Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Revue Stage
B6
62
Scotiabank Theatre
D4
63
Vancouver Canucks
G5
Vancouver Whitecaps
(see 2)
Shopping
64
Gallery of BC Ceramics
B7
65
Hill's Native Art
G3
66
John Fluevog Shoes
G3
67
Macleod's Books
F3
69
West End Farmers Market
C4
Downtown
Bordered by water on two sides and Stanley Park on its tip, downtown Vancouver is
centered on shop-lined Robson St, the city's main promenade.
Canada Place
LANDMARK
(
www.canadaplace.ca
; 999 Canada Place Way; Waterfront)
Vancouver's version of the
Sydney Opera House, judging by the number of postcards on which it appears, this icon-
ic landmark is shaped like sails jutting into the sky over the harbor. Now a cruise-ship
terminal and convention center (next door's grass-roofed West Building convention-cen-
ter expansion opened in 2010), it's also a pier, providing camera-triggering views of the
North Shore mountains and some busy floatplane action.
FlyOver Canada
AMUSEMENT RIDE
(
www.flyovercanada.com
;
999 Canada Pl; adult/child $20/15; 10am-9pm; Waterfront)
Canada Place's new attraction, this breathtaking movie-screen simulator ride makes you
feel like you're swooping across the entire country, waggling your legs over landmark
scenery from coast to coast. En route your seat will lurch, your face will be sprayed and
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