Tips on Selecting the Best Downtown Vancouver Hotel
When selecting a downtown Vancouver hotel, you need to understand that downtown Vancouver consists of West End, Coal Harbour, Yaletown, Gastown, Chinatown and Stanley Park. The Central Business District and Yaletown are the core of Vancouver’s downtown. This is where you’ll find the city’s Financial District, the major hotels, the tourist attractions, upscale shopping, tall skyscrapers, and the best restaurants. Should you look at hotels in the Eastside or Westside of the city, the name does not refer to the east and west portion of the central business district and you will not be staying in Downtown Vancouver.
A downtown Vancouver hotel will put you in the heart of the action, very walkable action at that. Vancouver, unlike mot major North America cities, has no freeway leading into the downtown district. Residents ten to use public transportation and bicycles to get around, making the downtown far more walkable than most major cities. Downtown Vancouver is a peninsula so the only way in and out is by bridge.
Highlight in downtown Vancouver include; the Vancouver Convention Centre; Rogers Arena, home of the the Vancouver Canucks; and Robson Street, home the the city’s high-end shops. Should you be visiting the convention center, a downtown Vancouver hotel is the most convenient option available. Expect the hotels to be on the high side, downtown Vancouver has some of the most expensive real estate in Canada.
