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24 | tourismvancouver.com 24 | tourismvancouver.com Just chillin' } A T T R A C T I O N S With Vancouver riding an artisanal ice cream wave, your crew has picked a sweet time to visit! To name just a few: the multi-award-winning Bella Gelateria, D'oro Gelato e Caffe (original Sicilian recipes), La Casa Gelato (238 flavours in store!) and Umaluma Dairy-free Gelato (surprisingly rich, non-dairy gelato in 20-plus flavours). FROM TODDLERS TO TWEENS MAGIC BUS: Discover the city on West Coast Tours' Hop-On, Hop-Off Sightseeing Tour. The younger set will thrill at climbing aboard an old-style red trolley bus to spot such attractions as Gastown's Steam Clock, Stanley Park's totem poles and Chinatown's eclectic shops. Stay for the entire live-narrated, two-hour-plus loop ride, or hop off and back on at any of the 23 stops. ISLAND TIME: Explore two storeys of toy, candy and costume shops in the Kids Market on Granville Island, and stalls of colourful fresh fare in the nearby Public Market. Then visit the free outdoor waterpark and its two slides, take in a busker or two and munch lunch on the outdoor plaza or pier. Ante up the fun with a cute Aqua- bus or mini False Creek Ferries ride on the way to your next destination. BOUNCE AROUND: With a trampoline park, bubble soccer, ninja obstacle course, parkour and (soon) rock climbing all offered under one roof, Richmond's indoor Apex Adventure Plex is the perfect antidote to a drizzly day. SCIENCE TO SEA OTTERS: Who said learning can't be fun? Crawl through a real beaver lodge, launch a parachute, partake in a live science show and escape to another land on the five- storey OMNIMAX dome screen at Telus World of Science. Or get up close and personal with some of the 50,000-plus animals – from stingrays and Steller sea lions to sea turtles and sharks – that call the Vancouver Aquarium home. Hard-core nature geeks should make tracks to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC, where they'll be greeted by a 26-metre blue whale skeleton. While you're on campus, explore the forest canopy from high above the ground on the Greenheart Treewalk at the UBC Botanical Garden and the serene Nitobe Memorial Garden. Granville Island waterfront Here are some places to visit and things to do that will put a smile on everyone's face. Fun for the whole family INTO THE DEEPS: Make like a miner in 1914 and ride through a tunnel at the Britannia Mine Museum. This National Historic Site north of the city also boasts a new multi-sensory show with an immersive sound and light expe- rience making its debut May 4, 2019, inside the cavernous Mill 3. HUBERT KANG (WATERFRONT), VIVI T/FLICKR (LA CASA GELATO) La Casa Gelato