A Heart of Gas & Gold, Vancouver
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Highlights
- Solve puzzles and challenges spread across Gastown and Chinatown
- Explore some of the city's oldest streets
- Uncover strange and interesting stories from the city's past, learning how it became what it is today
- A mix of outdoor escape room, treasure/scavenger hunt, walking tour
- Clues sent to your phones, with help available, the perfect difficulty for all
- Burrard to Art Gallery
Description
This puzzle-filled tour of Gastown and beyond takes you into the area's past, revealing how the arrival of European colonists, the 1858 goldrush, two world wars and more have shaped it. Along the way discover fascinating architecture, great statues and sculptures and surprising historical facts, all while playing an interactive game through the city streets.
Expect to see: the Gastown Steam Clock, the Chinatown Millenium Gate, Victory Square, the Vancouver Art Gallery, an iconic bell and much more. All this plus puzzles, pubs and cafes, and plenty of surprises. This is the perfect trail for anyone looking to explore the oldest parts of the city, delving deeper into the events that helped it become the crowning jewel of British Columbia.
How It Works
Your team will receive clues on your phones that, once deciphered, will guide you to interesting and scenic parts of the city.The route is walking distance and features optional breaks at great pubs, bars and cafes along the way. The clues require no prior knowledge and come with hints to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.
Plan your day
Timings
Start anytime, daylight recommended!
2 hours on average across 4.0 km / 2.5 miles
Start Location
Burrard Station
End Location
Vancouver Art Gallery
Communication Methods
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Reviews
The great things you say about CityDays

The Jordans
Brilliant day, so much fun seeing different London sites.

Magnificent McKays
Brilliant day, well planned. Lots of fun exploring secret London!

HJC
Loved the race across the world. We would definitely do another one if you did a different course

Team Ferrari
Brilliant

The Brattz
Amazing, brilliant day out for the family. As family we are big fans of the show and couldn’t wait to do the experience…

Londers Lost in London
Fantastic! Really well done. We both had a great day out, really enjoyed the riddles and puzzles and got to see lots of…

Checkpoint Chasers
Great experience! Lots and twists and turns. Saw some great sites and lots of monuments that we’ve never seen before! W…

Scorchio!
Fab day out, would recommend booking in advance as we had some technical issues on the day (Saturday) but they were re…

Bam
Having done a fair few city days, and loving Race Across the World - we weren't quite sure what to expect, but the team…

Under the Arches
Brilliant day out. Cannot rate it highly enough. Lots of things to see and challenges are great.

We’re Not Lost
Amazing Day doing Race Across London - enjoyed every step we did - the stops at Pubs were really nice places to have a …

Loïc's Angels
Awesome experience re discovering London. Highly recommend

Old Friends
Great day put, good mix of clues, some harder than others. Great way to see hidden parts of the city not seen before.

Missss-tique
Wonderful day wandering around parts of London. Great clues and puzzles. Highly recommend!

CRUMBL
Great day! Super fun!

TJM Allstars
Really loved the experience. It was a good mixture of history, facts, challenges. Would recommend to all Race Across Th…

Team Holwood
An excellent adventure, challenging and fun. A great opportunity to see things in London I haven’t seen before.

Rocco’s Birthday Crew
Amazing challenge we all loved it. So well organised

O’Neill
Fabulous day! It was so fun and the right mixture of difficult and entertaining!

PM
Great fun! Can’t wait to do more trails!
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