Neighborhoods In Vancouver

Cambie Corridor

Two of Vancouver's top garden attractions are over the Cambie Bridge, south of Downtown: Queen Elizabeth Park (just off Cambie at 33rd Avenue), and the...

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Chinatown

Although a large percentage of Vancouver's Chinese community has shifted to suburban Richmond, there's still a wonderful buzz of authenticity in the open-front markets, bakeries...

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Commercial Drive and Around

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Downtown

At the top of a gentle rise up from the water, the intersection of Georgia and Granville streets is considered Downtown's epicenter, and it's always...

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East Side

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Gastown

Gastown is known for its cobblestone streets and Victorian era–style streetlamps; it's also joined Yaletown as one of Vancouver's trendiest neighborhoods, as überhip stores, ad...

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Granville Island

An indoor food market and a thriving diversity of artist studios as well as performing arts spaces, specialty shops (there's not a chain store or...

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Kitsilano

The beachfront district of Kitsilano (popularly known as Kits) is one of Vancouver's trendiest neighborhoods. Originally inhabited by the Squamish people, whose Chief Khahtsahlanough gave...

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Main St. and Mt. Pleasant

Main Street bisects Vancouver, running from the Burrard Inlet and Chinatown south to the Fraser River. Science World, the city's popular science museum is just...

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North Vancouver

North Vancouver is probably the most commercial of the North Shore communities, and it's where you'll find popular tourist destinations, including Grouse Mountain and the...

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Point Grey

Some of Vancouver's best gardens, natural sights, and museums, including the renowned Museum of Anthropology on the campus of the University of British Columbia, are...

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Richmond

The suburban community of Richmond, south of Vancouver proper, is the region's "new Chinatown." The main attractions here are two lively summer night markets, several...

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South Granville

The section of Granville Street between 5th and 15th avenues is the city's traditional "Gallery Row." Although some showrooms have decamped to larger, less expensive...

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Stanley Park

A 1,000-acre wilderness park, only blocks from the downtown section of a major city, is a rare treasure and Vancouverites make use of it to...

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West End

Robson Street, Vancouver's prime shopping boulevard, runs from Downtown into the West End, a partly residential and partly commercial district. The West End has Vancouver's...

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West Vancouver

Posh "West Van," as the locals call the North Shore suburb of West Vancouver, has retained its well-heeled character from the time when the Guinness...

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Yaletown

Yaletown is one of Vancouver's most fashionable areas and one of the most impressive urban-redevelopment projects in North America. Back in about 1985 the BC...

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