The City of Vancouver

January 25th, 2011 admin

Vancouver is bustling and thriving metropolis located in the southwestern corner of Canada’s Pacific coast. Vancouver is Canada’s third largest city and is considered one of the best places in the world to live in and to visit. Vancouver is said to be the melting pot of race and culture. There are hotels throughout the city and cater to all and every budget, be it leisure or business. The hotels provide an insight to the cosmopolitan and cultural delights and provide outstanding quality and service.

Tough a modern city, Vancouver is a relatively young city. The story of Vancouver started around a hundred and fifty years ago as a wood settlement. The abundant wood resources, the moderate climate and the natural port meant it was a fast developing city. Saw mills and then the transcontinental rail line helped speed up the progress and bring in more human resources. Since then Vancouver has played host to the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics. Vancouver is also host to the third largest film industry in the western hemisphere after Los Angeles and New York. Tourism is the second largest industry in Vancouver and has the facilities to match.

The city of Vancouver is located on the Burrad peninsular inlet. The English Bay is to the west with the Burrad inlet to the north and the Fraser River to the south. The original settlement of Gastown is an elegant an historic neighborhood of cobbled streets, Victorian buildings and information plaques that tell the story of the city. The century old neighborhood of Chinatown is home to one the largest concentrations of ethnic Chinese in the western hemisphere. The neighborhoods represent distinct cultural identities with names like Punjabi Market, Little Italy and Greektown. The market district of Granville is filled with merchants everything from seafood to fresh produce.

The Hotels in Vancouver welcome one and all. Vancouver does not discriminate on any basis be in social or sexual. Vancouver welcomes gay and lesbian couples with warmth and delight. The hotels are very family oriented and provide all the facilities needed. The business guests can find amenities to their liking as well with all the latest in electronics and communication equipment to help make your productive. Vancouver hotels are located throughout the city and you are sure to find one within a few minutes distance if not right next to your objective. You will also find wonderful and stunning restaurants, shopping opportunities and parks and beaches to relax at all in the same city.

Backpackers despair not there is a multitude of cheap Vancouver Hotels, lodges, bed and breakfasts and inns located a short distance from the city center. Vancouver boasts of excellent transportation facilities like the Sky Train, an elevated rapid transport system that runs through the city carrying visitors to the places they want to be. No matter where you stay in the city you are never too far away from a place of interest or enjoyment. Visitors can experience Vancouver by walking or cycling through the city as an alternative to the usual means of transport. Vancouver is also well connected to the rest of the country by highways and an international airport to serve your air travel needs.




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