Guidebook for Vancouver
Essentials
This is a great place for essentials and some prepared food, and it's just steps away from the building!
366 locals recommend
Nesters Market
333 Abbott StThis is a great place for essentials and some prepared food, and it's just steps away from the building!
Shopping
Enjoy a premier shopping mall experience at CF Pacific Centre. Mall offerings include hundreds of brand name stores, restaurants, and entertainment. The malls stretches on a couple of levels for four city blocks - all the way along Granville Street from West Pender to Robson. It's high-end anchor department stores are Nordstrom, and Holt Renfrew.
571 locals recommend
CF Pacific Centre
701 W Georgia StEnjoy a premier shopping mall experience at CF Pacific Centre. Mall offerings include hundreds of brand name stores, restaurants, and entertainment. The malls stretches on a couple of levels for four city blocks - all the way along Granville Street from West Pender to Robson. It's high-end anchor department stores are Nordstrom, and Holt Renfrew.
Arts & Culture
The Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada, and the largest in Western Canada. The permanent collection includes almost an entire floor dedicated to local artist Emily Carr. There is a wonderful lunch cafe in the gallery open year-round.
1154 locals recommend
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby StThe Vancouver Art Gallery is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada, and the largest in Western Canada. The permanent collection includes almost an entire floor dedicated to local artist Emily Carr. There is a wonderful lunch cafe in the gallery open year-round.
An oasis of tranquility in an otherwise bustling Chinatown, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is the first ever Chinese garden built outside of China and is named the World's Top City Garden by National Geographic.
221 locals recommend
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
578 Carrall StAn oasis of tranquility in an otherwise bustling Chinatown, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is the first ever Chinese garden built outside of China and is named the World's Top City Garden by National Geographic.
Sightseeing
Lively Gastown is known for its whistling Steam Clock and mix of souvenir shops, indie art galleries and decor stores in Victorian buildings. A trendy food and drink scene includes chic cocktail lounges and restaurants serving everything from gourmet sandwiches to local seafood. Hip eateries also dot the neighboring Downtown Eastside area, while the up-and-coming Railtown district is home to edgy fashion studios.
1068 locals recommend
Gastown
Lively Gastown is known for its whistling Steam Clock and mix of souvenir shops, indie art galleries and decor stores in Victorian buildings. A trendy food and drink scene includes chic cocktail lounges and restaurants serving everything from gourmet sandwiches to local seafood. Hip eateries also dot the neighboring Downtown Eastside area, while the up-and-coming Railtown district is home to edgy fashion studios.
Parks & Nature
Beaches, seawall, easy hikes, and more! Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park that borders the downtown of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada and is almost entirely surrounded by waters of Vancouver Harbour and English Bay.
2658 locals recommend
Stanley Park
610 Pipeline RdBeaches, seawall, easy hikes, and more! Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park that borders the downtown of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada and is almost entirely surrounded by waters of Vancouver Harbour and English Bay.