Stanley Park - Vancouver - Things To Do Reviews

Stanley park is also a gorgeous location in vancouver that you CANNOT miss! with lots of stores and adorable/cheap places to grab a bite at lunch!. You can even take a horse drawn carriage all through the park
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Stanley Park is a must if you visit Vancouver. At first I thought it would be boring, but I didn't realize how much stuff there was to actually do once I got into the park. It doesn't cost anything to get into the park, but there are a few restaraunts inside the park that are little pricey. For example, cottage cheese and fruit-->10 dollars?!? Ok. Anyway I had also gone to an Aquarium that was inside the park as well, which I can really go to an aquarium any time I want here in Florida but it was a good time. I watched the Beluga Whale show and took lots of pictures of the stinging nettle and jelly fish. Which again I could just go to the beach in Fort Lauderdale at home and find jelly fish, awww but these were so much more pretty!

There was an art auction of painted art going on, which was interesting as well.

Very nice place to visit specially during summit. Sunny and peaceful ...

Great place to cruise round on a long board too!

Went there a couple of years ago, while visiting some relatives and friends in Seattle. A really worthwhile experience that I recommend to all :)

I went to Canada for my honeymoon & on our first day in Vancouver we walked to & through Stanley Park. Wow what an amazing experience. It was a beautiful day cold & gorgeously sunny. We took loads of photos, what a truly stunning place.

We can't wait to go back!

Take the afternoon to walk or jog around the seawall, you won't regret it!

There's also a really nice pitch and putt, reasonably priced, toward the Davie Street entrance to Stanley Park. Always full of students!

And of course, don't miss the Aquarium.

Stanley Park is one of the best city parks in the world. It is the largest in Canada at 400 hectares, and contains forest hundreds of years old (including huge Douglas Fir and Sitka Spruce). The park sits next to downtown Vancouver and borders the ocean, with an 8.8km seawall. Bicycles and tandem bikes can be hired near the park to ride around it, and there are many good tracks for walking in the forest.

Beaver Lake in the centre of the park once had a beaver in it, but visitors complained that they never got to see it, so the park caught it and put it in a small cage next to the lake until it died. The park is a prominent nesting site for Great Blue Herons, which fly in from far away to nest along the eastern edge of the park, filling the trees near the courts in spring and summer.

Stanley Park is also the site of the Vancouver Aquarium, a stunning aquarium with magnificent otter and whale exhibits, including Beluga whales.

Visited one evening and it was gorgeous. Lots to see and do. Would definitely go back.