Yaletown

Worth seeing in and around Yaletown

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.

   700 m · 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.

   900 m · sports arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Stanley Park

   Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park in British Columbia, Canada, that makes up the northwestern half of Vancouver's Downtown peninsula, surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay The park borders the neighbourhoods of West End and Coal Harbour to its southeast, and is connected to the North Shore via the Lions Gate Bridge. The historic lighthouse on Brockton Point marks the park's easternmost point.

   3.1 km · park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   800 m · art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   600 m · public library system in British Columbia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   1.2 km · skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   1.2 km · Mixed-use skyscraper in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   1.6 km · building and cruise ship terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   700 m · Skyscraper hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    3.7 km · city park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to Yaletown

Airports

Vancouver (YVR), 10 km · Victoria (YYJ), 73 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 212 km

Stations

Pacific Central Station, 1.7 km · Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, 3.2 km · Vancouver Harbour Water Airport, 2.2 km

• Victoria → Yaletown

  95 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · C$20–26
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• Kelowna → Yaletown

  270 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · C$130–200
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• Calgary → Yaletown

  672 km · quickest by air, 4h 38m · C$170–260
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