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floatplanes 225, 237 shopping & lifestyle Capilano Suspension Bridge See also separate subindexes for: helicopters 225 blogs 124 105 scenic tours 237 boat travel 226-7 car travel 228-9 Arts p249 travel to/from airport ferries & miniferries parking 228-9 Drinking p250 227 227, 8 rental 229 Eating p250 Apple Festival 138 in 230 Zipcar network 45 Nightlife p251 aquarium 113 sea safaris 237 Car-Free Vancouver Day Shopping p251 architecture 34-7, see also SeaBus 230 14 Sights p252 Sights subindex to/from Vancouver 227 carbon offset schemes INDEX Sleeping p253 area codes, see inside front tours 236 226 Sports cover books, see also literature, Caribbean Days Festival & Activities p253 art galleries, see Sights Shopping subindex 15 subindex cookbooks 125, 135 Carol Ships Parade of Top Picks p254 artists 27 environment 42 Lights 17 arts 26-34, 169-80, see also history 21 Carr, Emily 27 100-Mile Diet 31, 44 Arts subindex, cinema, local authors 30 castle 212 dance, literature, music, Bowen Island 220-1 cathedral 57 A theater, TV, visual arts breweries, see also Drinking Celebration of Light 15 Abbotsford International festivals 173 subindex cell phones 238-9 Air Show 15 ATMs 235 Brewing Celticfest Vancouver 13 accommodations 193-204, 88-9 Cheakamus Lake 215 see also Sleeping B microbreweries 152 cheese factory 221, 223 subindex B&Bs 194, see also Sleeping bridges, see Sights subindex chemists 235 airport hotels 204 subindex Bright Nights in Stanley children, travel with 231 B&Bs 194 Bard on the Beach 13-14, Park 17 attractions 106 costs 195 33, 178, 179 Britannia Shipyard 109 Vancouver International Downtown 195-8 Bare Buns Fun Run 15-16 Buddhist temple 109-10 Children’s Festival 13 Fairview & South bars, see also Drinking Bula, Frances 39 Chinatown 23, 78-81, Granville 201-2 subindex, individual Buntzen Lake 220 79, 5 Granville Island 201-2 neighborhoods Burnaby 106 drinking 154-6 historic sleepovers 196 bar food 136 bus travel food 137-8 202-3 baseball 191 in Vancouver 230 shopping 118-19 Metro Vancouver 203-4 BC Place Stadium 192 night-bus 230 walking tour 80-1 sustainability 47 BC Sports Hall of Fame & to/from Vancouver 227-8 Chinatown Festival 15 taxes 194 Museum 71 tours 236 Chinatown Night Market tipping 194 beaches, see also Sights business hours 231, see also 79 University of British subindex inside front cover Chinese New Year 12 Columbia 202-3 top 97 coffeehouses 150 choral music, see also Arts Victoria 213-14 beauty salons 189-90, see nightlife 162 subindex West End 198-200 also Sports & Activities pubs & bars 150, 231 Choy, Wayson 30 Whistler 218 subindex restaurants 129 Christ Church Cathedral Yaletown 200-1 beer shops 112, 231 57 activities 182-8, see also microbreweries 152 business travelers 240 cinema 31-2, see also film individual activities, Vancouver Craft Beer City Farm Boy 46 Sports & Activities Week 13 C classical music 170-2, see subindex begging 238 cafes, see Drinking subindex also Arts subindex outdoor activity courses bicycling, see cycling Campbell, Larry 38 climate 231-2 232 bird sanctuary 64 campuses, see Sights climate change 226 air travel Bishop, John 144 subindex clinics 234-5 airlines 225 blogs 18, 39 Day 14 clothing, see also Shopping airports 226 000 map pages food blogs 140 cannabis legalization subindex climate change 226 000 photographs music blogs 28 campaign 116 sizes 117 245 lonelyplanet.com clubs 163-5, see also D Empire Field 192 floatplanes 225, 237 Nightlife subindex dance 34, see also Arts English Bay Beach 66 tours 237 Coal Harbour 66-7 subindex entertainment 161-8, see food 127-47, see also coffeehouses 