Table of Contents
1 Experience Vancouver and Victoria 6
20 Ultimate Experiences 8
What's Where 16
What's New in Vancouver and Victoria 18
What to Eat in Vancouver and Victoria 20
Best Things to Buy in Vancouver and Victoria 22
Under the Radar in Vancouver and Victoria 24
Vancouver and Victoria with Kids 26
Free and Almost Free 27
What to Read and Watch Before Your Trip 28
How to Speak BC 30
2 Travel Smart 31
Know Before You Go 32
Getting Here and Around 34
Essentials 39
Great Itineraries 42
On the Calendar 45
Contacts 47
3 Downtown, West End, and Stanley Park 49
Neighborhood Snapshot 50
Downtown 51
West End 73
Stanley Park 81
4 Gastown, Chinatown, and Yaletown 87
Neighborhood Snapshot 88
Gastown 89
Chinatown 97
Yaletown 103
5 Granville Island 109
Neighborhood Snapshot 110
6 West Side 119
Neighborhood Snapshot 120
Kitsilano 121
Point Grey 128
South Granville 135
Cambie Corridor 137
7 East Side 138
Neighborhood Snapshot 140
Main Street/Mt. Pleasant 142
Commercial Drive and Around 149
8 North Shore 151
Neighborhood Snapshot 152
North Vancouver 153
West Vancouver 164
9 Richmond 167
Neighborhood Snapshot 168
10 Victoria 175
Welcome to Victoria 176
Planning 179
Downtown 185
Vic West 212
Fernwood 213
Oak Bay 213
Rockland 215
Fairfield 217
Saanich 218
Brentwood Bay 219
Sidney 221
The West Shore 223
11 Vancouver Island 225
Welcome to Vancouver Island 226
Planning 229
Sooke 232
Ucluelet 236
Tofino 240
Mill Bay 250
Cobble Hill 250
Cowichan Bay 252
Duncan 253
Chemainus 255
Salt Spring Island 256
Galiano Island 259
Mayne Island 261
Pender Island 262
Saturna Island 264
12 Whistler 265
Welcome to Whistler 266
Planning 269
13 The Okanagan Valley 291
Welcome to the Okanagan Valley 292
Planning 295
Kelowna 298
Vernon 307
Peachland 310
Summerland 310
Penticton 311
Naramata 312
Oliver 314
Osoyoos 315
Index 318
About Our Writers 336
Maps
Downtown 52-53
West End 74
Stanley Park 80
Gastown, Chinatown, and Yaletown 90-91
Granville Island 112
West Side 122-123
East Side 144
North Shore 154
Richmond 170
Downtown Victoria West of Blanshard, and Vic West 188-189
Downtown Victoria East of Blanshard, and Rockland 194
Greater Victoria 214
Tofino, Ucluelet, and the Pacific Rim National Park 237
Whistler Village 270-271
The Okanagan Wine Country 296