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Practicalities
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Four Greyhound
buses
operate daily from Calgary to the Lethbridge bus terminal (tel 327-1551) at 411-5th St S. Two buses run daily to Fort Macleod, and two to Medicine Hat and the US border for connections to Great Falls and Helena in Montana. The
tourist office
is at 2805 Scenic Drive at the corner of Hwy 4 and Hwy 5 (summer daily 9am-8pm; winter Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; tel 320-1222 or 1-800/661-1222 from western Canada and northwestern US).
Most of the city's
motels
are on a single strip, Mayor Macgrath Drive; the top-of-the-pile
Sandman Hotel Lethbridge
, at no. 421 (tel 328-1111 or 1-800/726-3626; $80-100), and the less expensive
Chinook Motel
, at no. 1303 (tel 328-0555 or 1-800/791-8488; $60-80), are typical. Downtown the best value is the
Days Inn
, 100 3rd Ave S (tel 327-6000 or 1-800/661-8085; $60-80). The
Henderson Lake Campgrounds
(tel 328-5452; $14; May-Oct) are near Henderson Lake on 7th Avenue South alongside the Nikka Yuko Centennial Gardens in Henderson Lake Park. The best downtown
eating
is to be found in the
Lethbridge Lodge Hotel
at 320 Scenic Drive (tel 328-1123 or 1-800/661-1232), which boasts
Anton's
, an upmarket restaurant with modern American food, and the cheaper but pleasant and popular
Garden Cafe
. For downtown coffee and snacks, make for
The Penny Coffee House
, 331 5th St S. Other useful information
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