3-Day Vancouver and Victoria Tour from Seattle

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. Vancouver is consistently named as one of the top five worldwide cities for livability and quality of life.

Itinerary:

Seattle → Gastown Steam Clock (30 mins) → Lunch at China Town (60 mins) → Canada Place (40 mins, FlyOver Canada is optional for 10 mins) → Stanley park (120 mins) 

Gastown Steam Clock

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown. Every quarter-hour, the two-ton Steam Clock shows off a bit, whistling and shooting steam from its five whistles in its version of the Westminster Chime. On the hour it marks each hour with a toot from each whistle. The clock is a key tourists destination in Vancouver.

Vancouver Chinatown

A Community established over a century ago, Vancouver Chinatown has been a place of culture and is known for its buzzing food scene. Chinatown's towering entrance, Millennium Gate is the landmark most visitors look for. 

Canada Place

Canada Place is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet waterfront of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the home of the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver's World Trade Centre, and the virtual flight ride FlyOver Canada. The building's exterior is covered by fabric roofs resembling sails. It is also the main cruise ship passenger terminal for the region, where cruises to Alaska originate. 

FlyOver Canada

FlyOver Canada is a tourist attraction located at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver. The ride takes guests on a virtual flight across Canada, you will see include Rocky Mountains, Newfoundland's icebergs and Niagara Falls. The whole journey takes you from the east coast of Canada to the west bank to see the beautiful natural landscape and city. It will give you an unforgettable and complexity experience. 

Stanley park

Stanley Park has a long history and was one of the first areas to be explored in the city. Most of the manmade structures present in the park were built between 1911 and 1937 under the influence of then superintendent W.S. Rawlings. Additional attractions, such as a polar bear exhibit, aquarium, and miniature train, were added in the post-war period. Stanley Park was named "top park in the entire world" by TripAdvisor. You also can see the Lions Gate Bridge and the Five Sails Square. The other side is North Vancouver, where you can see the Vancouver skyline.

Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings. The city's Chinatown is the second oldest in North America after San Francisco's.

Itinerary:

BC ferry (90 mins, include ferry ticket) → The Butchart Gardens (60 mins, include ticket) → Chinatown Victoria & Lunch (80 mins) → The Parliament Buildings (60 mins) → Victoria Mile Zero Monument (20 mins) → BC ferry (90 mins, include ferry ticket) → Vancouver

BC ferry

From Vancouver to Victoria, BC Ferry is the main transportation, sailing for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. There are many people taking back and forward between Vancouver and Victoria, and transport the vehicles together, so it will be 30 minutes wait before getting on board after the ferry arriving at the port. The ferries are made in Germany, it can accommodate about 400 cars. The scenery along the way is beautiful, looking at the surrounding island, and seagulls flying around the mast, luck can also see the dolphins too.

The Butchart Gardens

The Butchart Gardens is constituted by the different group of floral display gardens. The gardens receive over a million visitors each year. The gardens were built from 1904, after several generations of hard work, it has been delighted been designated a National Historic Site. In Spring, countless tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths will give you an unforgettable of fragrances and colors. At the end of May, the rose garden will become the protagonist of the summer garden. With the open stage and music performance, in July and August, the Garden will be the nightly fireworks and enjoy the breathtaking colorful water fountain. 

Chinatown Victoria

The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco's. Victoria's Chinatown is now surrounded by cultural, entertainment venues as well as being a venue itself. Chinatown is now conveniently just minutes away from other sites of interests such as the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Bay Centre, Empress Hotel, Market Square, and others.

The Parliament Buildings

The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The Neo-baroque buildings face north on Belleville Street facing the Inner Harbour and diagonally across from The Empress Hotel. A statue of Queen Victoria stands on the front lawn as well the British Columbia Legislature Cenotaph commemorating the province's World War I, World War II, Korean War and Afghanistan War dead. Atop the central dome is a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver. Free guided tours of the facility are offered year-round.

Victoria Mile Zero Monument

Located in picturesque Beacon Hill Park in British Columbia’s capital, Mile 0 is one of the symbolic starting points of the Trans-Canada Highway on the Pacific Coast. The highway, conceived in the late 1940s and constructed between 1950 and 1971, was the longest uninterrupted highway in the world at the time of its completion. Spanning a whopping 4,860 miles (7,821 kilometers), it runs across all 10 of Canada’s provinces, crossing the likes of the Rocky Mountains and the wide-open prairies of central Canada. 

Today, you will have a free day in Vancouver. Then we will back to Seattle.