158, see also courses 232 also Arts & Nightlife farmers markets, Drinking subindex Dancing on the Edge 14 subindexes markets, Eating subindex, opening hours 150 Vancouver International environmental issues individual neighborhoods comedy, see also Nightlife Dance Festival 13 37-8, 42-8, 226, see also bar food 136 subindex Davie Day 16 sustainable travel blogs 140 Vancouver Comedy Deep Cove 107 Erickson, Arthur 36 booking tables 129 Fest 16 Deighton, ‘Gassy’ Jack 21 exchange rates, see inside coffee shops 158 Vancouver International development 37-8 front cover cookbooks 125, 135 Fringe Festival 16 Dick, Philip K 31 Expo ’86 24, 36 cooking courses 232 Commercial Drive 85-7, Dine Out Vancouver 12, 138 environmental issues NE INDEX 86, 5 disabilities, travelers F 44, 46 drinking 157-8 with 239 Fairview & South Granville fast food 128 food 140-1 discounts 45, 101, 232-3 92-5, 93 festivals 138 shopping 121-2 diving 186-7, see also accommodations groceries 129 walking tour 85, 87 Sports & Activities 201-2 local food movement community arts centers, subindex food 142-3 44, 46 see Sights subindex Downtown 56-61, 58-9, 7 shopping 124-5 opening hours 129 consulates 233 accommodations 195-8 walking tour 94-5 picnics 128 cooking courses 232 drinking 150-1 farmers markets 47, self-catering 129 costs 17-18 food 129-31 121, see also Shopping street food 134 accommodation 195 shopping 112-14 subindex sustainability 47 discount passes 45, 101, walking tour 60-1 farms, see also Sights tipping 129 232-3 Downtown Eastside 25, subindex tours 85, 87, 236-7 drinks 150 38, 80 backyard farms 46 football 191 food 129 Downtown Historic Railway fashion, see Shopping Fort Langley 109 nightlife 162 229 subindex 37 refunds 238 Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Feast of Fields 138 free sights 60 taxes 112, 129, 194, 238 Chinese Garden & Park ferries 227, 8 fringe festival 16, 33 Coupland, Douglas 30, 31 78-9 SeaBus 230 courses Dragon Boat Festival 14 Festival d’Été Francophone G art & crafts 232 drinking 149-59, see also de Vancouver 14 Galiano Island 223-4 cooking 232 beer, Drinking subindex, Festival of Lights 17 galleries, see Sights dance 232 individual neighborhoods festivals 12-17 subindex language 232 costs 150 arts 173 gardens, see Sights outdoor activities 232 liquor stores 115 film 175 subindex swordplay 232 opening hours 150, 231 food 138 ‘Gassy’ Jack Deighton 21 212 tipping 150 music 12, 14, 15, 16 21, 22, 74-7, credit cards 235 driving, see car travel film 31-2, see also cinema, 76, 4 crime 238 drugstores 235 Arts subindex drinking 75-7, 154-6 Cultural Olympiad 178 drugs programs 38 Celluloid Social Club food 136-7 currency exchange 235 175 shopping 116-17 customs regulations 232 E festivals 175 walking tour 75-7 cycling 45, 182-3, 226, see Early Music Festival 15 outdoor screenings 174 gay travelers 233-4 also mountain biking, earthquakes 36 tickets 173 bars & clubs 163 Sports & Activities Eastside Culture Crawl Vancouver International Pride Week 15 subindex 16-17 Film Festival 16 same-sex marriage rental 182-3 Eat Vancouver 138 fire services 233 39, 233 tours 236-7 eco-tours 45, 237 people Gaze, Christopher 33, 179 Cypress Mountain 108, 187 economy 39 arts & crafts 28, 56, geology 37 electricity 233 115, 116 Gibson, William 31 107-8 embassies 233 history 19, 24, 37 GM Place 57 emergencies 233, 235 land rights 24 golf 183-4, see also Sports 000 map pages Institute of totem poles 63-4, 7 & Activities subindex 000 photographs Art + Design 90 fish farms 107 Gough, Laurence 30 246 government 38-9 I Lost Lagoon 64 N lonelyplanet.com Granville Island 88-91, ice skating 184-5 , see Metro neighborhoods 49-110, 