Image 1 Vancouver Art Gallery
Image 2 Granville Island
Image 3 Gastown
Image 4 Stanley Park Totems
Image 5 views over Vancouver and Stanley Park North Shore Mountain as backdrop
Image 6 Views over Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Park and Bloedel Conservatory
Image 7 Fairmont Vancouver
2 May
We arrived in Vancouver around 7 pm after travelling for almost 25 hours and were transferred to our hotel, Farimont Vancouver. After settling in to our room we went for a walk to find something to eat. Our impression from our drive to the hotel and our walk was that Vancouver was a similar size city to Sydney and we were looking forward to exploring it the next day. Our hotel was situated in the heart of the city right near the art gallery.
3 May
We decided that the best way to see the city was a hop-0n-hop-off bus tour which stopped at Gastown and the historic steam clock, Canada Place, the entertainment district, English Bay Beach, Stanley Park including the aquarium, Robson shopping district, Chinatown and Granville Island. We stayed on the bus for a full circuit and then on the second circuit alighted at Granville Island and explored the markets which sold lots of fresh local produce, had many food halls and many shops where artisans and craftsmen and women sold their wares. It was a very busy and interesting place to visit. the Canadian people seem extremely polite and welcoming to visitors.
We the stopped at Stanley Gardens to look at the many beautiful blossom trees, tulips and rhododendrons that were in bloom. We saw our first two squirrels, but we were not tempted to try English Bay Beach as the weather was fairly cold and it was a fairly cloudy day.
In the evening we met the rest of our tour group and our tour guide, Dan for dinner at the h0tel.
We enjoyed a beautiful buffet meal and had a early night as we were leaving early in the morning to join the Rocky Mountaineer
We arrived in Vancouver around 7 pm after travelling for almost 25 hours and were transferred to our hotel, Farimont Vancouver. After settling in to our room we went for a walk to find something to eat. Our impression from our drive to the hotel and our walk was that Vancouver was a similar size city to Sydney and we were looking forward to exploring it the next day. Our hotel was situated in the heart of the city right near the art gallery.
3 May
We decided that the best way to see the city was a hop-0n-hop-off bus tour which stopped at Gastown and the historic steam clock, Canada Place, the entertainment district, English Bay Beach, Stanley Park including the aquarium, Robson shopping district, Chinatown and Granville Island. We stayed on the bus for a full circuit and then on the second circuit alighted at Granville Island and explored the markets which sold lots of fresh local produce, had many food halls and many shops where artisans and craftsmen and women sold their wares. It was a very busy and interesting place to visit. the Canadian people seem extremely polite and welcoming to visitors.
We the stopped at Stanley Gardens to look at the many beautiful blossom trees, tulips and rhododendrons that were in bloom. We saw our first two squirrels, but we were not tempted to try English Bay Beach as the weather was fairly cold and it was a fairly cloudy day.
In the evening we met the rest of our tour group and our tour guide, Dan for dinner at the h0tel.
We enjoyed a beautiful buffet meal and had a early night as we were leaving early in the morning to join the Rocky Mountaineer
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