Mid-range · 6-hour walk · Vancouver
Stanley Park and Granville Island in six hours
The totem poles, the aquarium, the forest to English Bay, and the little ferry to the market on Granville Island.
Stanley Park is bigger than New York's Central Park and was mostly left as forest, with a seawall all the way round it. This route goes from the totem poles across the park to English Bay, then takes the little False Creek ferry to the market on Granville Island.
The route, stop by stop
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Brockton Point Totem Poles
Nine carved poles at Brockton Point, most of them replicas of originals now in museums.
20 min here Walk here → -
Vancouver Aquarium
Canada's largest aquarium, in the middle of the park, with sea otters, sea lions and a Pacific coast gallery.
60 min here Walk here → -
Beaver Lake
A lake in the middle of the forest, slowly filling in with water lilies. Beavers really do live here.
15 min here Walk here → -
Second Beach
The park's beach on English Bay, with a heated outdoor pool beside it in summer.
25 min here Walk here → -
English Bay Beach
The city's favourite sunset beach. The fourteen laughing bronze figures are A-maze-ing Laughter by Yue Minjun.
25 min here Walk here → -
Granville Island Public Market
Arrive by ferry from the previous stop
A covered food market in old industrial sheds under the Granville Street Bridge, reached by tiny ferries across False Creek.
60 min here Walk here →
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