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South Granville

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Worth seeing in and around South Granville

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    BC Place

    BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province.

    2.7 km · stadium at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Rogers Arena

    Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications.

    3 km · sports arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Vancouver Art Gallery

    The Vancouver Art Gallery is an art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The museum occupies a 15,300-square-metre-building adjacent to Robson Square in downtown Vancouver, making it the largest art museum in Western Canada by building size.

    2.9 km · art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Vancouver Public Library

    Vancouver Public Library is the public library system for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2023, VPL had more than 4.6 million visits with patrons borrowing nearly 10.4 million items including: books, ebooks, CDs, DVDs, video games, newspapers and magazines.

    2.8 km · public library system in British Columbia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Living Shangri-La

    Living Shangri-La is a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the tallest building in the city proper, though not in the metro area, as Two Gilmore Place in Burnaby is taller as of its completion in 2024.

    3.1 km · skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Harbour Centre

    Harbour Centre is a skyscraper in the central business district of Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which opened in 1977. The "Lookout" tower atop the office building makes it one of the tallest structures in Vancouver and a prominent landmark on the city's skyline.

    3.4 km · Mixed-use skyscraper in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Canada Place

    Canada Place is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to the Vancouver Convention Centre East Building, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, the Vancouver World Trade Centre, and the virtual flight experience Flyover in Vancouver.

    3.8 km · building and cruise ship terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    One Wall Centre

    One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre North Tower, is a 48-storey, 157.8 m skyscraper hotel with residential condominiums in the Wall Centre development at 1088 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The tower was designed by Perkins+Will Canada, and completed in 2001, and went on to win the Emporis Skyscraper Award for the Best New Skyscraper the same year.

    2.4 km · Skyscraper hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Queen Elizabeth Park

    Queen Elizabeth Park is a 130-acre municipal park located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on top of Little Mountain approximately 125 metres above sea level and is the location of former basalt quarries dug in the beginning of the twentieth century to provide materials for roads in the city.

    2.7 km · city park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver

    The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, commonly known as Holy Rosary Cathedral, is a late 19th-century Catholic French Gothic revival church that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. It is located in the downtown area of the city at the intersection of Richards and Dunsmuir streets.

    3 km · Catholic cathedral in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to South Granville

Airports
Vancouver (YVR), 8 km · Victoria (YYJ), 71 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 211 km
Stations
Pacific Central Station, 3.4 km
  • Victoria → South Granville
    93 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · C$19–26
  • Kelowna → South Granville
    272 km · quickest by air, 4h 14m · C$120–190
  • Calgary → South Granville
    675 km · quickest by air, 4h 31m · C$170–260
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for South Granville

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for South Granville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are multiple ferries (operated by False Creek Ferries and Aquabus) in Vancouver that can take you to the two ferry stations on Granville Island.
  • Get aroundTwo ferry operators provide similar service to Granville Island, Yaletown, Science World and the Olympic Village.
  • Get aroundTrips connecting with Kitsilano are only offered by False Creek Ferries.
  • Get aroundTrips by both ferry operators generally depart on a schedule of every 15 minutes from roughly 7:30 am to 8:00 pm.

From Wikivoyage: Vancouver/Kitsilano-Granville Island, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    31 km
  2. 0256 km
  3. 03
    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

    59 km
  4. 04
    Powell River and the upper Sunshine CoastCA

    12 ways of moving, 22 sources

    119 km
  5. 05
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    130 km

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Around it

Next door to South Granville

South Granville is 2 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Vancouverlargest city in the province of British Columbia, Canada1.9 km
  • Gastownneighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia3.4 km
  • West Endneighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada2.8 km
  • Downtown Vancouverneighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada3 km
  • Kitsilanohuman settlement in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada2.1 km
  • Chinatownneighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada3.6 km