Vancouver/Mt Pleasant-South Main

Mount Pleasant-South Main is a district of Vancouver south of 6th Ave. It has long been a mixed residential, commercial and industrial area. Its main draws are Queen Elizabeth Park, and the restaurants and eclectic shops along Main Street.

Get in
See Vancouver for options to get in the Vancouver area by plane, by bus, and by train, and by boat.

By public transit
Passengers can pay for fares using Compass Cards ($6 refundable deposit), Compass Tickets, or tap-to-pay using contactless credit cards (only American Express, Mastercard or Visa) or mobile wallets. Passengers using Compass Cards and Compass Tickets pay discounted fares. Passengers can transfer for up to 90 minutes, except if taking West Coast Express, in which case they can transfer for up to 120 minutes. On bus and HandyDART, passengers can also pay in cash, but in that case will not receive change and are not eligible for transfers. Zone based fares apply between Monday and Friday for trips starting before 6:30 pm, if travel involves SkyTrain or SeaBus. Outside of those hours or for travel on only bus or HandyDART, a single zone rate applies. If traveling by West Coast Express, a higher cost zone based fare system applies regardless of time of travel.Children 12 and under can ride for free. People aged 13 to 18, and 65 and older pay discounted concession fares.

By SkyTrain
The Canada Line follows Cambie Street in Vancouver. It connects to Vancouver's downtown, Yaletown-False Creek and South Vancouver, and beyond Vancouver to Vancouver International Airport and Richmond. The following two Canada Line stations are within the Mt Pleasant-South Main neighbourhood.


 * Olympic Village &mdash; Connects with the #50 bus to Granville Island.
 * King Edward &mdash; A few blocks walk to Queen Elizabeth Park and Nat Bailey Stadium.

By bus
The B-Line bus route #99, which runs along Broadway, connects the area with Kitsilano, UBC and East Van.


 * #3 runs up and down Main Street.

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Buy
South Main (sometimes called "SoMa," the parts of Main Street south of 2nd Avenue or so) is rapidly becoming the new bohemian neighbourhood of designer boutiques, Asian religious item stores, and coffee shops. Many local designers have boutiques on Main between Broadway (the equivalent of 9th Ave) south to about 29th Ave where you can buy cutting-edge and handmade clothing for reasonable prices, and is the local area where hipsters tend to shop. Between King Edward Ave (the equivalent of 25th) and 29th is a cluster of antique stores, some of which are expensive and not very good, but you can find treasures there if you search.



One of the best places to look for outdoor equipment in Vancouver is on Broadway in the blocks just east of Cambie Street.

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