The Bowness B & B Retreat Welcomes you in Jesus' name

Monica designed this house to be a place of hospitality for travellers of all walks of life. Having received much kindness when we have traveled, we desire for everyone to feel right at home. Share a cup of coffee on our large porch or borrow our canoe for a float down the Bow. You can use a bike to explore some of Calgary's 500 kms of pathways. We are just an hour drive to Canmore, gateway to the Rockies. Golfing, skiing, hiking, mountain biking and an Olympic park are all just minutes away. We serve up a full breakfast and share the whole house so you can spread out.

The Bowness Retreat Bed and Breakfast
8840 33rd Ave. NW Calgary
403-288-0733
Hosts Monica & Andrew Stiles
andrewprestonstiles@yahoo.ca

Over the years we have welcomed birdwatchers, missionaries, peace activists, conservationists, YMAMers, single mothers, grandparents, physically challenged, athletes, backpackers, children, Christain ministers and philanthropists.

Map to the Bowness Retreat

Located in a quiet neighborhood in west Calgary, it is just off the Trans Canada highway but close to the river and a beautiful park.

Reading Loft

Our Reading Loft is a cozy place to peruse our extensive collection of Bird books and Christian classics.

Our fireplace heats the home

We use all dumpster savengered wood to heat our home, reducing landfill waste and off-setting natural gas consumption.

Reclaimed wood

Most of our furniture, mantel, doors and posts were made from salvaged Douglas Fir wood. Our floor is FSC oak.

We love a good house concert

Andrew Smith and Graham Ord were great. Free night stay for anyone who'll entertain us!

Kids love sleepover parties at our place

We often host youth group events for up to 50 people.

Cozy Loft has a king size bed

And we have a guest bedroom with a double bed with a shared bathroom.

Hospitality as we have been taught

We love Henri Nouwen's insights on the Spiritual Life. He has taught us that hospitality is the “creation of free space where a stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not about changing people, but offering space where change can take place… The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create a friendly emptiness where strangers can enter and find themselves free; free to sing their own songs, speak their own languages, dance their own dances; then free to leave and pursue their own paths.”