Sea to Sky Region

The Sea-to-Sky region is comprised of three different cities: Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler. Each city is truly unique but they are all within easy striking distance of one another. This makes the Sea-to-Sky region the perfect destination for combining different cities and attractions into unforgettable golf getaways.

Combine Vancouver & Victoria for a fantastic urban golf vacation. Pick Vancouver and Whistler to combine a thriving city and a world class resort town. Choose Victoria and Whistler to combine the colonial charm of BC’s oldest city and the youthful vibrancy of one of the world’s top recreation destinations.

If choosing between them is too difficult, then choose them all. Spend a week sampling all three regions on a Sea-to-Sky Golf Safari. It is seven days of pure golfing heaven!

Sea to Sky cities: Vancouver, Victoria, Whistler

Vancouver:

Vancouver British Columbia is one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities in North America. This city has it all: spectacular scenery, world-class hotels, a seemingly endless list of après-golf activities and attractions to choose from and, of course, great golf. Mountainside courses that require you to shoot across ravines, seaside links that force you to tame the gusting winds, and meadowland tracks that demand precision and a sound strategy, Vancouver has them all. Payne Stewart, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, Greg Norman, John Daly and Happy Gilmore (yes Happy Gilmore) are just a few of the golfing giants who have been drawn to Vancouver’s courses.

Once off the course, this cosmopolitan city of 3 million will tempt you with options and activities that would take a year to complete. You can watch the sunset from a mountaintop restaurant, browse the trendy shops along Robson Street, take a trolley tour of historic Gastown, walk the dizzying heights of the Capilano Suspension bridge, escape the crowds with an afternoon in Stanley Park or relax over a fantastic meal in one of Vancouver’s 10,000 restaurants offering cuisine from every corner of the globe.

If you are looking for a place where your days are spent getting away from it all on a great golf course and your nights are spent enjoying being right back in the heart of all the options, look no further than Vancouver, BC for your golf vacation. 

Victoria:

Victoria is a world famous tourist city on the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island. The historical capital of the province Victoria possesses that rarest of blend of attributes: small town atmosphere and cosmopolitan charm. Multiple winner of Conde Nast Magazine’s “Best City in the Americas” award and home to some truly incredible courses Victoria is a superb choice for any golf vacation.

On Victoria’s courses you can tee off on holes that jut out into Pacific waters, hit approaches to greens defended by water falls or drain putts on greens that offer a 180 degree panoramic view of the city skyline and the snow capped Olympic Mountains. From the venerable Victoria Golf Club, one of Western North America’s oldest courses, to the modern Bear Mountain, Jack Nicklaus’ latest mountain golfing masterpiece, Victoria has the golf experience you are looking for.

Your time off the course is filled with seemingly endless possibilities: Tour the world famous Butchart Gardens, browse the shops on Government Street, go whale watching in the protected waters of the Gulf Islands, indulge in a traditional High Tea at the Fairmont Empress, visit the incredible Provincial Museum of Natural History, dine on the deck at an outdoor café, or while the night away at any one of Victoria’s fantastic pubs or nightclubs.

Whether you want a romantic getaway exploring the streets of a colonial town, an adventurous vacation combining great golf and innumerable natural attractions or a raucous escape indulging in all that the local night scene has to offer, you can find them all in Victoria.

Whistler:

With its incredible blend of snowcapped mountains, world-class resorts and superb courses by Jack Nicklaus, Robert Trent Jones Jr. Arnold Palmer and Robert Cupp it should come as no surprise that Whistler has been named as the Top Golf Resort destination in Canada and one of the Top Twenty Golf Destinations in the World by Golf Digest Magazine.

What may come as a surprise is the incredible diversity of things to do after your round of golf. Whistler Village is the central hub of all activity in the valley. “The Village” as the locals call it, is an intriguing mixture of high-end retail chains and locally owned boutique shops, luxurious spas and mountain biking stores, fine dining restaurants and laid-back pubs, elegant lounges and thriving nightclubs. No matter what kind of atmosphere or indulgence you are wanting after your round, odds are you will be able to find it simply walking through the pedestrian-only streets of Whistler Village.

With Whistler being awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics the atmosphere in the Village has taken on a whole new life. This fantastic combination of world-class golf, world class accommodation, incredible scenery, vibrant atmosphere and seemingly endless après-golf options make Whistler a great choice for any BC Golf Vacation.

Getting there: Vancouver is the main entrance city of the Sea to Sky region. It is just 40 minutes from the Canada US border. From the south it can be reached by I5 from Washington State. From the east it can be reached by Highway #1 – the Trans Canada Highway. From the Vancouver Island it can be reached via the BC Ferries from either Victoria or Nanaimo. From the north it can be reach by Highway 99. Vancouver International Airport, the busiest Canadian airport west of Toronto, is serviced by most major international airlines. From there Victoria can be reached by ferry from either north or south Vancouver and Whistler can be reached by driving due north on Highway 99. The region is also served by both Vancouver International Airport and Victoria International Airport. Victoria can also be reached directly from the Washington State by three separate ferry lines.   

Après Golf:     Here is a brief list of just some of the activities available in the Sea-to-Sky region.

Shopping, spas, fine dining, brewery tours, First Nations Cultural Centre, live music, live theatre, aerial tours, backcountry tours, fishing, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, bald eagle viewing, glacier skiing, glacier tours, nature tours, mountain biking, wagon rides, walking tours, rafting, rock climbing, jet boating, mountaintop dining, paintball, nature tours, Butchart Gardens, horse-drawn carriage rides, city tours, Market Square, Government Street, Pedi cabs, whale watching, China Town, Craigdarroch Castle, Undersea Gardens, sailing, harbour tours, Stanley Park, Grouse Mountain Tram, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver Art Museum, Robson Street, Granville Island, botanical gardens, Playland @ the PNE, Vancouver Theatre Sports, beaches, spas, Gastown, China Town, brewery tours, live music, live theatre, trolley tours.