings to its present-day popularity, we will discover how these parks have become such an iconic part of British culture. It’s very lucky for most British holiday makers that it has happened now – in a year when, more than ever, any holiday that does get taken will need to be done as cheaply and as well as possible. Trillenium is confident there will be no shortage of companies looking to get in on the virtual shopping experience.