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king Edward Lansdowne
Canada Line 7 minutes
from Vancouver City Centre
Want a natural experience fit for royalty?
Queen Elizabeth park (page 82) includes a
dazzling rose garden, and magnolias and
rhododendrons in the Quarry gardens. this
magnificent 52-hectare (128-acre) park on
little mountain attracts almost six million
visitors a year. admire the “dancing Waters”
fountain and the abstract bronze henry moore
Sculpture next to the glass-domed Bloedel
conservatory (page 82). it’s home to tropical
rainforest plants and exotic birds like blue-
and-gold macaws and chinese pheasants.
at the adjacent Scotiabank Field at nat
Bailey Stadium, baseball fans devour three-
foot-long hot dogs and pulled-pork poutine in
the sunshine while watching the Vancouver
canadians (page 78), affiliated with the
toronto Blue Jays. Families frolic in the out-
door pool at hillcrest aquatic centre, which
also has a lazy river, spray jets, sauna and
steam-room facilities. Canada Line 22 minutes
from Vancouver City Centre
a landmark olympic legacy is a 20-minute
walk away. the richmond olympic oval
(page 80) hosted long-track speed skating
in 2010. now reimagined as a huge fitness
centre, the 32,000-sq-m (344,450-sq-ft)
riverside facility remains an architectural
wonder with its wood wave roof. tour the
on-site richmond olympic Experience (page
80), an interactive museum with bobsleigh
and ski-jumping simulations and olympic
games memorabilia.
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Marine drive
Canada Line 15 minutes
from Vancouver City Centre
Vancouver author/artist douglas coupland
created the 13-m- (43-ft-) tall “golden tree”
sculpture that greets visitors to this station.
at the cineplex cinemas marine gateway,
three Vip theatres entice moviegoers with
reclinable leather seats and a menu featuring
(Top) Douglas Coupland’s “Golden Tree.” (Bottom) Scotiabank
Field at Nat Bailey Stadium. (Middle) Queen Elizabeth Park