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Some Activity Ideas for the Weekend
Thinking of doing something fun for the weekend? Here are some suggestions of touristy things you can do. (Please note: Depending on the package you choose, prices range from $70 CDN per person to about $270 CDN per person.)
- Victoria City Tour & Butchart Gardens (RVG)
(Early Morning) from Vancouver package with Pacific Coach
The Pacific Coach offers great reasonably priced tour packages to Victoria on Vancouver Island. The approximate cost is $149 per person (which includes the return bus fare, ferry ride and tour). For more details go to: http://www.pacificcoach.com/Sightseeing-Tours/Victoria-City-Tour-Butchart-Gardens-RVG or http://www.pacificcoach.com/index.cfm
- Here's another Victoria and Butchart Gardens Bus Tour package by BCPassPort
Enjoy a ferry cruise through beautiful Active Pass in the Gulf Islands to our quaint capital. Marvel at the spectacular ever-changing Butchart Gardens. We'll drive the scenic route into Victoria and the Inner Harbour. Take your free time to explore this unique city: Government Street shopping and dining, Empress Hotel, Legislative Buildings, Royal B.C. Museum and more. Relax on the bus and ferry ride back to your hotel.
- Highlights
Scenic Cruise, Butchart Gardens, Chinatown and Empress Hotel
- Tour stops
Butchart Gardens & Victoria City Tour
- Destinations:
BC Ferries: Amazing scenic cruise
Butchart Gardens: Magnificent aromas (stop)
Victoria City Tour: Take a tour around the city (stop)
Ample Leisure Time: Enjoy a number of side activities- Extra Options:
Whale Watching in an open or covered boat: Reservations required: $93.00
High Tea at the Hotel Empress: $72 per person
The Royal BC Museum: separate from tour, approx. 2 hours
- Tour Pricing
Adult: $179 per person - price includes pick up and drop off at your hotel, all transportation, admission to the Look Out and all taxes.
- Tour Dates
Operates at 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 AM daily - If you book the 8:00 AM tour you'll have 2 hours at the Butchart Gardens. Otherwise you will have 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Tour Duration
12.5 hrs.
For information or reservations, call 604-990-9299 or 800-913-9207, Email or Reserve Online http://www.bcpassport.com/site/reservation.aspx?a=bus&tour=Vancouver%20City%20Highlights
- Highlights
- Take the train to Whistler Home of the 2010 Olympics
Whistler Mountaineer offers train trips with a tour of the Whistler Village. Travel in both Coast Classic Experience and Glacier Dome Experience and enjoy an informative guided walking tour through Whistler Village. You'll stop at the Whistler 2010 Olympic Info Centre for your picture on the podium, visit the heart of the village and finish your tour with a sweet treat. Along the way you'll learn about the locals, the record-breaking PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola construction, and find out how Whistler has grown from a small ski town to one of the top resort and real estate destinations in the world. The cost for this package is $264 CDN per adult.For more details go to: http://www.whistlermountaineer.com/vacation_packages/adventures/tour_1.aspx
- Vancouver City and Capilano Suspension Bridge Tour
This tour covers all of the highlights mentioned in the City Tour with the added tour across the Lions Gate Bridge to Cleveland dam, Capilano Fish Hatchery and Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park. Highlights Gastown, Robson Street, Granville Island and Chinatown. Then travel across the Lions Gate Bridge to Vancouver North Shore where you will visit Cleveland Dam, Capilano Fish Hatchery and Vancouver's most popular attraction: the world famous Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park. Destinations
- Vancouver City: Without Lookout.
