Find Cheap Flights to Vancouver (YVR)

The peak season in Vancouver is the summer season from June to August. It is warm and sunny at 92-94 deg F, but isn’t hot or humid. The city’s Mediterranean summer is a breeze for pursuing water sports and sightseeing. You can also attend some of the country’s most famous festivals like Bard on the Beach, International Jazz Festival and Vancouver Folk Music Festival during this period. It would be best to book your tickets early to avoid last minute rush and inflated prices. If you’re looking for budget holidays here, you should visit the city during the winter season from November to March. The daylight would be reduced and it would get snowy and rainier at about 59-68 deg F, but would allow you to ski and attend cultural events like Rogers Santa Claus Parade, Polar Bear Swim and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival during this period. To top it all, the hotels and flight rates would be at their lowest during the winters.

The city is served by Vancouver International Airport. It is the second busiest airport in Canada, next to Toronto Pearson International Airport. It offers daily non-stop flights to Asia, Europe, Oceania, the United States, Mexico and to other airports within the country. This airport has won several notable international best airport awards and it is also the Best Canadian Airport in terms of regional flying support. It is a hub for Air Canada, Pacific Coastal Airlines and WestJet. It is a focus city for Air North, Air Transat and Sunwing Airlines. You can fly to most of the major international destinations like Beijing, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris and Mexico City in addition to some Canadian cities like Ottawa, Kelowna and Calgary. The airlines offering flying support here include KLM, Lufthansa and British Airways among others. One can also avail seasonal and charter flights to multiple locations at certain times of the year.

Places of Interest in Vancouver
Vancouver is coastal province of British Columbia and third largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is ranked one of the top five worldwide cities for quality of life and is a delightful sum of its natural scenery and natural environment. The city is surrounded by water on three sides and is crowned by the Shore Mountains to yield a dramatic landscape consisting of beaches, forests and ski slopes. Vancouver is one of those very few world cities where you can ski in the mountains, windsurf in the ocean, play golf, appreciate local arts and enjoy live music- all in the same day.

Stanley Park
Stanley Park is a 1000-acre public park that is almost entirely surrounded by Vancouver Harbour and English Bay. Consisting of numerous Douglas fir and Western Red Cedar trees, its forests are home to a wide range of flora and fauna. Stanley Park’s seawall is a popular place for walking, running, cycling, skating and fishing. Other attractions here include a small train, a lake covered with lilies and the country’s largest aquarium.

Granville Island
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in Vancouver. It plays host to many annual festivals like the Vancouver International Children's Festival, the Vancouver Fringe Festival, and the Vancouver Writers Fest in the city. Visitors would also find a hotel, a marina, a boutique hotel, an arts university and some fine arts galleries besides some shopping hotspots.

Museum of Anthropology
The Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver is home to artefacts related to the Canadian Aboriginal culture and many objects of archaeological and ethnographic value. Highlights here include a yellow cedar sculpture called The Raven and the First Men (which was once depicted on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill), totem poles of Aboriginal culture, about 6000 textiles, nearly 2800 African objects and more than 1000 pieces of Chinese ceramics, calligraphy and paintings.