Vancouver - Vancouver

Vancouver
Coat of arms and flag
State	Canada
Inhabitants	2.271.224 (2006)
Prefix tel	1 604, 778, 236
POSTAL CODE	V5K
Position Vancouver
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Disambiguation - For toponyms of identical name, see Vancouver (disambiguation).

Vancouver is the major center of the British Columbia, one of the Canadian provinces.

To know

How to orient yourself

Town center

      City Center - Unlike many North American cities, downtown Vancouver is a residential area and not just a place to go to work. Some neighborhoods are highly placed such as Yaletown, Coal Harbor and Concorde Pacific. Vancouver's Chinatown is also located in the City Center. Other neighborhoods are Stanley Park, West End, Gastown. Around Davie Street is the gay district of Vancouver. The "Granville Island Public Market" is a well-known and vast shopping center located on a former islet, now welded to the mainland. It is also a shopping area with many restaurants.

      Stanley Park and the West End of Vancouver

      Gastown-Chinatown

      Yaletown-False Creek

Outside the city center

      Kitsilano & Granville Island - Hippies neighborhood in the 60s of the twentieth century, Kitsilano or simply Kits, is now one of the most expensive areas of Vancouver. Its promenade is home to many beaches such as Jericho Beach, a favorite with families and Spanish Banks with many volleyball courts.

      UBC-Point Gray - UBC is acronym that stands for University of B.ritish C.olumbia and serves to indicate the western area of ​​the city, beyond Kitsilano.

      Mt Pleasant-South Main

      Commercial Drive-Hastings Park - The eastern sector of the city is a residential area with many ethnic restaurants centered along Commercial Drive.

      South Vancouver - Includes the residential neighborhoods of Kerrisdale, Oakridge, Marpole and portions of those of Dunbar, Arbutus Ridge, Shaughnessy and South Cambie. The VanDusen Botanical Gardens and the Jewish Museum are located in this area.

How to get

How to get around

By public transport

Public transport connects the whole city quickly and easily. The Skytrain allows you to move quickly, where the skytrain does not arrive, transport is guaranteed by bus lines.

The center is connected to Vancouver by boats that depart from the Gastown skytrain station.

What see

• Stanley Park. 
• Granville Island. 
• Anthropological Museum. 

Events and parties

• Celebration of light. Beginning of August. 3 nations hold a fireworks display in English Bay. 

What to do

Shopping

How to have fun

Where to eat

Where stay

Vancouver hotels are, as a rule, salty. If you are lucky you can find accommodation in a hostel. The vast majority of hotels and hostels are located in the City Center. Cheaper hotels are located in the Kingsway and Broadway neighborhoods, east and south of the City Center, respectively.

The best bargains are found in the suburbs, such North Vancouver,Burnaby is New Westminster.

The campsites are in the vicinity of Chilliwack is Squamish

Safety

How to keep in touch

Around

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