🇨🇦 VANCOUVER Travel Guide 🇨🇦 | Travel Better in Canada!

Here’s our Essential 🇨🇦 Vancouver 🇨🇦 Travel Guide, giving you EVERYTHING you need to know to travel better on your own Canadian adventure. Vancouver is one of those places that combines the outside and City life perfectly - From national parks to suspension bridges, to the food... It's the perfect place to visit and explore!

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When anyone asks me about Vancouver I can honestly hand on my heart say, it’s one of the best places I have ever ever visited.

Why?

Quite literally, the atmosphere. Vancouver’s clean air is thanks to it’s really close connection to nature. There are mountains and forests surrounding the City, and the Pacific ocean is right on the cities doorstep. Here the great outdoors isn’t just a place, it’s a way of life. But it’s a modern City waiting to be discovered as well. So in this guide, we’re going to help you make the most of it! We’re going to look at food, money, transport, and a whole lot more, but first let’s get from the airport.

Vancouver International airport is less than 10 miles from Downtown area, and is Canada's second busiest airport, after Toronto Pearson International.

Getting between the airport and the City Centre is relatively straightforward – a 20-minute taxi ride will cost around $45.

Another way into the City is the SkyTrain – it's a bit like London's DLR with driverless carriages, you take the Canada line for half an hour or so, and it costs around $7.

Vancouver has an extensive public transport network, as well as being a really easy place to dive. Here’s what you need to know:

Now it’s not often that we can tell someone to drive a car through a major City, but in Vancouver drive away until your heart's content! We hired a car and cannot recommend it enough. Thanks to the Cities grid system, wide roads with plenty of easy understood signs and generally well-tempered drivers - driving was an absolute doddle! There’s ample parking wherever you go, even at the busy tourist hotspots, not to mention fuel is cheap, and traffic generally wasn’t too bad in our experience.

[megafoxdrone]

I don’t know why, I am watching this video, even though I live in Vancouver lol.

[kelcan]

I can mostly agree with the video except "fuel is cheap" the city fuel price is literally the most expensive in North America.

[stefanme]

I've been living in Vancouver for over 11 years and I can't state enough how little of this wonderful city is shown in this video. Even now, many times I feel like a tourist by discovering new places and things to do on a weekly basis. The guide is on point for the things described with one exception: there is no such thing as "very...very cold winters" in Vancouver unless you're visiting from Central Africa.

[OmerTheGreatOne]

Which Vancouver did he go to??
Fuel is cheap? No traffic problems? Damn, i bettter move to THAT Vancouver.

[georgemeek]

I lived in Vancouver and negibouring North Burnaby for 26 years and as I am well world traveled, I tell everyone I meet that Vancouver is one of the most beautiful city in my estimation in the world as it has everything ..Good weather, beautiful mountains, great transportation, fun things to do, beautiful parks, beaches, on and on...I must place to live and visit.

[lanceschmidt]

I live in Vancouver and enjoyed this video. Just a comment about the weather. I'm not sure who your target audience is; but in terms of North American and more specifically Canadian weather, Vancouver has a mild climate. Summer is relatively short with an average temp of 18C with some days getting into the mid 20's. The winter average is 4C to 7C often with grey skies and mist or rain. There is lots of snow in the local mountains just a short drive from the city, but in downtown Vancouver we see snow only once or twice a year, and when it does snow it usually doesn't stick around for more than couple of days. I don't think that really qualifies our weather as long, hot summers and cold, snowy winters.

In my opinion, spring is the best time to visit Vancouver. There can be rainy periods, but everything is emerald green and the city is bursting with cherry blossoms and spring flowers. There are also few tourists, so it's very easy to get around and do things.

[shilo]

I think you've got the weather wrong.. We don't have extremely long, cold winters like other parts of Canada so you don't really need to expect much snow.. just a whole bunch of rain haha (hence why everyone calls it Raincouver) but we do get a ton of sun too!

[zachclaxton]

Vancouver doesn't have very cold winters. The temperature rarely drops into the negatives. The lowest it will get is about -3 to -5˚c on a really cold day in the absolute dead of winter. But it does rain A LOT so bring an umbrella.

[desp]

PRO TIP: If you don't want to pay for Capilano, go to Lynn Canyon park. Its just like Capilano and you are more able to walk around the forest and you can go the water. To enter the park you must go across a smaller suspension bridge.

Also the Toonie and Loonie aren't nicknames, it's the official names.

[emilyeggert-botkin]

I have yet to see all those "well-tempered drivers" he mentioned 😂😂😂

[nefertitimontoya]

1. Definitely recommend getting a compass card over driving, the transit is really good for Canada, frequent but not always on time
2. For parks check out the UBC botanical Gardens and Nitobi Gardens (like a mini capilano/stanley park and sunyatsen garden)
3. Best brunch is Red Umbrella Cafe on Davie, but Granville Island public market is my favourite place in the entire world
4. Rent/lodging isn't cheap, don't stay downtown tbh, stay either on UBC campus or in a hostel, way more affordable
5. Weather - it's raining constantly from September to April, we don't really get snow, temperatures are really consistent and mild

Enjoy :)

[roxymang]

Lol I live in Vancouver but I liked watching this video. If you're coming to visit definitely spend a night in whistler! Lots of fun activities and the night life is good too

[rosemona]

I've been in Vancouver for the past 2.5 weeks (May) and it rained like only once. Soo, a very good time to travel

[worldtrotter]

I can't wait to be in Vancouver. Worth visiting.

[federicovazquez]

I'm watching this video and missing Vancouver. It's almost a year l was there going and walking many places. I love mexico but Vancouver is in my heart forever.

[robclark]

if you want more summer fun drive up to Whistler it will take about 2hours 20minutes and you can rent bikes there ride around get food go to the lakes as you ride along the trail.SO MUCH FUN.me and my dad went there last summer

[iamhappythingy]

It's nice to see people enjoying my city

[julianafrith]

even if your not a skier, i most definitely recommend grouse mountain, especially at night.
Night skiing(or day) is fantastic, because it looks like your skiing over top of the city, even if it isn't as large as cypress, sun peaks, and whistler. You can go skating outdoors on a frozen pond, go to one of the 3 restaurants, go sledding, or just chill out. Its so fun and the environment is so pleasant.

[federicovazquez]

Lovely Vancouver l spent two weeks holydays there, amazing.

[georgemeek]

Here are some things I recommend : A trip to Burnaby mountain to enjoy the view. Queen Elizabeth park. A walk in China town. Visit Granville Island . Visit UBC university grounds and walk in the tall tree suspension bridge..Travel the north Vancouver Sea to the Sky highway and visit Whistler mountain area. Take the ferry trip from down town Vancouver to the North Shore and relax and enjoy the view of Vancouver. Go to the top of Grouse mountain for an exciting time. Take a harbour cruise. Visit Vancouver Island by ferry from Tsawwassen ferry to Victoria then drive up to Tofino for whale watching then ferry back from Nanaimo to Squamish. A most walking visit is Gas Town and certainly Capilano suspension bridge in North Vancouver.