City: West End
Top Things to do in West End
What to do and see in West End, Canada: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Vancouver was founded as “Gastown” by an Englishman with a penchant for beer and storytelling. Today Gastown is a historic section of the Canadian metropolis, and the lively pubs still reflect the area’s former status as a sort of community drinking center. The city’s forests, grand parks, and impressive suspension bridge beckon travelers to explore them, as do the city’s shops and museums. Relive the glory of the 2010 Winter Games with visits to Olympic venues and the marvelous Olympic Cauldron.
Restaurants in Vancouver
1. A-maze-ing Laughter
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4.5 based on 357 reviews
Reviewed By Wanderering1 - Lake Macquarie, Australia
These larger-than-life sculptures gathered in a group make excellent photographic subjects: en mass or individually. When we were there there were several, like ourselves, testing angles or groups or catching the various shades of laughter. Well done Vancouver. A great celebration.
2. Ilanaaq Inukshuk
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By E492ZDchrisd - New Westminster, Canada
Whether it is my respect and appreciation for the ingenuity and talents of the Indigenous people who designed and built this, or the way it blends and enhances the natural setting in which it has been placed, I may never know; but it should be considered one of the hidden gems of Vancouver. Tourists may wonder about it's bona fides: inukshuks are directional devices, used in northern Canada for centuries as a sort of road map. This edifice was a gift to Vancouver as part of Expo 86, and became associated with the winter Olympics held here about ten years ago. And....great sunsets!
3. Robson Street
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4.0 based on 1,586 reviews
Vancouver's premier shopping boulevard is lined with restaurants serving food from all over the world.
Reviewed By 710hughn - Dublin, Ireland
Amazing shops all over the long street that is Robson St. Saw Chinese and Japanese shops/stores that I've never seen before. Lovely to stroll around in the evening after dark with the lights on the trees on both sides of the street.
4. Barclay Heritage Square
5. Denman Street
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4.0 based on 101 reviews
A shopping and dining street between Robson and English Bay.
Reviewed By ruwantha_lakshan - Düsseldorf, Germany
Denman street connects to the English Bay / Stanley park. There is a mall called Denman street mall which is very convenient and cheap comparing with other shops and super markets.
6. First Baptist Church
7. St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
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4.0 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By Andrenalini - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Beautiful building from outside, very impressive from inside. It is a beautiful sanctuary, a sacred place, place to pray for the faithful. A beautiful blessing to any one who enters this paradise. Amem!
8. The West End
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4.0 based on 34 reviews
The West End is perfectly situated between the city’s best-loved and most popular destinations. The world-famous Stanley Park is literally the our backyard, English Bay makes the Pacific Ocean accessible to everyone, and Downtown Vancouver is at our doorstep. Our enviable location has lead to high demand, amazing residential density and wonderful diversity of people, businesses and experiences.
Reviewed By D9239EBbillb
Vancouver's West End is right next to downtown and is therefore able to offer a unique combination of a clean, safe and attractive neighbor and close proximity to everything you could want from a big city. Because it's on a peninsula, you are always within easy walking distance of the surrounding water (English Bay, False Creek, Burrard Inlet). And it is also next to Stanley Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the world.
9. Engagement
10. George Cunningham Memorial Sundial by Gerhard Class
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3.0 based on 1 reviews
