About Vancouver
Making your way to Vancouver for the first time, or just looking to learn more about the city, this information will help you to get to know Vancouver, from geography to transportation and the straight facts on the weather.
Majestic mountains, sparkling ocean, rainforests and beautiful foliage all four seasons make Vancouver one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Canada is known for our people's friendly nature, and Vancouver's citizens take great pride in our welcoming, clean, safe streets - day or night, all year round.
'You’re gorgeous, baby, you’re sophisticated, you live well...Vancouver is Manhattan with mountains. It’s a liquid city, a tomorrow city, equal parts India, China, England, France and the Pacific Northwest. It’s the cool North American sibling.' – The New York Times
A vast multicultural population, endless activities, and excellent infrastructure, Vancouver is welcoming to all International Students, visitors, families, couples and special needs visitors everything is within reach. The Vancouver International Airport has consistently been rated as a top North American airport providing easy access from all over the world. Exceptional public transportation is overshadowed slightly by the convenience of Vancouver as a great walking city clean, green, safe, and easily accessible!
Vancouver's hotels, restaurants and business community offer outstanding levels of service and product quality. Meeting your needs and exceeding your expectations is a top priority of Vancouver's businesses, providing friendly assistance every step of your trip. And with a consistently advantageous exchange rate on the Canadian dollar, you can have a world-class experience with superior value for your money!
Catering to any interest throughout the year, you can enjoy world class shopping, gourmet meals, outstanding live entertainment, sporting events, theatre, outdoor adventure, spectacular sights and attractions - it's all waiting for you in Vancouver.
Warmed by Pacific Ocean currents and protected by a range of mountains, Vancouver's weather is mild year-round. From high 70's Fahrenheit (low 20's Celsius) in summer to a mild mid 40's Fahrenheit (0º to 5º Celsius) in winter, the climate is always hospitable. Our winters are wet, but it rarely snows, except on our local ski hills.
With quick and easy access to Whistler Resort, the Canadian Rockies, Victoria, Vancouver Island, and of course, endless year round water and land sports, whether extreme sport or family fun, find your personal adventure here. Vancouver also is the home port for Alaska cruises May through October.
The City's streets are generally laid out in a standard grid, with the more modern neighbourhoods - those defined as unified developments - tending to have streets that wander. The streets of the grid run north-south and the avenues are east-west. The avenues, for the most part, are numbered-First, Second, Third and so on, with two major avenues breaking that flow: Broadway, which should be Ninth, and King Edward Avenue, which should be 25th. All the streets are named, as are all the roadways in the downtown core.
Most of the times Google Maps in Vancouver is a reliable source for direction on public transit, car, walking and even special routes for biking.
Vancouver is a breeze to get around. Walkers love compact downtown, with wide sidewalks and plenty of coffee shops along the way. Take your blades or your bike to Kitsilano or Commercial, or act like a local and hop on a public bus or skytrain. There are plenty of car rental shops, and ferries to take you to and from Vancouver Island. The Vancouver transit system, TransLink, is made up of a network of buses and unique services such as the SeaBus and SkyTrain. TransLink provides transit services covering over 1800 square kilometres of the Greater Mainland of Vancouver - getting around the city is convenient, easily accessible and often provides beautiful views of the city!
I would strongly recommend editing this information to avoid copy rights. All the information I got it from this website I’ll recommend as well to check it as the need for information is different from the brochure.
http://www.tourismvancouver.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_Vancouver
Making your way to Vancouver for the first time, or just looking to learn more about the city, this information will help you to get to know Vancouver, from geography to transportation and the straight facts on the weather.
Majestic mountains, sparkling ocean, rainforests and beautiful foliage all four seasons make Vancouver one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Canada is known for our people's friendly nature, and Vancouver's citizens take great pride in our welcoming, clean, safe streets - day or night, all year round.
'You’re gorgeous, baby, you’re sophisticated, you live well...Vancouver is Manhattan with mountains. It’s a liquid city, a tomorrow city, equal parts India, China, England, France and the Pacific Northwest. It’s the cool North American sibling.' – The New York Times
A vast multicultural population, endless activities, and excellent infrastructure, Vancouver is welcoming to all International Students, visitors, families, couples and special needs visitors everything is within reach. The Vancouver International Airport has consistently been rated as a top North American airport providing easy access from all over the world. Exceptional public transportation is overshadowed slightly by the convenience of Vancouver as a great walking city clean, green, safe, and easily accessible!
Vancouver's hotels, restaurants and business community offer outstanding levels of service and product quality. Meeting your needs and exceeding your expectations is a top priority of Vancouver's businesses, providing friendly assistance every step of your trip. And with a consistently advantageous exchange rate on the Canadian dollar, you can have a world-class experience with superior value for your money!
Catering to any interest throughout the year, you can enjoy world class shopping, gourmet meals, outstanding live entertainment, sporting events, theatre, outdoor adventure, spectacular sights and attractions - it's all waiting for you in Vancouver.
Warmed by Pacific Ocean currents and protected by a range of mountains, Vancouver's weather is mild year-round. From high 70's Fahrenheit (low 20's Celsius) in summer to a mild mid 40's Fahrenheit (0º to 5º Celsius) in winter, the climate is always hospitable. Our winters are wet, but it rarely snows, except on our local ski hills.
With quick and easy access to Whistler Resort, the Canadian Rockies, Victoria, Vancouver Island, and of course, endless year round water and land sports, whether extreme sport or family fun, find your personal adventure here. Vancouver also is the home port for Alaska cruises May through October.
The City's streets are generally laid out in a standard grid, with the more modern neighbourhoods - those defined as unified developments - tending to have streets that wander. The streets of the grid run north-south and the avenues are east-west. The avenues, for the most part, are numbered-First, Second, Third and so on, with two major avenues breaking that flow: Broadway, which should be Ninth, and King Edward Avenue, which should be 25th. All the streets are named, as are all the roadways in the downtown core.
Most of the times Google Maps in Vancouver is a reliable source for direction on public transit, car, walking and even special routes for biking.
Vancouver is a breeze to get around. Walkers love compact downtown, with wide sidewalks and plenty of coffee shops along the way. Take your blades or your bike to Kitsilano or Commercial, or act like a local and hop on a public bus or skytrain. There are plenty of car rental shops, and ferries to take you to and from Vancouver Island. The Vancouver transit system, TransLink, is made up of a network of buses and unique services such as the SeaBus and SkyTrain. TransLink provides transit services covering over 1800 square kilometres of the Greater Mainland of Vancouver - getting around the city is convenient, easily accessible and often provides beautiful views of the city!
I would strongly recommend editing this information to avoid copy rights. All the information I got it from this website I’ll recommend as well to check it as the need for information is different from the brochure.
http://www.tourismvancouver.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_Vancouver