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Featured Attraction of the Week: Grouse Mountain Resort – The Peak of Christmas (Free Ticket Giveaway!)

by Inside Vancouver in Deals on November 19, 2012

photo: Grouse Mountain

Back by popular demand, Inside Vancouver has relaunched the “Featured Attraction of the Week” series. Each Monday we’ll be featuring a different Vancouver attraction and will be giving away free tickets to our readers. To be eligible, all you have to do is post a comment.

The Peak of Christmas returns to Grouse Mountain November 24th.
The Peak of Christmas is the ultimate celebration of the holiday season. This annual tradition is fun for all ages – and is sure to bring out the holiday spirit in your brood. From sleigh rides to mountaintop skating to visits with Santa to cozy Christmas movies in the Chalet, winter magic awaits you atop Grouse Mountain. And reindeer? Yes, real reindeer – with lots of reindeer games including antler making, a dramatic sketch, a tattoo station, photo opportunities and more!
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Featured Attraction of the Week: Grouse Mountain Resort – The Peak of Christmas (Free Ticket Giveaway!)

Featured Attraction of the Week: UBC Botanical Garden (Free Ticket Giveaway!)

by Inside Vancouver in Deals on October 8, 2012

Back by popular demand, Inside Vancouver has relaunched the “Featured Attraction of the Week” series. Each Monday we’ll be featuring a different Vancouver attraction and will be giving away free tickets to our readers. To be eligible, all you have to do is post a comment.

Explore Canada’s oldest continuously operating university botanical garden and immerse yourself in the world of wild-collected plants. UBC Botanical Garden stewards a living and growing repository of wild-collected germplasm representing the plant biodiversity of selected native and international biomes. The total collection of approximately 120,000 accessioned plants represents some 6,000 taxa and includes major international collections of Magnolia, Acer (maples), Sorbus (mountain ash), Styracaceae (storax family) and Rhododendron. Garden highlights include an Asian garden with over 400 kinds of rhododendrons, thousands of alpine and montane plants from around the world, a traditional physic garden full of herbs, and a demonstration food garden.

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Featured Attraction of the Week: UBC Botanical Garden (Free Ticket Giveaway!)

The Hills Are Alive With the Sounds and Smells of Spring

by Inside Vancouver in Outside on May 24, 2012

The following article was submitted by Tourism Vancouver Marketing Services staffer, Krista Edwardson.

If you are looking for some R&R over the weekend, Whistler serves up some luxurious options for the visitor seeking the ultimate unwind. The Fairmont Chateau Whistler nestled at the base of Blackcomb Mountain, defines mountain luxury. With unsurpassed guest services, resort amenities, restaurants, and an award-winning golf course, there really is no reason to leave the resort.

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The Hills Are Alive With the Sounds and Smells of Spring

Theatre Under the Stars 2010: Singin’ in the Rain & Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

by Dana Lynch in Entertainment on July 15, 2010

Theatre Under the Stars 2010 performs Singin' in the Rain

In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit: My partner and I LOVE Singin’ in the Rain. Like, if Singin’ in the Rain had conventions, we would totally go (dressed as Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, of course). My partner once did the Gene Kelly windmill-arm dance in a bar; “Moses Supposes” is one of the few songs I know well enough to sing to my four-month old.

So you can imagine how excited we were when we found out that TUTS—Stanley Park’s famous outdoor Theatre Under the Stars—is performing Singin’ in the Rain for their 2010 season. It’s the perfect marriage of two of our favourite things!

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Theatre Under the Stars 2010: Singin’ in the Rain & Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Hike to Lynn Peak

by Inside Vancouver in Outside on July 19, 2009

The rocky trail to Lynn Peak in North Vancouver

Located in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park in North Vancouver, the trail to Lynn Peak offers a great cardio workout on par with the Grouse Grind, a scenic city view from the top, all without the crowds. The hike is also accessible by transit by taking the Seabus from Downtown Vancouver and then the bus to the top of Lynn Valley Road from Lonsdale Quay.

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