If you’re visiting Vancouver for more than a day or two, you get the opportunity to see all the city. Extended stay hotels, like Sunset Inn & Suites, provide a convenient home base for all your activities. There’s a lot happening in Vancouver, particularly during the winter, so stay a while and check it all out!
Visit the Vancouver Christmas Market
When you visit Vancouver during December, a trip to the Vancouver Christmas Market is in order. With more than 50 vendors, the Market offers a wide variety of crafts and gifts, as well as food, drinks, and entertainment. It’s located at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza, 650 Hamilton Street.
Walk the Festival Of Lights & Enchanted Nights
Christmas is even more spectacular when you experience the Festival of Lights at the VanDusen Botanical Garden. The gardens will be decorated with more than a million lights, and you can add to the fun by visiting the Dancing Lights show on nearby Livingstone Lake and the Enchanted Nights program at the Bloedel Conservatory. It’s located at 5251 Oak Street.
Experience the Aurora Winter Festival
Make Christmas even merrier with when you visit the Aurora Winter Festival. The festival transforms Hastings Park/PNE into a veritable winter wonderland, complete with a skating rink, holiday light displays, amusement rides, a Christmas Market. It’s Canada’s largest winter festival, all in one location.
Fly Over Canada – and the North Pole
During 11 months of the year the FlyOver Canada attraction at Canada Place is a thrilling flight simulator ride. During December, the ride is transformed into a ride to the North Pole. You hang in mid-air, with your feet dangling, so it feels like you’re hang gliding across Canada – with Santa!
Go Ice Skating at Robson Square
There’s nothing more fun than heading out an ice rink for a vigorous round of ice skating. The closest ice rink to Sunset Inn & Suites is the Robson Square Ice Rink and Plaza, located at 800 Robson Street. The rink opens on the first of December. Bring your own skates and it’s free. You can also rent skates and a helmet if you need them.
Tour the Vancouver Art Gallery
If the weather gets too cold for you, it’s time to consider some indoor attractions. One of the best is the Vancouver Art Gallery, located within walking distance of Sunset Inn & Suites. The Art Gallery offers 10,000 permanent pieces of art representing artists from Vancouver and around the world. Innovative exhibitions feature both historical and contemporary artists, with special attention to indigenous artists and those from the Asia Pacific region.
Visit the Vancouver Aquarium
Another nearby indoor attraction, located in Stanley Park, is the Vancouver Aquarium. Open since 1986, the aquarium is particularly popular with families. It’s host to tens of thousands of aquatic creatures, including fish, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions, seals, walruses, and penguins.
Spend Your Extended Winter Vacation at Sunset Inn & Suites
Sunset Inn & Suites is a 49-room extended stay hotel, ideal for family vacations. Located in Vancouver’s West End, we’re central to all of Vancouver’s winter activities and attractions. We offer large rooms, affordable rates, and a friendly staff – everything you need for a perfect winter vacation.
Book your room today at Sunset Inn & Suites!
