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Continental Cuisine with fresh seafood Open Daily Lunch, Dinner & Sunday Brunch 555 West Hastings Street • Reservations 604-669-2220 www.topofvancouver.com No elevator charge for restaurant patrons Top of Vancouver VSp16 fp.indd 1 3/13/16 7:00:35 PM 24 LEARN,LEARN, EXPLOREEXPLORE && SAVESAVE UUPP TTOO $1000.00$1000.00 LEARN,History of Vancouver, EXPLORE Explore 60+ Attractions, & SAVE Valid 2 Adults UP & T2 ChildrenO $1000.00 ( 12 & under) TOURISM PRESS RELEASE – FALL 2 016 History of Vancouver, Explore 60+ Attractions, Valid 2 Adults & 2 Children (12 & under) History of Vancouver, Explore 60+ Attractions, Valid 2 Adults & 2 Children ( 12 & under) “CITY PASSPORT CAN SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE” If you are like me when you visit a city with the family, you always look to keep everyone happy by keeping the kids happy, the wife happy, basi- cally everybody happy! The Day starts early: “forget the hair dryer, Purchase Vancouver’s Attraction Passport™ and Save! we’ve got a tour bus to catch”. 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MUSÉE MARMOTTAN MONET CLAUDE MONET Secret Garden Jun 24 - Oct 1, 2017 Vancouver Summer 2017 2017 Summer Vancouver | visitorschoice.com Presenting Sponsor Major Sponsor Supporting Sponsor Collaboratively organized by the Musée Marmottan Monet Claude Monet, Nymphéas, 1903, oil on canvas, Musée and the Vancouver Art Gallery Marmottan Monet, Paris, Photo: © Bridgeman Giraudon/Press 7 Go Vancouver HIGHLIGHTS ancouver boasts activities Vand attractions to keep you entertained through- out your stay this summer! Here are some of the best city highlights to help you plan your trip: Vancouver Art Gallery Claude Monet’s Secret Garden June 24, 2017 to October 1, 2017 The most important exhibition of French painter Claude Monet’s work in Canada in two decades, Claude Monet’s Secret Garden will trace the career of this pivotal figure in Western art history. Monet’s 1872 painting Impression: Sunrise gave a name to the avant- garde movement of French painters called Impressionism. Together with his peers, Monet’s embrace of modern subject matter and innovative techniques defied the conventions of painting in nineteenth-century Europe, shaping the course of Modern art to come. 750 Hornby Street | 604.662.4700 vanartgallery.bc.ca (Map 1, E8) visitorschoice.com | Playland & The Fair at the PNE Playland features over 30 rides and attractions, including the historic Vancouver Summer 2017 2017 Summer Vancouver Wooden Roller Coaster and Canada’s most extreme pendulum ride, The Beast. Playland also features Kids Playce, a special zone for children aged 2-10 years. Open May 6 to September 17. And don’t miss The Fair at the PNE, August 19 to September 4. pne.ca (Map 2, B8) Image: Pacific National Exhibition 8