- Robson Street: The city's finest shopping finds
- Stanley Park: Stops at the Totem Poles & Prospect Point. (stop)
- Lions Gate Bridge: Historic Link between the north shore and downtown Vancouver
- Cleveland Dam Capilano lake views (stop)
- Capilano Suspension Bridge: A treetop adventure (stop)
- Granville Island: Public market, marinas, galleries & more (stop)
- Chinatown: 2nd largest in North America
- Gastown: Historic Vancouver & the world famous Steam Clock
Tour Pricing Adult: $89 per person - price includes pick up and drop off at your hotel, all transportation, admission to the Look Out and all taxes. Pay when you board the bus with cash, credit cards or travelers' checks
Tour Dates Operates at 8:00 AM and 11:30 AM daily
Tour Duration 5.5 hrs.
For information or reservations, call 604-990-9299 or 800-913-9207, Email or Reserve Online http://www.bcpassport.com/site/reservation.aspx?a=bus&tour=Vancouver%20City%20Highlights
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Vancouver City Highlights Tour
Here's an ideal Vancouver introduction whether you're in town for a few hours or a lifetime. Fully narrted by entertaining local guides, this tour includes all of Vancouver's famous landmarks.
Destinations
- Canada Place: Cruise ship terminal
- Granville Mall: See the neon lights along Granville
- Robson Street: The city's finest shopping finds
- Stanley Park: Stops at the Totem Poles & Prospect Point.
- English Bay: Gorgeous views along our downtown beach
- Granville Island: Public market, marinas, galleries & more
- Chinatown: 2nd largest in North America
- Gastown: Historic Vancouver & the world famous Steam Clock
- The Lookout: 360° panoramic viewing deck
Tour Price
- Adult: $69 per person
- Operates at 10:00 AM daily year round and at 3:00 PM from May 15 to September 20, 2009
Tour Duration
- 4 hrs.
Tour Times
- 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM in Summer
For more information or reservations, call 604-990-9299, 1-800-913-9207, Email or Reserve Online http://www.bcpassport.com/site/reservation.aspx?a=bus&tour=Vancouver%20City%20Highlights *Stanley Park: One of the largest urban parks in North America, Stanley Park is 1000 acres of rain forest, beaches, gardens and fun. The bus stops at Totem Park where you can wander among totem poles and at Prospect Point, a great viewpoint for the Lions Gate Bridge, the Burrard Inlet and the North Shore Mountains. Your tour will parallel the Stanley Park seawall, one of the most popular places in Vancouver to walk, ride a bike or rollerblade. *Chinatown Looking for paper lanterns, pottery, a bamboo back scratcher, Chinese herbs or other exotic gifts? Vancouver's Chinatown won't disappoint you. You'll feel you've taken a shortcut to China.
English Bay: This beach, located in the trendy West End, is an ideal place to swim, stroll or watch the boats, ships and the world go by. Famous with locals for its sunsets.
- Gastown: Vancouver's oldest neighborhood, famous for its cobblestone streets, steam clock, and quaint shops.
The Entertainment District: See Canada Place, home to the cruise ship terminal, the Vancouver convention centre and the IMAX theatre. Then on to Queen Elizabeth Theatre home of Vancouver Opera, BC Ballet and Broadway shows, and finally Vancouver Public Library, an architectural masterpiece that will remind you of the Roman Coliseum.
- Robson Street: Robson Street is Vancouver's most famous shopping street. Check out its upscale clothing and shoe stores, restaurants, gifts and souvenirs, hair salons and candy stores.
- The Lookout Your Vancouver tour ends with a trip to the Lookout, 167m (553 feet) above Vancouver at the top of the Harbour Centre Skyscraper.
For more information or reservations, call 604-990-9299, 1-800-913-9207, Email (http://www.bcpassport.com/site/contactus.aspx?subject=bcpassport-vancouver-city-highlights) or Reserve Online http://www.bcpassport.com/site/reservation.aspx?a=bus&tour=Vancouver%20City%20Highlights
- The Richmond Olympic Oval
In February 2010 Vancouver will host the XXI Olympic Winter Games. One of the new, spectacular venues built for the Games is the Richmond Olympic Oval, site of the long track speed skating competitions. This venue is open all summer for public skating sessions. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to see what the Olympics look like from an athlete's perspective.
