Though tiny, Downtown Vancouver is the business and shopping hub of a sprawling suburban corridor that contains half the population of British Columbia, so naturally the atmosphere is quite intense.The Art Gallery and the small but top-notch Canadian Craft and Design Museum are both key sights, .... Click Here for More Gastown, Vancouver’s oldest quarter, was the original site of the city’s first industry and the famous saloon of ‘Gassy’ Jack Deighton, after whom the district was named. Extensive renovations during the 1960s were designed to convert the run-down, neglected remains of this h .... Click Here for More Downtown Vancouver is immediately adjacent to Canada’s most densely populated district, which also houses the largest gay community west of Toronto. The West End is roughly contained by Thurlow, Robson, Denman and Davie streets, the last three of which represent the focal points of a young .... Click Here for More When Vancouver was first founded, False Creek was five times the size it is today. Land has been reclaimed all around the water, much of it for Expo ’86. Originally no more than a sand bar, the area now known as Granville Island had been built up into an unsightly industrial zone when, in 1 .... Click Here for More Vanier Park blends seamlessly into Kits Beach, one of the trendiest and most popular stretches of sand in the city, with great views of English Bay, Downtown and the Coast Mountains. A short stroll further on, Kitsilano is one of the most interesting neighbourhoods in the city. From here, Fourth .... Click Here for More The broad swathe of Vancouver south of False Creek/Burrard Inlet contains only a couple of sights, namely Queen Elizabeth Park, which has the Bloedel Conservatory, and the pretty VanDusen Botanical Garden. For those who know the city, however, there are a handful of small neighbourhoods which ar .... Click Here for More For many people, Vancouver’s North Shore represents its finest feature. The mountains that provide so stunning a backdrop to Downtown make for excellent recreational possibilities, including skiing, hiking, kayaking and mountain biking in a string of outstanding semi-wilderness parks and va .... Click Here for More Despite its extraordinary mountain-ringed location, Squamish is not much to look at and, with one notable exception, its facilities are very poor. Yet for the outdoor enthusiast, this is a veritable Mecca. Meaning ‘Mother of the wind’ in Coast Salish, Squamish has come to be recognized .... Click Here for More Whistler is the largest ski area in North America and is consistently voted the continent’s number one ski resort. The terrain is vast, the facilities state-of-the-art, and the management bend over backwards to make sure the visitor’s every need is anticipated. Many other winter sports .... Click Here for More British Columbia’s capital is also its most charming and atmospheric town, thanks to its waterfront location, remarkably mild climate, and splendid stone and brick buildings. Hemmed in on three sides by water, and liberally scattered with flower gardens and parks, Victoria is a great place .... Click Here for More Despite its popularity and proximity to Vancouver, Galiano is still nicely undeveloped, the closest thing even to a village being the ferry terminal of Sturdies Bay. There are plenty of walks through old-growth forest, much of it protected by the assiduous efforts of locals, and places to swim. .... Click Here for More
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