Rosedeer Hotel

Top choice in Drumheller


If you've wondered what it's like to stay in a ghost town (or in what's rumored to be a haunted hotel!), this is your chance to find out. The Rosedeer is much like it was in yesteryear: small rooms, simple furnishings and a rip-roaring Wild West saloon downstairs. Don't come expecting frills and fanciness, and reserve ahead (it fills fast).

Though there's nothing in the way of standard amenities, not even wi-fi, you can expect friendly service, decent grub at the saloon, and a place filled with knickknacks and mementos that will make you feel like you've turned the clock back 100 years. You've already come out to middle-of-nowhere Alberta, so why not stay here overnight and really get the feel for it?


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