With a shared affinity for stimulating the senses, Faubourg Paris and the Vancouver Art Gallery have partnered for the Cézanne and the Modern exhibit, open now until May 18, 2015. After enjoying a selection of authentic French delicacies at Faubourg Paris (769 Hornby Street), customers can enjoy $3 off Vancouver Art Gallery admission by using code “Faubourg 2015” at the ticket desk. … Read more
It’s lunch time? Are you tired of the same old, same old and brown bag lunch? Then you have to go to Vancouver Art Gallery’s North Plaza for Tourism Vancouver’s Dine Out Vancouver Festival and the five days of “so not a brown bag lunch” served up al fresco daily by at least 15 of … Read more
In terms of internationally historic cities Vancouver is still in its infancy. Still we do have our own urban historic sites or in some cases the memories and archives of sites within the city that have historic or even just sentimental meaning.
Just a short stroll from the Vancouver City Centre Station is the iconic Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, lovingly referred to as the ‘Castle in the City,’ by locals. The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is one of the oldest and grandest hotels in Vancouver. Opened in 1939 as a joint project of the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, the hotel has hosted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.