89, 8 insurance 234 Vancouver 51, see also individual accommodations internet Lowry, Malcolm 30, 107 neighborhoods 201-2 access 234 Lynn Canyon Park 106 Chinatown 23, 78-81, drinking 158-9 blogs 18, 28, 39, 124, 79, 5 food 141-2 140 M Commercial Drive 85-7, shopping 122-4 resources 18 Mackinnon, James 31 86, 5 walking tour 90-1 wi-fi 234 McLachlan, Sarah 29 Downtown 56-61, Granville Island Brewing island-hopping 208 magazines 39, 235-6 58-9, 7 88-9 itineraries 11, 52-3 Maple Tree Square 75 Fairview & South Granville Island Public Maplewood Farm 106-7 Granville 92-5, 93 Market 88, 123 J maps 234 Gastown 21, 22, 74-7, , see Jericho Beach 98-9 35, 57, 60 76, 4 INDEX Metro Vancouver jogging, see running markets, see farmers Granville Island 88-91, Greek Day 14 Johnson, E Pauline 31 markets, Shopping & 89, 8 Green Vancouver 41-8 Sights subindexes Kitsilano 96-100, 96-7 43 K marriage, same-sex 39, Metro Vancouver 38-9, Grouse Grind 184 kayaking 185, 6 233 105-10, 54-5 105, 187, Kitsilano 96-100, 96-7 measures, see inside front SoMa 82-4, 83, 4 188, 6 accommodations 202-3 cover 37, 62-5, drinking 159 medical services 234-5 63, 6, 43 109 food 143-5 metric conversions, see University of British gyms 188 shopping 125-6 inside front cover Columbia 101-4, walking tour 99-100 Metro Vancouver 38-9, 102 H 98 105-10, 54-5 West End 66-70, 68-9 hair salons, see beauty Krall, Diana 29 accommodations 203-4 Yaletown 71-3, 72 salons food 146-7 New Music Festival 16 handicrafts, see Shopping L New Pornographers 28-9 subindex land rights 24 126 newspapers 39-40, health 234-5 landmarks, see Sights mobile phones 238-9 235-6 health clubs, see gyms subindex money 235, see also costs nightlife 161-8, see also health spas 190 language courses 232 discounts 45, 101, 232-3 Nightlife subindex helicopters 225 Lau, Evelyn 30, 31 Montgomery, Charles 31 alternative nights out Hendrix, Jimi 81 left luggage 227, 229 motorcycle travel 228 164 Heritage Vancouver 35 lesbian travelers 233-4 mountain biking 182-3, costs 162 hiking 184, see also Sports bars & clubs 163 219, see also Sports & listings 162 & Activities subindex Pride Week 15 Activities subindex opening hours 162 historic sites & houses, same-sex marriage Mt Seymour 187 Nine O’Clock Gun 64 see Sights subindex 39, 233 museums, see Sights Nitobe Memorial Garden history 19-25 library 60 subindex 102 hockey 191-2 Lighthouse Park 108 music 28-9, see also Arts & North Vancouver 105-7 holidays 234 228 Nightlife subindexes horse racing 191 liquor stores 115 alternative 167-8 O horse-drawn carriage literature 29-31, see also blues 166-7 Olympic Games 25, 26, 178 rides 237 books choral 176 Olympic Village 37, 82 Horseshoe Bay 108 Vancouver International classical 170-2 opening hours, see business hostels, see Sleeping Storytelling festivals 12, 14, 15, 16 hours subindex Festival 14 folk 165-6 opera 176, see also Arts hotels, see Sleeping Vancouver International jazz 29, 166-7 subindex subindex Writers & Readers live music 165-8, 172 HR MacMillan Space Festival 16 opera 176 P Centre 98 Little India, see Punjabi rock 167-8 113 Hudson’s Bay Company Market world 165-6 Pacific National 20 Lonsdale Quay 106 music stores, see Shopping Exhibition 16 Hughes, EJ 27 lookouts, see Sights subindex Pacific Rim National Park subindex Musicfest Vancouver 15 213 247 lonelyplanet.com Pacific Spirit Regional Rattenbury, Francis snowshoeing 188 Terminal City Rollergirls Park 103 34-5, 66 soccer 192 190 panhandling 238 responsible travel, see SoMa 82-4, 83, 4 theater 32-4, 178-80, see Parade of the Lost Souls sustainable travel drinking 156-7 also Arts subindex 16 restaurants, see Eating food 138-40 student