Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in British Columbia, Canada and it is the eighth largest Canadian municipality. The Greater Vancouver area of around 2.3 million inhabitants is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country and the most populous in Western Canada. With 5,249 people per square km, the City of Vancouver is the most densely populated Canadian municipality.
Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada; 52% of its residents do not speak English as their first language.
The original settlement, named Gastown, established in 1867.
For more than a decade, business magazine assessments have ranked Vancouver as one of the most livable cities worldwide.
We recommend you stay in Vancouver for at list 4 nights. Main sights recommended are:
- Stanley Park and the Vancouver Aquarium .
- Gastown and the steam clock. Visit the nearby China Town and its garden.
- False Creek. Visit the BC Place and TELUS World of Science.
- Grnaville Island and the public market.
- Take a ferry to Victoria City on Vancouver Island.
- Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island.
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