Alma Hotel

Hotel Alma, a gay‑friendly property on the University of Calgary campus, offers basic rooms and easy LRT access but little to tempt a night‑out crowd. The building sits in northwest Calgary, right on the university grounds. It’s not marketed as a gay bar or club—just a straightforward hotel that happens to be welcoming to LGBTQ+ guests. Rooms are functional: free Wi‑Fi, a flat‑screen TV, coffee maker, microwave and fridge, with breakfast thrown in. A small fitness centre and a business centre are available for those who need to work out or print a report. University LRT station is roughly 0.6 mi away, putting a direct train to downtown at your fingertips. That matters because the campus is a good ways from the city core, and Calgary’s modest gay scene lives mostly downtown and in the Beltline. The place scores about 3.9 stars on Google from some 460 reviews—enough to suggest it does the job for university visitors, hospital patients or conference attendees, but not much else.