playhouses Paralympic Winter Games subindex shopping 119-21 180 25, 26 Richmond 108-10 walking tour 84 tickets 178 parks, see Sights subindex Summer Night Market South theft 238 Parliament Buildings 209 118 Seawall 82 Third Beach 64 passports 231, 237 Robertson, Gregor 38 South Granville, see time 239 pharmacies 235 Robson St 61, 66, 67 Fairview & South tipping 129, 150, 194, see phonecards 239 rock climbing 185-6 Granville also inside front cover photography 27 Roedde House Museum 66 South Main, see SoMa Tofino 213 NE INDEX planning 12, 17-18 running 186 Southern Gulf Islands totem poles 63-4 poetry 31 Bare Buns Fun Run 221-4, 222 tourist information 239 Point Atkinson Lighthouse 15-16 103 tours, see also walking 108 Sun Run 13, 186 spas 190-1 tours Polar Bear Swim 12 Vancouver International spoken word 60, 177 boat 236 police 233 Marathon 13 sports 181-91, see also bus 236 politics 38-9 individual sports, Sports & cycling 236-7 Port Authority S Activities subindex eco-tours 45, 237 Interpretation Centre 57 Safdie, Moshe 36-7 BC Sports Hall of Fame & food 236-7 Portobello West 82, 84 safety, personal 238, 239 Museum 71 guided walking tours Portuguese Heritage sailing 186 spectator sports 191-2 236-7 Month 13 Salt Spring Island 221, tickets 191 specialty 237 postal services 237-8 223 Squamish 219-20 train travel 229 Powell Street Festival 15 Sam Kee Building 80 stadiums, see Sights in Vancouver 229, 230 Pride Week 15 same-sex marriage 39, subindex SkyTrain 37, 227, 230, Prospect Point 64 233 Stanley Park 37, 62-5, 63, 48 public art 27-8, 7 Santa Claus Parade 17 6, 43 to/from Vancouver 229 public holidays 234 Science World 36, 78 Bright Nights in Stanley TransLink 229-30 pubs, see also Drinking scuba diving 186-7 Park 17 Treetops Adventure 105 subindex sculpture 27, 64 food 132 trekking, see hiking Commercial Drive 157-8 Sea-to-Sky Hwy 37-8 walking tour 65 Turner, Michael 30 Downtown 150-1 SeaBus 230 Stanley Park Seawall TV 31-2 Gastown 75-7, 154-6 Second Beach 64, 8 62-3, 186 Granville Island 158-9 Shaughnessy Heights 94 Steveston 109 U Kitsilano 159 shopping 112-26, see street sculpture 64 UBC, see University of SoMa 156-7 also Shopping subindex, streets & squares, see West End 152-3 individual neighborhoods Sights subindex UBC Attractions Passport Yaletown 153-4 blogs 124 Sullivan, Sam 38 101 Punjabi Market 82 opening hours 112, 231 Sun Run 13, 186 UBC Botanical Garden Push International shoe sales 117 Sunset Beach 67 101-2 Performing Arts taxes 112 sustainable travel 45, 47, University of British Festival 12 sights, see also Sights 226, see also Columbia (UBC) 101-4, subindex, individual environmental issues 102, 44 Q neighborhoods Suzuki, David 48 accommodations Queen Elizabeth Park 94 discount passes 45, swimming 188-9 202-3 232-3 swordplay courses 232 walking tour 103-4 R Simon Fraser University urban planning 37-8 radio 238 106 T railways, see Sights skiing & snowboarding taxes 112, 129, 194, 238 V subindex 187, see also Sports & taxis 229 vacations 234 rainfall 231 Activities subindex Taylor, Timothy 30 Vancouver, Captain SkyTrain 37, 227, 230, 48 telephone services George 20 000 map pages snowboarding see skiing 238-9 113 000 photographs & snowboarding temple 109-10 Vancouver Comedy Fest 16 248 Vancouver Craft Beer Week Sins of the City 74, 75 ARTS Vancouver Men’s Chorus lonelyplanet.com 13, 138 SoMa 85 176 Vancouver Fashion Week 13 Stanley Park 65 CLASSICAL Vancouver Opera 176 Vancouver Folk Music University of British MUSIC Early Music Vancouver Festival 15 Columbia 103-4 PERFORMING Vancouver International West End 67-8, 70 170 Friends of Chamber Music ARTS VENUES Children’s Festival 13 Yaletown 72-3 Centennial Theatre 171 Vancouver International Water St 74-5 170 National Broadcast Centre in Vancouver for Dance Festival 13 waterparks 90 Performing Arts 171 Vancouver International weather 231-2 Orchestra 170 Pacific Baroque Orchestra Chan Centre for the Film Festival 16 weights, see inside front Performing Arts 171 Vancouver International cover 170 Vancouver Chopin Society Cultch (Vancouver East Fringe Festival 16, 33 West End 66-70, 68-9 Cultural Centre) 171

