Rainy Day
Float the Lazy River at Hillcrest
An Olympic-legacy aquatic centre with a lazy river, hot tub, and drop-in prices for when the rain makes being wet voluntary.
Riley Park (Queen Elizabeth Park)
More infoRainy Day
An Olympic-legacy aquatic centre with a lazy river, hot tub, and drop-in prices for when the rain makes being wet voluntary.
Riley Park (Queen Elizabeth Park)
More infoHillcrest is Vancouver's biggest pool, a legacy of the 2010 Olympics, and it has an honest-to-goodness lazy river you can float around pretending you're somewhere sunnier. Add a leisure pool with spray features, race lanes for settling scores, and a hot tub, steam room and dry sauna as reward. Drop-in admission makes it one of the cheapest grown-up afternoons in the city. Aim for off-peak and check the indoor schedule.
Pack goggles and a suit, check the indoor schedule, and aim for an off-peak drop-in so you've got room to drift the lazy river in lazy circles. Race a few lengths if you're feeling competitive, then redeem yourselves in the hot tub, steam room and sauna. It's about the cheapest grown-up fun in the city, and 90 minutes is plenty. Towel off and head somewhere warm to eat, you'll have earned it.
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