Chances are that if Vancouver, British Columbia to visit between 12 to February 28 or 12 to 21 March 2010, he has one goal: to watch the amazing spectacle of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and X Paralympic Winter .. .
And while you can not actually find in the inner sanctum that is the Athletes' Village many Vancouver and Whistler vacation rental properties guaranteed to get close enough to the games' various locations to hear the almost 'Greetings from the Jacuzzi. A group of new and / or improve the pepper Lower Mainland locations. Click here to book your ski holiday if you are looking to join the applause on the podium:
Only 14 miles south of the city of Vancouver Lulu Island is home to Richmond, a thriving urban sprawl on the banks of the Fraser River, the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) covers. Surrounded by fertile farmland, part of this community attractions of the fishing villageSteveston, hiking trails in the network of dams and the largest concentration of Pan-Pacific culture everywhere in BC. It 'also home to the Richmond Olympic Oval will host the speed skating events. This international event center has 2 size rinks, a 200-meter track, eight schools and over 23,000 square feet fitness center.
More than a quarter of the 2.4 million people, the Greater Vancouver home to live in the city name. This thriving metropolisCrackle with life, even here on Robson Street, Granville Street club scene, the fashion crowd Yaletown Martini, the old world charm Gastown and Stanley Park with its lush vegetation. It 'also home to some of the world should not miss at festivals like the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival and the Symphony of Fire. But for a few weeks in winter 2010 will be the center of the OlympicsFigure skating, short track, and the most popular Canadian Olympic winter sport, hockey! Count on the Pacific Coliseum (former home of the NHL Vancouver Canucks) and GM Place (home Canuck current), some of the most memorable moments to this game.
West of Cambie Street, which is about 70 blocks between Richmond and West Side of Vancouver. Home to the trendy Kitsilano Beach, Broadway Greektown, the picturesque village ofKerrisdale, south shore sheds, Pacific Spirit Regional Park and, of course, the University of British Columbia (UBC), the endless list of activities, restaurants, shops, beach and nature walks. Two major Olympic venues to call this area home. A few steps from the beautiful gardens of submerged hollow-turned-Nature Sanctuary, Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver Olympic Centre, the home of curling events and wheelchair curling. The restaurant includes an ice creamSkating rink, aquatic center, library and gym and, of course, a half-dozen leaves curling. On the campus of UBC Thunderbird Arena is also (because of the current Thunderbird Winter Sports Complex). This system is for events from ice hockey and Ice Sledge Hockey needs.
Just across the Lions Gate Bridge is located in North Vancouver. Once known as the city of Moody Forest Ville, the city increasingly more popular activities revolve around the alpine destinations GrouseMountain, Mount Seymour and Cypress Bowl. Cypress Bowl is particularly positioned to be a hub as the Olympic freestyle and snowboard events taking its investment of $ 16,700,000 that is, complete with a half-pipe in-new land, a freestyle moguls and aerial site and course parallel giant slalom and a snow machine.
But the epicenter of all events is driven snow resort of Whistler is just two hours north of Vancouver, Sea to SkyHighway. With over 8000 hectares of land lifts, 200 trails 38 lifts, five snowboard parks, 2 tubes of Super A 11 km run and over five thousand meters of altitude, alpine destination was North America's premier-sealer that Vancouver has won agreement his Olympic bid - and the stadium before the addition of 3, 1 square kilometer 12,000 people the ability to Whistler Olympic Park, which services cross-country skiing, biathlon and ski jumping.Whistler Blackcomb Peak's sister, also plays home to the world class Whistler Sliding Centre, home of the bobsled, luge and skeleton. Now imagine all this around a European-style pedestrian village with over 100 bars, nightclubs and restaurants, and you can get the idea ...
No matter what you choose, a neighborhood to call home during your Vancouver Olympic outing, the extraordinary city transit system, it connects with all the sites, parks and events relatedCenters with relative ease. TransLink urban bus service linking the city to surrounding communities, including Vancouver, Richmond, Ladner and Delta with special ferry to and from the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, which services the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands. The Skytrain, created) as part of another international event in Vancouver (Expo 86 automated light rail is currently the world's longest, services, 50 miles east of the citycourtesy center of two lines (the Expo and Millennium Lines) and stopping at 33 stations with the municipalities of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey. As the games begin, the new Canada Line north to south, connecting Richmond and Vancouver International Airport with the rest of the transit network. Trips to the North Shore (including North Vancouver and West Vancouver) is possible thanks to the Lions Gate Bridge, a suspension bridge on theFirst Narrows of Burrard Inlet and the Translink Seabus consists of two double-ended catamaran ferries, which can accommodate up to 400 passengers. Excursions depart frequently and take every 12 minutes, depart from the city and the water arriving at the dock of Lonsdale on the North Shore. For those to Whistler, Sea to Sky Highway, the latest expansion of manufacturing experience with liquidation, even biting their nails at a safe distance, wider highway lanes, additional lanes and hard shoulder. GreyhoundBuses run regularly from the bus depot on Main Street Central Pacific. And for a quiet, romantic adventure, is the Whistler Mountaineer train for a long distance and lazy as exceeds the glossy, beautiful Howe Sound.
Wherever you live, but you get the XXI Olympic Winter Games, the experience of a lifetime. Vancouver and Whistler are willing to put!
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