Things to Do in Vancouver
There are lots of fun and interesting things to do in Vancouver! Here are some suggestions on how you might spend your leisure time on Thursday June 17th evening:
See a Show
- Comedy of Errors on Kits Point, http://www.bardonthebeach.org/
- Improvivor on Granville Island, http://www.vtsl.com/mainstage/index.php
- Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Masterpieces from The Rijksmuseum, http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/
- Velo-city: Vancouver and the Bicycle Revolution, http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/
Explore Vancouver’s Neighborhoods
- Commercial Drive, http://www.thedrive.ca/
- Granville Island, http://www.granvilleisland.com/
- Kitsilano, http://www.kitsilano4thavenue.com/Home/
- Robson Street, http://www.robsonstreet.ca/
- Stanley Park, http://vancouver.ca/parks/parks/stanley/
- South Granville, http://www.southgranville.org/visitors.html
- Vancouver Convention Centre, http:www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/
- Yaletown, http://www.yaletowninfo.com/
Go for Dinner
- Bridges, http://www.bridgesrestaurant.com/
- Chambar, http://www.chambar.com/
- Dockside, http://www.docksidebrewing.com/
- Fishhouse, http://www.fishhousestanleypark.com/
- Gallery Café, http://www.thegallerycafe.ca/
- Gastropod, http://www.gastropod.ca/
- Guu (Japanese tapas), http://www.guu-izakaya.com/
- Hapa Izakya, http://www.hapaizakaya.com
- Hon's Won Ton, http://www.hons.ca/hons_english.htm
- Joe Fortes, http://www.joefortes.ca/
- Locus on Main, http://www.locusonmain.com/
- The Naam, http://www.thenaam.com/naam/ (music on Thurs.)
- Social Le Magasin, http://www.socialatlemagasin.com/ (winetasting on Thurs.)
- WaterMark, http://www.watermarkrestaurant.ca/
- Waterstreet Café, http://www.dinehere.carestaurant.asp?r=121
Do Something on Campus
Go for a swim UBC Aquatic Centre, http://www.aquatics.ubc.ca/.
Join us for a picnic and arranged tour of the UBC Farm for CeLC delegates and guests http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/. This tour is limited to 30 people on a first-come first served basis; cost will be $5 to be paid on site at the farm. The sign up sheet and more information will be at the CeLC Registration Desk in the SUB. Local bus will take people to entry of the farm and there is a short walk. Tour is wheel chair (automated) accessible but no wheel chair accessible washroom facilities are available.
Visit these Popular UBC Attractions
- UBC Library’s Chung Collection, http://www.library.ubc.ca/chung/main.html
- Botanical Garden’s Forest Canopy Walk, http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/visitorinfo/greenheart-canopy-walkway.php
- Museum of Anthropology, http://www.moa.ubc.ca/
- Nitobe Gardens, http://www.nitobe.org/
For more great ideas, check out the Tourism Vancouver web site, http://www.tourismvancouver.com/visitors/.
