🇨🇦 Must-Visit Places for Your First Trip to Vancouver!
Having visited Vancouver nearly 20 times, I’ve put together this ultimate guide for you! 📒 Not sure how many posts this will turn into — stay tuned on my homepage for more. If it’s your first time in Vancouver, this guide is for you 👇🏻 📌 Stanley Park 🌲 Vancouver’s most famous park — and in my opinion, the most beautiful one in the city! Perfect for an evening stroll with ocean breezes at sunset 🌅, jogging along the water, or biking 🚴♂️. Great natural environment, and it’s totally FREE! 🆓 📌 Gastown 🏮 Lots of cool little shops, boutiques, record stores, and cafés around here ☕🎶. Don’t miss the famous Steam Clock 🕰️ — it whistles every 15 minutes 😉. At night, it feels like a Harry Potter magical town! Also home to my favorite foie gras rice bowl in Vancouver 😋📍 PiDGiN Restaurant. 📌 Richmond 🥢 If you’re craving authentic Chinese food, Richmond is the place to go! Bubble tea, desserts, BBQ, dim sum, Sichuan, Cantonese, Hunan, Northeastern, Shanghainese, Hangzhou-style, Beijing-style — you name it, they have it 🍲🍜🍢. Plus: raw marinated seafood, skewers, KTV, mahjong, internet cafés… everything you’d find back in China 🎤🀄. You can also check out the Fisherman’s Wharf 🚢. 📌 Granville Island 🎨 I absolutely LOVE this place! Take a ride on the Aquabus 🌊 — tickets are just a few dollars. You can pay in cash or by card on board (no transit card accepted). My recommended route: after exploring Granville, take the boat directly to Yaletown 🚤. There’s also a public market with fresh ingredients 🥦🦐, including some hard-to-find items. Lots of seafood restaurants and oyster bars — I often grab oysters to enjoy by the water 🦪🌊. 📌 Yaletown 🍹 Similar to Gastown — a great area for wandering around with plenty of dining options. Lots of stylish Western restaurants and cozy wine bars 🥂. 📌 UBC / SFU 🏫 UBC is known as one of the most beautiful campuses in Canada 🎓. Right by the ocean, it features peaceful forests and gardens — especially magical during cherry blossom season 🌸. SFU is located on a mountainside 🚗⛰️. Watching the sunset or the city lights from there is absolutely breathtaking — a totally unique vibe. Highly recommended if you have extra time! #Vancouver #VancouverFood #StudyInVancouver #Canada #ImmigrationCanada