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SPECIAL EVENTS

› MAY-JUN Vancouver International Children ’ s Festival

› MAY-JUN Vancouver Craft Beer Week

› MAY-SEP Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival

› JUN Car Free Day Vancouver

› JUN-JUL Vancouver International Jazz Festival

› JUN-AUG Kitsilano Showboat JUL Vancouver Folk Music Festival

JUL-AUG Vancouver Pride Festival JUL-AUG Theatre Under the Stars SEP Vancouver Fringe Festival

› SEP-OCT Vancouver International Film Festival

bEAChES

Vancouver ’ s most popular summertime destination has to be Kits Beach , with its huge outdoor pool and beach volleyball nets , not to mention spectacular views of the ocean , mountains and city . Other top oceanside destinations include English Bay Beach , Second Beach , Third Beach and Sunset Beach . Those wishing to bare it all head to Wreck Beach , the city ’ s only clothingoptional beach , near the UBC campus .

FIRST NATIONS ART

Pick up a Canadian souvenir at one of several galleries specializing in prints , drawings , sculptures and jewellery by First Nations peoples . In Gastown , visit Coastal Peoples Gallery or Inuit Gallery . On Granville Island , stop by Eagle Spirit Gallery . Near the island , browse through Spirit Wrestler Gallery or Lattimer Gallery . On South Granville , visit Douglas Reynolds Gallery .

gARdENS

› According to National Geographic , Dr . Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

is the best city garden in the world . It ’ s located in the heart of Chinatown .

› Canada ’ s oldest university botanic garden , UBC Botanical Garden displays

alpine , Asian , medicinal and culinary plants from around the world .

› Over 22 hectares ( 55 acres ), VanDusen Botanical Garden includes both native

and exotic plants . The Elizabethan maze is always popular .

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