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  Vancouver City Tourist Guide



Guide to Vancouver Top 10 Attractions



Make sure you don't leave the city without a visit to these Top 10 famous Vancouver attractions and enjoy the culture of this vibrant Pacific West coast city.

When it comes to tours and sightseeing this city has so much to offer. Here you will find everything from Vancouver museums and city tours, to famous parks and mountains.

Get ready for some great fun! Visit at least a few of these top 10 must see attractions that every visitor to Vancouver just has to go through: Stanley Park, Granville Island, Canada Place, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain, Historic Gastown, Vancouver Aquarium, Robson Street, Chinatown, Heritage Yaletown and much, much more!


Vancouver Attraction Stanley Park

1. Stanley Park

Stanley Park has attracted many visitors and nature lovers from all over the world who when come and see this natural wonder are amazed by its rain forest trees and scenic gardens. It is known as the largest city park in Canada located right in downtown Vancouver and it continues to keep even locals dazzled and captivated on a daily basis. The park's size is around 1000 acres. Perfectly designed for a scenic stroll, rollerblade or a bike ride along the seawall or more adventurous trail hike inside the forest to see as much of the park you can.   More »
Vancouver Attraction Granville Island

2. Granville Island

From markets to theaters, to restaurants and bars, there is something for everyone on Granville Island. Restructured in early 1970's Granville Island has remained famous for its community of arts and crafts studios. Visitors love the islands that is located along the picturesque waterfront of scenic False Creek right by local Yacht Club. Also on the island there is a large kids playhouse/playground favorite for any families and Vancouver well known Enily Carr art institute.   More »

Vancouver Attraction Canada Place Trade and convention centre

3. Canada Place

One of the most amazing landmarks in Vancouver is Canada Place convention center. It's located on Vancouver waterfront also featuring cruise ship port, hotel, convention center, seabus connection to North Vancouver, heliport, skytrain and train station. This architectual masterpiece is a great place to enjoy the breathtaking view of a beautiful mountain range of North Vancouver. It is downtown's main hub for locals and visitors, and it become even bigger attraction post 2010 Vancouver Olympics Games.   More »
Vancouver Attraction Capilano Suspension Bridge

4. Capilano Suspension Bridge

Climb across one of North Vancouvers most spectacular suspension bridges high above Capilano river. The Capilano Suspension Bridge excites many visitors every day and people come from everywhere for the thrill. This bridge is open for exploration every day of the year except for Christmas. The park is open Monday - Saturday at 9am, except for 10am on Sundays and closes at 5pm in the winter and 8pm in the summer. Best time for vists is between May and September.   More »

Vancouver Attraction Grouse Mountain

5. Grouse Mountain

Visitors to Vancouver can enjoy one of the city main attractions by traveling just 15 minutes from downtown. Grouse Mountain is popular with visitors because it offers skiing and it's top nature trails offer famous "Grouse Grind" climb workout, world famous Lumberjack Shows, Birds in Motion demonstrations, and the Observatory Restaurant where guests can see panoramic views of downtown Vancouver.   More »

Vancouver Attraction Historic Gastown

6. Historic Gastown

Gastown is a Historic neighborhood of downtown Vancouver that offers business tourism, heritage style housing, nightclubs, bars, restaurants, boutique stores and a lots of hidden gems. Gastown is also known as the historical birthplace of the city of Vancouver. The most famous Gastown landmark is the steam-powered clock located on the cross of Water and Cambie Street that. Every 15 minutes it hoots and whistles and steam pours out of vents at the top and sides. People like to gather and wait for it to sound again.   More »
Vancouver Aquarium Attraction

7. Vancouver Aquarium

Located in the center of famous Stanley Park, the Vancouver Aquarium is a great place to take your friends and family when on vacation to connect and apresciate the beauty of our oceans and the planet in general. The aquarium has over 60,000 exotic and fascinating species that come from all over the world. Visitors should make sure to see the show a main attaction which is a held daily with sea otters, dolphins, and beluga whales. Kids will just love it and it will keep them occupied and happy for the rest of your stay in Vancouver.   More »
Vancouver Attraction Robson Street Shopping

8. Robson Street

Vancouver's most famous street the stretches from the West End Denman Street all the way to Vancouver Olympic Stadium is Robson Street. A home of many leading brands and world famous designers within the fashion and retail industry. The shopping rush hour to avoid this street is on a sunny day, Saturday afternoon. There is also other shopping in the area mainly on Granville and Georgia Street and in department stores such as Pacific Center, and Hudsons Bay Company.   More »
Vancouver Attraction Chinatown

9. Chinatown

Vancouver offers the largest Chinatown in Canada! Almost 30% of Vancouver families are Chinese, and that makes Chinese the biggest minority ethnic community. Chinatown is full of markets that provide dried fruits, seafood, vegetables, mushrooms, Chinese medicines and cheap house ware items. Tourists love this part of Vancouver because of its culture, little shops and small hotels and hostels that price much cheaper than the rest of downtown.   More »

Vancouver Attraction Yaletown

10. Heritage Yaletown

Heritage Yaletown is a trendy and upscale renovated warehouse district. This trendy and urban residential neighborhood is just a quick walk to the centre or any part of downtown Vancouver. If you prefer sea ride there are several station docks offering taxi ferry rides to any part of False Creek. Yaletown is a home to some of city’s top fashion and design boutique shops, as well as chick restaurants and bars. Cross between hip and old makes Yaletown a very unique place for wandering, shopping, or lounging.   More »


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Vancouver top 10 attractions start with Stanley park. You can see great shows at Queen Elizabeth theater, Vancouver museums and Vancouver art gallery. Enjoy any City tours of Vancouver that takes you also to Vancouver aquarium or for skiing and snowboarding to local mountains mount Seymour and grouse mountain. Capilano suspension bridge, lions gate bridge are great attractions. Inukshuk landmarks, BC place Olympic Stadium and the most visited during 2010 Winter Olympics so was Rogers Place hockey arena. Sightseeing tours bus brings you to Dr.Sun Yet San Gardens and for business professionals Canada Place Convention Center. Gastown, Yaletown, Granville Island are all famous Vancouver neigborhoods. Then there is also night ski cypress mountain. For downtown shopping Robson Street and Granville Street, Sears and Hudson Bay Company are best options. Chinatown is cultural piece of history. Transportation in and out of city is done by float plane and in false creek by aqua buses.