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Caribbean Days. Photo credit: Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Society of BC
They say there’s no such thing as free lunch, but there are plenty of enticing, free Vancouver summer events to add to your July bucket list.
From free outdoor movies to free live music festivals and the highly anticipated Celebration of Light fireworks show, there’s something exciting going down every weekend that doesn’t require ticket coordination or plastic. Continue reading:
10 Free Things to Do in Vancouver in July
Granville Island Water Park. Photo: Dana Lynch
As usual, summer weather is taking a while to heat up in Vancouver. But even if the weather isn’t super hot, beautiful sunny days are warm enough for most kids to have fun running, splashing, sliding, and getting soaking wet at Vancouver’s two free water parks for kids.
Open in the summer season only (June 1 – September 3), Vancouver’s free kids’ water parks are both located in hotspots that are full of other kid- and family-fun activities, making it easy to enjoy a day full of outdoor play.
Continue reading:
Free Vancouver Water Parks for Kids: Granville Island & Stanley Park
Cooling off at English Bay Beach
Feeling the heat? Love it or hate it (Are there really people who hate it?), Vancouver’s hot summer weather has finally arrived. So what to do when it gets too hot to handle?
Granville Island Water Park. Photo by Dana Lynch
Remember when you were a kid and you cooled off on hot summer days by running through the sprinkler in the front yard? Now imagine the biggest, most awesome sprinkler and a yard complete with slides and pipes and brightly-coloured fountains—that’s the Granville Island Water Park.
The largest free water park in North America, the Granville Island Water Park is just one of Vancouver’s free water/spray parks (there’s another in Stanley Park by Second Beach Pool), but it’s by far the best.
Not only is it huge, its equipped with a water slide, gushing geysers, and water pipes. Plus, it’s on Granville Island, which means a few hours at the water park can easily expand into an entire day of free and cheap fun: Families can explore the Granville Island Public Market and the jam-packed Kids Market, take a boat ride on the Aquabus, or walk/bike east along the seawall (Island Park Walk) for fabulous views of the downtown core.
The complete Granville Island Water Park is open June 29 – September 6, 2010; the Spray Park & yellow slide are open weekdays June 21 – August 25, 2010.
Love Vancouver’s free water parks? Have more ideas for free summer activities for kids? Please tell us in the comments!
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