Last Minute Holiday Shopping and Gift Ideas in Vancouver

Photo credit: McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport

Raise a guilty hand if you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet. If that’s you, don’t panic. Vancouver has plenty of shopping centres and retail districts where you can find a gift for everyone on your list. As well, there are plenty of stellar experiences in town that you can purchase for those giftees who already have everything.

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Last Minute Holiday Shopping and Gift Ideas in Vancouver

Visit These Festive Vancouver Christmas Events This Winter

Photo: Vancouver Christmas Market

The holiday season is getting into full swing. That means it’s almost time to break out your finest green and red attire and visit all of Vancouver’s most festive Christmas events across the city to celebrate with family and friends. Be sure to drop by these five favourite annual seasonal events this winter.

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Visit These Festive Vancouver Christmas Events This Winter

Revitalizing Vancouver’s Chinatown: A Cultural, Retail, and Dining Destination

Chinatown Gate. Entrance to Chinatown on Pender St; Photo: Destination Vancouver/Nelson Mouellic

Dating back to 1886, Vancouver’s Chinatown has a rich history and continues to be an extremely important neighbourhood within the city. In the last few years, Chinatown has taken on even more life with the opening of new restaurants, shops, and cultural institutions.

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Revitalizing Vancouver’s Chinatown: A Cultural, Retail, and Dining Destination

5 Fun and Easy Day Trips from Vancouver

Britannia Mine Museum (Destination BC/Heath Moffatt).

An amazing aspect of Vancouver is that you can travel a short distance and explore a completely different and exciting part of the Lower Mainland and British Columbia. Whether you’re looking to bask in nature or find new eateries and shopping districts, there’s a day trip for every type of adventurer.

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5 Fun and Easy Day Trips from Vancouver

Where to Shop in Vancouver: Historic and Design-Forward Gastown

Destination Vancouver/Nelson Mouellic

Gastown, as a historic area of Vancouver, has much to offer along its iconic cobbled streets, including the popular Steam Clock, heritage architecture, top-notch restaurants and bars, and plenty of unique stylish boutiques.

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Where to Shop in Vancouver: Historic and Design-Forward Gastown

Where to Shop in Vancouver: Independent and Hip Main Street

Photo: Mount Pleasant BIA

Named one of North America’s “coolest streets,” Main Street is packed with restaurants as well as unique independent boutiques that make it ideal for leisurely shopping.

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Where to Shop in Vancouver: Independent and Hip Main Street

Where to Shop in Vancouver: Welcoming and Active Kitsilano

Groups of people at Kitsilano beach in Vancouver; Destination BC (Grant Harder)

With Kitsilano Beach as its scenic anchor, Kitsilano has become well known for the vibrant and active lifestyle of its residents. Encompassing the area between Alma and Burrard Streets, and the waterfront and West 16th Avenue, this neighbourhood offers plenty of tree-lined residential streets, a variety of laid-back eating options, as well as plenty of local and national boutiques.

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Where to Shop in Vancouver: Welcoming and Active Kitsilano