171 INDEX Vancouver International accommodations Fei & Milton Wong Jazz Festival 14 198-200 Vancouver New Music Society 171 Experimental Theatre Vancouver International drinking 152-3 171 Marathon 13 food 132-4 Vancouver Recital Society 171 Firehall Arts Centre 171 Vancouver International shopping 114-15 Kay Meek Centre 171 Storytelling Festival 14 walking tour 67-8, 70 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 172 Old Auditorium 171 Vancouver International 107-8 Theatre 171, Writers & Readers West Vancouver Seawall 176 Festival 16 108 DANCE Performance Works 171 Vancouver Museum 98 Whistler 214-18, 216 Ballet BC 172 Vancouver Playhouse activities 214-15, 217 Dance Centre 172 171 International Wine drinking 217-18 Holy Body Tattoo Roundhouse Community Festival 13, 138 food 217 172-3 Arts & Recreation Centre information 217 Karen Jamieson Dance 171 36-7, 60 nightlife 217-18 173 Vancouver Playhouse 171 VanDusen Botanical Garden sleeping 218 171 92, 43 transportation 215 FILM Waterfront Theatre 171 99 Whistler-Blackcomb Cinemark Tinseltown Victoria 208-14, 210-11 214-15 173 activities 208-9, 212 wi-fi 234 SPOKEN WORD Fifth Avenue Cinemas Cold Reading Series 177 drinking 213 wildlife watching 208 173 food 212-13 windsurfing 186 Joy Kogawa House 177 Flashback to the ’80s Pandora’s Collective 177 information 212 winery 223 174 nightlife 213 Winter Solstice Lantern Philosophers’ Café 177 Granville 7 173-4 Robson Reading Series 177 sleeping 213-14 Festival 17 Hollywood Theatre 174 transportation 209 Winterruption 12-13 Vancouver Poetry Slam Monsters in the Meadow 177 vineyards 223 women travelers 239 174 visas 237, see also Woodcock, George 31 Vancouver Public Library Omnimax Theatre 174 60 passports work 239-40 Pacific Cinémathèque visual arts 26-8 World War II 23 174 volunteering 240 Wreck Beach 103 Ridge Theatre 174 THEATER Rio Theatre 175 Arts Club Theatre Company W Y Scotiabank Theatre 175 178 walking, see hiking Yaletown 71-3, 72 Van East Cinema 175 Bard on the Beach 13-14, walking tours accommodations Theatre 175-6 33, 178, 179 Chinatown 80-1 200-1 Boca del Lupo 178 Commercial Drive drinking 153-4 Carousel Theatre 179 85, 87 food 134-6 OPERA & Cultch (Vancouver East Downtown 60-1 shopping 115-16 CHORAL Cultural Centre) 179 Fairview & South walking tour 72-3 Vancouver Bach Choir 176 Exit 22 180 Granville 94-5 yoga 189 Vancouver Cantata Singers Firehall Arts Centre 179 Gastown 75-7 176 Gateway Theatre 179 Granville Island 90-1 Z Vancouver Chamber Choir Performing Arts Lodge Kitsilano 99-100 Zipcar 45 176 Theatre 180 249 lonelyplanet.com Playhouse Theatre PUBS Deacon’s Corner 137 Judas Goat 137 Company 179-80 Alibi Room 155 Galley Patio & Grill 145 Noodle Box 145 Studio 58 180 Atlantic Trap & Gill 154 Prospect Point Café 132 Ouisi Bistro 143 Theatre at UBC 180 Backstage Lounge 158 Sophie’s Cosmic Café Pourhouse 136 Theatre Under the Stars Black Frog 155-6 145 Regional Tasting Lounge 180 Brickhouse 156 Stanley’s Park Bar & Grill 136 Touchstone Theatre Cambie 156 132 Timbre 141 Company 180 Cardero’s 153 Templeton 130-1 Charlatan 157 Theresa’s 141 INDIAN Doolin’s 151 Tomahawk Restaurant All India Sweets & DRINKING