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daisy13
03-21-2016, 12:05 AM
We are going to Vancouver for spring break.Kids are 6 and 1.5.We will be there for 5 days.Suggestions for must see/do with kids ?

TIA
Neatfreak
03-21-2016, 08:00 AM
Stanley Park
Science World (I think it might be called the Telus World of Science now)
Vancouver Aquarium
Granville Island - there's a market and I remember a section for kids
StantonHyde
03-21-2016, 10:49 AM
The Aquarium is awesome! We had a blast renting bikes and riding around Stanley Park. Granville Island is fun! We also enjoyed walking around the tree house "thing"-can't remember now. Fodors has a book just on Vancouver. That's what I used to plan our trip. (it was a couples trip so different activities--but we still loved the aquarium!)
daisy13
03-21-2016, 01:47 PM
Thank you! How is the weather in April?
Will do Stanley park/ granville island and aquarium.

What is the tree house thing?

Also- how is the public transportation? We will be staying in an airbnb place in downtown. Do we need a rental car or should we rely on the public transportation?
StantonHyde
03-21-2016, 03:13 PM
we took public transit everywhere--the bus. I am forgetting what the tree house is called. It is on the outskirts of town. You walk over a huge gorge on a bridge and then walk through on a walk way in the cedar forest. I did it and had fun and I do not like heights.
ellies mom
03-21-2016, 05:53 PM
Capilano Suspension Bridge. Absolutely an amazing place. When we go to Vancouver, we just use public transportation and walk a lot. Usually, we park our car in the hotel parking lot and leave it there until it is time to leave. Capilano provides a free shuttle and we've done the hop-on/hop-off busses as well. The water taxi is nice too. We usually stay downtown.


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schrocat
03-30-2016, 03:07 PM
Capilano Suspension Bridge. Absolutely an amazing place. When we go to Vancouver, we just use public transportation and walk a lot. Usually, we park our car in the hotel parking lot and leave it there until it is time to leave. Capilano provides a free shuttle and we've done the hop-on/hop-off busses as well. The water taxi is nice too. We usually stay downtown.


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Second that. The Capilano Suspension bridge was amazing.

If you can, I'd also fit in a visit to the mining museum http://www.britanniaminemuseum.ca/

They have what I think is some of the best dim sum in the world in Vancouver. Definitely have some dim sum as one of your meals.