Getting Around / Accommodations

To orient yourselves, please visit the UBC Wayfinder website at:


http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.phpshow=y,n,n,n,n,y&bldg2Search=n&locat1=121-3


The address of the Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is:


1866 Main Mall

Buchanan C227

Vancouver, British Columbia

V6T 1Z1




A map of the entire UBC campus is provided below, please click to enlarge.   

Buchanan is the complex of buildings (A,B,C,D,E,) labelled ARTS on this map. 

Vancouver transit

Public transit can be easily used to move around Vancouver and to reach the University of British Columbia. Once a location has been selected for your stay in Vancouver, you can use the website http://www.translink.ca/ for a full list of schedules and bus/subway times. To reach the University, enter “UBC”, “UBC Loop”, or “University Boulevard at East Mall” into the search engine on the Translink website for the most direct transportation.

Vancouver Hotels

This is not an exhaustive list of accommodations in the Vancouver area. It is simply a few suggestions of places from which it would be fairly easy to get to UBC. If anyone is interested in sharing a room with another conference participant, please let the organizers know and we will do our best to connect you with another attendee based on monetary and temporal limits.

Howard Johnson $67

395 Kingsway

http://www.howardjohnsonvancouver.ca/

Best Western Plus Sands $85

1755 Davie St.

http://www.bestwesternsandshotelvancouver.com/

Days Inn Vancouver Downtown $87-109

921 W. Pender St.

http://www.daysinnvancouver.com/ 

Best Western Uptown $88

205 Kingsway

http://www.bestwesternvancouver.ca/location.aspx

Moda Hotel Downtown $89

900 Seymour St.

http://www.modahotel.ca/

Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre $98

711 W. Broadway

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/vancouver/yvrbw/hoteldetail/directions

Ramada Inn Limited Downtown $109

435 W. Pender St.

http://www.ramadadowntownvancouver.com/

Sunset Inn and Suites $109

1111 Burnaby St.

http://www.sunsetinn.com/

Quality Hotel Downtown $90

1335 Howe St.

http://www.choicehotels.ca/en/vancouver-hotel-quality-british_columbia-CN072-en?promo=gglocal&tab=0&cid=2838622

Vancouver Hostels

*All three hostels have both dorm-style and private rooms.

Cambie Hostel – Gastown $25-30

300 Cambie St.

http://www.thecambie.com/hostel

HI – Vancouver $30-40

1025 Granville St. (top rated at hostelworld.com)
http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostels-HI---Vancouver-Central-011031.en.htm

SameSun Backpackers Lodge $28-38

1018 Granville St. (top rated at hostelworld.com)

http://vancouverhostel.com/