The Richmond & Vancouver Areas
Holiday Inn Express Vancouver Airport is located in Richmond, a thriving city of close to 200,000, only a short-drive from downtown Vancouver.
Richmond is a culturally diverse and geographically unique community centrally located in Metro Vancouver, 20 minutes from Downtown Vancouver, and 25 minutes from the US border. Richmond offers an alternative for travellers, close to the Vancouver International airport, you can plan to spend a few restful nights before or after a journey. While you are in town, you will find a host of activities and attractions that you might not expect for a city so close to an airport.
Richmond appeals to the young and young at heart with music, theatre, shopping, entertainment, activities, culture and education.Families will gravitate towards the non-stop entertainment at Riverport, a sprawling multiplex theatre/bowling alley/restaurant/leisure centre.
Richmond BC offers exciting activities like Whale Watching, interesting locations like buddhist temples and historic sites like the cannery. For a day or part of a day, you can wonder around Historic Steveston Village, for a waterfront experience of history, shopping and eating or you can load up your suitcase with items from a fabulous shopping spree at Golden Village. At night you can linger over dinner (Richmond is renowned for authentic Asian Dining) take in a show at the theatre or Casino.
Vancouver
Vancouver has more festivals than just about any other city in the world. From mainstream celebrations to eclectic revelry Vancouver seems to have something exciting happening just about every day of the year. Immediately adjacent to Richmond to the north, walk the sea-wall in Stanley Park or enjoy a night on the town in downtown Vancouver, where nature and urban experiences mingle
