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Canada, North America

3-Day Nanaimo itinerary guide

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Nanaimo — Nanaimo Canada Day 09

Top stops to prioritize

  • Woodgrove Centre
  • Freshslice Pizza
  • Maffeo Sutton Park
  • Lighthouse Bistro & Pub
  • Pipers Lagoon Park
  • McDonald's
  • Nori Japanese Restaurant
  • Neck Point Park

Day 1: Most popular attractions

For day 1, we strategically grouped the most popular attraction, Nanaimo Museum, with surrounding point of interests to start your trip off with a bang.

  • Woodgrove Centre
  • Nori Japanese Restaurant
  • Neck Point Park
  • Nanaimo North Town Centre
  • Beban Park
  • Port Place Shopping Centre

Day 2: Northwest side of town

For day 2, we recommend exploring the northwest side side of town.

  • Maffeo Sutton Park
  • Port Theatre
  • Casino Nanaimo
  • Harbour Air - Nanaimo
  • Dinghy Dock Pub

Day 3: Proximity is everything

For day 3, we bundled attractions like Pipers Lagoon Park and Departure Bay and other places within a close range, so that the time it takes to travel between all of them is less than one hour.

  • Pipers Lagoon Park
  • Departure Bay
  • Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Marine Park, provincial park)

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