Best Boutique Hotels in Vancouver
Vancouver's boutique hotels are in Gastown's Victorian warehouses, Yaletown's converted loading docks, and Kitsilano's residential neighbourhood — each offering a different relationship to the city's extraordinary setting.
Vancouver is the most scenically situated boutique hotel city in North America. Mountains to the north, ocean to the west, Stanley Park to the immediate northwest — the setting is so dramatic that every hotel property with a view has an unfair advantage. The boutique properties in Gastown, Yaletown, and Kitsilano leverage the city's character rather than just its scenery.
Gastown
The Douglas Autograph Collection is Vancouver's most design-forward boutique opening — a glass tower rising from the BC Place district with contemporary art throughout. The Burrard is a 1956 motor inn converted into a design hotel with a tropical-themed courtyard pool that has become one of the city's most photographed spots.
Yaletown
Yaletown — a former railway warehouse district converted into a residential and restaurant neighbourhood — has a cluster of boutique properties in former loading-dock buildings. OPUS Hotel Vancouver was the neighbourhood's defining boutique arrival and remains the benchmark: 96 rooms, design-led, with a bar that serves the city's fashion industry.
Kitsilano & West Side
Kitsilano is Vancouver's beach neighbourhood — independent coffee shops, organic grocery stores, the longest outdoor swimming pool in Canada at Kits Pool. Several small boutique properties and guesthouses along the main commercial streets of Broadway and 4th Avenue offer the most residential Vancouver experience available, fifteen minutes from downtown.
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