Things To Do

Unique Things For Travelers to See and Do Downtown
 
  1. Looking for the hottest fashions? There are more than 1,000 shops waiting for you. Downtown shopping hours vary but are more or less:
    Mon-Tues 10am – 7pm
    Wed-Fri 10am – 9pm
    Sat 10am – 7pm
    Sun 11am – 6pm

  2. Looking for a bite to eat? There are hundreds of dining spots located downtown. Everything from elegant dining to nosh-to-go. Check out restaurants in these districts:
    * Granville Street
    * Library Square
    * Pacific Centre

  3. Looking for a movie? Check out the following downtown cinemas...
    * ScotiaBank Theatre Vancouver (formerly Paramount Vancouver)
    * Empire Granville 7
    * Vancity Theatre
    * IMAX at Canada Place
    * Pacific Cinematheque

  4. Looking for some refreshments or maybe a gift to take home? Check out these wine stores. They all have a great selection of wines and spirits.
    * The Sutton Place Hotel Wine Market
    * BC Liquour Stores (Harbour Centre & Thurlow @ Alberni)

  5. Looking for live theatre? Maybe a concert?
    * Queen Elizabeth Theatre built in 1959 and renovated in 2007 is home to the Vancouver Opera and Ballet British Columbia.
    * The Vancouver Playhouse is part of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and home to the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Friends of Chamber Music and the Vancouver Recital Society.
    * The Orpheum Theatre is the permanent home to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
    * Tickets Tonight is Vancouver’s only half-price, day-of ticket outlet located at 200 Burrard Street in the Tourisminfo Centre.

  6. Looking for some java? There’s more coffee flowing in this town than snow melting off the mountains in Spring. For your cup of joe, go to...
    * Caffe Artigiano (West Hastings, West Pender and Hornby locations)
    * Second Cup (Burrard @ Dunsmuir; and it’s got free wireless)
    * Blenz (West Georgia @ Richards)
    * 888 Caffe Express on Dunsmuir between Howe and Hornby
    * The Gallery Café (in the Vancouver Art Gallery)
    * For more free wifi coffee shop locations downtown, check out: http://vancouver.wifimug.org

  7. Looking for something sweet? Nothing better than chocolate…..
    * Local Purdy’s (Pacific Centre)
    * The Chocolate Buffet (Sutton Place Hotel)
    * Mink Chocolate, chocolate café

  8. Ride the rails. Take a tour of Vancouver via the Skytrain. Board the train at the Waterfront Station and head all the way to King George Station in Surrey then turn back. Travel for 90 minutes in any direction on the same ticket.

  9. Get a good nights rest so you can tour the city for another day. 

  10. Nominate someone for a Vancouver Tourism Award.
    If you experienced exceptional customer service during your stay in Vancouver, please nominate an employee for the Vancouver Tourism Awards. Each month service excellence in the tourism, hospitality and service industries are rewarded by selecting and publicly identifying persons who have demonstrated superior service’ to Vancouver’s 8+ million annual visitors. You can complete the nomination form online or find a hard copy in WHERE Vancouver magazine and Rocky Mountaineer Railtours’ onboard publication Journeys West.