Banff or Lake Louise?
Really? why waste your valuable 2 days switching hotels. Stay both days in one or the other and drive(only 1/2 hour max.)Depends what you want to do. Banff has a town site with lots of restaurants, shopping,beautiful mountain scenery/activities and touristy stuff. Lake Louise is basically the Chateau, mountain scenery/activities and touristy stuff . In the time it takes you to pack, unpack and get things organized.....you could have had a heli -tour/hike! the Canadian Rockies are magnificent...where ever you are standing! Drive a little farther east(15 minutes) and check out Canmore...equally as beautiful and less touristy.