Our Spontaneous Road Trip Continues To Horseshoe Falls Canada

This is part two of our Niagara Falls road trip.

Horseshoe Falls is amazing!!! Going over the border wasn’t that hard or that stressful. All they asked for was the usual, which was your passport, that you lowered all your windows, how many passengers there were, and why you were going over. Of course, there are more, and then there is a nominal fee of not more than $5 that you must pay. For complete information, click here.

Just so you know, for those of you who do not have roaming, especially international roaming plans with your cellphone company, YOUR PHONE WILL NOT WORK RIGHT WHEN YOU CROSS THE BORDER! Your map still shows the map, but that is it. Just letting you know.

Since this was a long drive and a last-minute trip, we didn’t do much other than take in the sights around the falls. In this post, we would like to also talk about hotels and where to stay if you want to get as close to the Falls as possible or are more focused on family activities.

FUN FACT- Americans are spoiled with the complimentary free parking at hotels. If you find a nice place in a good location that offers free parking, you should book that place ASAP.

I had been looking up hotels and activities for the whole week but going back and forth on what to do and where to stay because of weather, location, activities, parking, and price. I didn’t know what to do or where to go, but I wasn’t sure because of the da$# weather!

The Sheraton on the Falls on Groupon, depending on the date you book, is going for $79 a night. Don’t forget to check the exchange rate and get some Canadian dollars handy. Lol, we didn’t have any at all the entire time we were there. We kept meaning to get some and even trying to, but we constantly rushed from one place to another. I should have booked the Sheraton place but didn’t because I read someone else’s review. Silly me, in my haste, I misread Skyline for ‘Sheraton’ in Groupon because I saw what I wanted in the pictures.

I was really upset after the fact because when we saw where the Sheraton was and saw all the attractions around it….this GIF said it all. Then David and Gabe saw the zipline and looked at me, and asked me why didn’t we do that. ☝️☝️☝️☝️

If you want to stay in a hotel directly in front of the Horseshoe Falls and even has a convenient lift right from your hotel, then the best one would be the Marriot, Embassy Suites, and the Tower Hotel. The Radisson and The Oaks are close by, too. The Hilton is close by too that is one I would not recommend, and I will tell you why.

That was where we stayed and for almost $200 a night it was way overpriced. The desk in our room was taped in 3 different places for crying out loud. Remember how I mentioned the fun fact about parking? Well not only was there no free parking, but regular parking was not available, only valet parking $49 (Canadian)

FUN FACT- Starting June 17^th at 10 p.m. fireworks will be fired by the falls.

Only Good Part about the Hilton

Brasas Brazilian Steak House was amazing and the only good part about the Hilton! Who knows maybe there was more, but we were only there for such a short time and we were really there for the sights, not the hotel. The food was delicious, with succulent juicy chunks delivered straight to your plate. On top of that, we were able to try this amazing grilled brown sugar cinnamon-covered pineapple (say that 10x fast!) that just melts in your mouth.

This place actually has a lot of nice family activities right across the border with parking for $10. This area was where we saw one of the biggest go-kart courses, along with arcades, and other activities.

If you were to purchase souvenirs I would say this would be a better place to go as well compared to the visitor center directly in front of the Horseshoe Falls. Price-wise you will more than likely get more for your money. We got Gabe a pen with ‘gold leaf’ or something because he loves pens. Lol, the pen broke with the first use.

In the end, all I can say is look at booking.com, Airbnb, groupon.com, etc. TripAdvisor to see what is available and others like them. One thing that you cannot ever predict, though, is the weather, and with that, you gotta wing it. ‘Sigh’ seems to be the story of our life.

I hope that you found this post helpful. Any feedback would be very much appreciated 🙂

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