🌇 Visiting Vancouver
I grew up in the Vancouver area, so I should probably know a few places to suggest visiting if you go there. Some of these are good enough that I still go back when I 🚙 drive there nowadays.
I tried to go about making this list from the perspective of someone who doesn’t want to rent a car for their whole trip, as there is a lot you can do without needing a car or even stepping on a bus.
- It may be “just” part of the transit system, but taking the SeaBus across the harbour to North Vancouver is kind of fun. Also the quay (is that what it’s called?) where the SeaBus arrives on the north side has some decent touristy shopping and food.
- Stanley Park is a must
- Can be walked, biked (lots of rental options including bike-cars and tandems)
- The route that goes along the sea wall and the circumference of the park is about 10 km and there are trails/paths throughout as well
- If you like aquariums, the Vancouver Aquarium is located within Stanley Park
- The area that was once the grounds of Expo 86 is nice
- Science World is cool for the kids and the Omnimax theatre there is a neat experience
- Granville Island is cool for shopping and food
- Burnaby Village is another, fancier (than Fort Langley, below) “living museum” focused more on later developments
- Craft brews:
- Too many local craft beer/etc options to name them all
- Along the SkyTrain route:
- If you have a car or are willing to take a bus:
- Cypress Bowl hiking
- Seymour Mountain hiking
- Squamish beautiful drive and/or a hike
- Lynn Canyon suspension bridge (free city-run park with dirt trails, nice bridge)
- Capilano suspension bridge (nicer, more accessible bridge but tourist prices and I’ve never been there)
- Fort Langley is a living museum focused on the early days of European settlement and when it was local seat of the government
- Skiing is a thing in the winter with four options “in the Vancouver area”
After you’re done there, head over to 🇳🇱 the Netherlands.
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