Blue Raven Bed & Breakfast

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  Leila Rahil Added 2018-04-30

  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  What a fantastic B&B in the Old Town area of Yellowknife! The rooms here are cozy, the location is great, the breakfast is fantastic and the hosts, Xabier & Christina were amazing!
  
  It is a $20 taxi ride each way from the airport and the rooms run $90CAD/night, but nothing is cheap or even reasonably priced in Yellowknife, so the pricing is on par with the rest of the town.
  
  I was only there for two nights and arrived after midnight the first night there, but that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I was cordially greeted by Xabier and left to my own devices to get settled in the Midnight Sun room (which has full bed and then a ladder to the loft which has a twin bed). I specifically came to see the Aurora and was disappointed they were not out and it looked like they weren't going to be. But, I kept vigil on the AurorMax website and it paid off because just after 1:30am I went out on the deck in the -35 degree temp and Nature's Spectacular Lightshow came out in full G1 Storm force; I was treated to the greatest spectacle of my life! The Northern Lights were in full color spectrum starting in wisps and streams of neon green and then dancing in curtains of light green flaring into hues of blue, pink, and purple! I only stayed out for just under 30 mins, but that was long enough to have my breath taken away!
  
  The breakfasts here are just phenomenal and will fill you up until dinner! My first breakfast I spent two hours trading travel stories with Xabier, Christina, and another guest, Holly, which I loved!
  
  Xabier and Christina both went out of their way to give me the lay of the land, explain the bus schedule, and gave me a key to the house in case they were out. I even walked the Great Slave Lake w/Xabier into town and past the awesome Snow Castle (part of their big Winter Festival). The walks only about 15mins to town and 40 mins to downtown.
  
  I had dinner at the Dancing Moose, which is only a 10min walk away and came back to nap before attempting to see the lights again the 2nd night. Sadly they were not in view from the deck that night and I was too tuckered out from the cold to walk back down to the lake where they were visible.
  
  All in all just a fantastic stay! They do have limited water supply, so you have to watch your shower time. The wifi connection is excellent, but no video streaming. The only thing that did bother me was there was this knocking and creaking noise in the room that I think might have been the heater, but I'm not sure, it was a bit annoying, especially when trying to nap. Other than I would highly recommend this wonderful place!

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