Vancouver and Victoria

Canada’s westernmost cities are also considered our most naturally beautiful. With such a dramatic setting, planning a sightseeing holiday should be pretty easy, but for me at least it does come with its fair share of challenges.

Attractions

Central Vancouver

• Museum of Vancouver
• Vancouver Lookout
• Vancouver Maritime Museum
• Vancouver Art Gallery
• Vancouver Police Museum

Stanley Park

• Vancouver Aquarium
• Stanley Park Horse-Drawn Tours

Points of Interest

Central Vancouver

• Canada Place: massive iconic Convention Centre with a maritime design motif
• Olympic Cauldron: Massive, modern Olympic torch built for the 2010 Winter Games, occasionally lit for special events.
• Gastown Vancouver Steam Clock

Stanley Park

Robert Burns Statue – Vancouver Seawall – Totem Poles – Brockton Point Lighthouse – Stanley Park Rock Garden – Stanley Park Rose Garden – Shakespeare Garden – Lumberman’s Arch – SS Empress of Japan Figurehead – Girl in a Wet Suit Statue – Prospect Point Lookout – Stanley Park Railway – Siwash Rock – Hollow Tree – Burma Star Monument (WW II Burma Theatre Veterans Monument)

Lions Gate Bridge: Landmark suspension bridge offering sweeping city views & a pedestrian walkway. Canada’s green version of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Victoria

Attractions

• Craigdarroch Castle
• The Maritime Museum of British Columbia
• Royal BC Museum
• Miniature World
• Christ Church Cathedral
• St. Andrew’s Cathedral
• The Robert Bateman Centre
• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
• Beacon Hill Park

Points of Interest

• Fairmont Empress Iconic waterfront hotel in downtown Victoria
• Legislative Assembly of British Columbia