Vancouver Concept StoreStore Manager: N/A
#109 - 1965 West 4th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6J 1M8
Toll Free: 888-800-4100
Tel: 604-694-6669
Fax: 604-694-6668
kitsilanostore@gap.caStore hours:Mon/Tues/Wed - 10 to 6pm
Thurs/Fri - 10 to 6pm
Sat - 10 to 5pm
Directions
Vancouver Concept Store
Travellers young, old, new or experienced will all find a home away from home at our Kitsilano concept store location. With passionate staff who love to talk about travel, we're often hosting inspiring and fun travel seminars and photo slideshow events in the evenings. If you're curious to know more about G.A.P Adventures, or want to book a trip to Peru, our travel team is happy to share their wealth of travel knowledge with you. If you're not sure where to take that next vacation, stop on by for a brochure, we've got a style of adventure travel to match your personal interests.
Events
VANCOUVER - SeptemberDiscover the unbelievable scenic beauty of rugged Patagonia, much of which still remains untouched. From the high peaks of Torres del Paine to the southern most city in the world,Erin Buttler, our G.A.P Adventures Specialis, will share her experience at the End of the Earth.
Please join us for a slideshow presentation documenting the highlights of this spectacular land.
Join us for a free screening of The Motorcycle Diaries, a biographical film about the journey and written memoir of Ernesto "Che" Guevara ". The film recounts the 1952 journey, intially by motorcycle, across South America and is sure to inspire some travels of your own.
Popcorn available by donation, all proceeds go to our non-profit organization, Planeterra.
Space VERY limited. Please RSVP.
Come and join us for a presentation and slide show by travel authour Vivien Lougheed. Understanding Bolivia is a traveller’s history that reveals the backbone of local cultures from the Tihuanacans and Inca to present day Aymara and Quechua. The book describes what made Bolivia the second poorest country in the Americas and how it disposed of almost 200 presidents in the same number of years.
Understanding Bolivia takes over where the rest of the guidebooks end, offering visitors
and armchair travellers a fascinating story of rich cultures and colourful characters in a
land of extremes.
VANCOUVER - OctoberVancouver Concept Store Adventure Specialist Cynthia Connell will run over 500km from August 1st while training for her first marathon in Victoria on 12th October 2008. Her goal is to earn $2 per km to donate to the Salesiano Street Children Project on Equador on behalf of Planeterra.
Donations can be made at the Kitsilano Concept Store or online at
http://www.planeterra.org/run-draiser.php
Staff Bios
My travels began at the age of two when my mom took me
around England, Scotland and France by car. Back in Canada, based in Ontario, I saw a little more of the country from the passenger seat every year...slowly feeding my passion, and eventual addiction to travel.
My first travels on my own led me to Mexico, which I love and have visited numerous times. On my fourth trip to Mexico I planned to work as a volunteer for six months to fully experience life there. I stayed for five years during which
time I began working with G.A.P Adventures as a tour leader on trips through Mexico and Central America! I eventually moved back to Vancouver where I graduated from
UBC with a degree in Latin American
Studies and received my certification as a translator.
I have also travelled to Australia, Fiji, Thailand and Nepal.When I'm not planning your vacations and adventures I can be found at the beach or park with my beloved basset hound or on the seawall training for my next big run. Peru and Bolivia are first on my list for
the next time I dust off my backpack!
My passion for travel started at an early age. Having lived in South Africa my parents decided to return home to Scotland to live and that is where I apparently picked up my funny accent!!
With Europe so close, this is where I spent most of my early travelling years before graduating University and picking up a real case of the travel bug which was to last nearly 3 years.
During this time I travelled through Brazil,Paraguay,Argentina,Bolivia,Chile,Peru,New Zealand,Australia, and Singapore. Returing back to live in Scotland I then continued to travel extensivly in Europe and also returned back to South Africa.
The travel bug was to grab me again in 2007 and so I dusted off the old backpack and went to Mexico,Belize,Guatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua and Costa Rica. After a quick visit to the Southern States of USA I landed in beautiful Vancouver!
My backpack will never fully retire and the list of places I want to go is never ending so why not come down to the Kits store and share you stories with us here we would love to hear them.........
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Directions & Contact Info
Map of our Vancouver Concept Store
Our Kitsilano concept store is on West 4th, located just 2 blocks west of Burrard on the right side of the street.
Directions to our Vancouver Concept Store
By Transit:
- From downtown Vancouver, take either the #4 UBC or #7 Dunbar bus southbound on Howe St to the stop at West 4th and Maple
By Car:
- Coming from downtown Vancouver, drive south over the Burrard Street bridge and then take a right on West 4th. Drive up West 4th for 2 blocks and the store is on the right hand side. Meter parking is all along West 4th from 8am-8pm.
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