Fountainhead Pub 151 147 Restaurant 147 BARS Fringe Café 159 Chutney Villa 139 1181 152 Granville Island Brewing CAFES Clove 141 NE INDEX Afterglow 153 Taproom 159 Agro Café 142 Vij’s 143, 4 Bacchus 150 Irish Heather 156 Au Petit Chavignol 147 Cascade Room 156 Lennox Pub 151 Everything Café 138 ITALIAN Mill Marine 153 Chill Winston 154 Finch’s 131 Cioppino’s Mediterranean Nevermind 159 Diamond 154 Gallery Café 131 Grill 135 Pumpjack Pub 153 Dockside Brewing Company Grind Café 134 Il Nido 133 158 Railway Club 151 Picnic 143 George Ultra Lounge St Augustine’s 157-8 JAPANESE 153-4 Three Lions Café 156-7 CARIBBEAN Whip 157 Guu with Garlic 134 Keefer 155 Reef 140 Narrow Lounge 156 Wolf & Hound 159 Japadog 131 O’Doul’s 152 Motomachi Shokudo 134 Opus Bar 154 CHINESE Posh Charcoal Collaboration Salt Tasting Room 155 EATING Hakkasan Contemporary Dining 146 Six Acres 155 ASIAN Chinese Restaurant Sushi Mart 134 146 Tojo’s 142 Stella’s Tap & Tapas Bar Bao Bei 137 Hon’s Wun-Tun House 138 157 Hawkers Delight 140 New Town Bakery & Sylvia’s Lounge 152 Noodle Box 145 LATIN UVA 150-1 Restaurant 138 Havana 140 Shanghai River Restaurant ASIAN FUSION 147 BREWERIES Bao Bei 137 MEDITERRANEAN Steamworks Brewing Sura Korean Cuisine 133 La Bodega 130 Company 155 FAST FOOD La Casa Gelato 141 Yaletown Brewing BELGIAN MEXICAN Company 154 Prospect Café 132 Chambar 130 Stanley’s Park Bar & Grill La Taqueria 131 132 Lolita’s 133 CAFES BREAKFAST Abruzzo Cappuccino Bar Acme Café 137-8 MIDDLE 158 FRENCH Argo Café 140 EASTERN Café Calabria 157, 158 Bistrot Bistro 144-5 Deacon’s Corner 137 Nuba 136 Cafe Deux Soleils 157 Le Crocodile 130 Paul’s Place Omelettery Caffè Artigiano 151 Le Gavroche 132-3 143 Continental Coffee 158 Lumière 144 SEAFOOD Sophie’s Cosmic Café 145 Delany’s 153 Blue Water Café 135 Templeton 130-1 Gene Café 156 FUSION C Restaurant 130 Theresa’s 141 JJ Bean 158 Abigail’s Party 144 Coast 133 Tomahawk Restaurant Joe’s Café 158 Bao Bei 137 Fish House in Stanley 147 Mario’s 151 Bin 941 130 Park 132 Melriche’s 153 Boneta 136 Galley Patio & Grill 145 Prado Café 157, 158 BURGERS Burgoo Bistro 147 Go Fish 142 Acme Café 137-8 Clove 141 Mr Pickwick’s 134 000 map pages Argo Café 140 Glowbal Grill Steak & Pajo’s 147 000 photographs DB Bistro Moderne 144 Satay 135 Sandbar 141-2 250 THAI Pacific Bluegrass Jam Gallery of BC Ceramics 123 Kitsilano Farmers Market lonelyplanet.com Maenam 144 Night 166 Hill’s Native Art 116 121 Michael Dean Jewellery Main Street Station Farmers VEGETARIAN JAZZ & BLUES 123 Market 121 Paper-Ya 123 UBC Farmers Market 121 Foundation 139 MUSIC Peking Lounge 118 Winter Farmers Market Gorilla Food 131 Capones Restaurant & Live Regional Assembly of 121 Naam 145 Jazz Club 166 Cellar Restaurant & Jazz Text 119 Ten Thousand Villages 114 VIETNAMESE Club 166 FOOD & DRINK Libra Room 166 Dutch Girl Chocolates Phnom Penh 137 O’Doul’s 166 BOOKSTORES 122 Yale 166-7 Barbara-Jo’s Books to Konbiniya Japan Centre WEST COAST Cooks 125 115 NE INDEX Bishop’s 144 ROCK & Bibliophile Bookshop 121 La Grotta del Bridges 142 ALTERNATIVE Book Warehouse 114 Formaggio 122 Corduroy 145 MUSIC Golden Age Collectables Meinhardt Fine Foods Crave 139 Anza Club 167 113 124 Fraiche 146 Backstage Lounge 167 Kidsbooks 125 Mink Chocolates 114 Habit Lounge 139 Biltmore Cabaret 167 Little Sister’s Book & Art Purdy’s Chocolates 125 Nu 130 Cobalt 167 Emporium 114 Ten Lee Hong Enterprises Observatory 146 Commodore 167 Macleod’s Books 113 118-19 Pear Tree 146 Malkin Bowl 168 Travel Bug 125 Pourhouse 136 Media Club 168 Wanderlust 125-6 FOOTWEAR Public Lounge Eatery 139 Pat’s Pub 168 Gravity Pope 126 Raincity Grill 133 Railway Club 168 CLOTHING John Fluevog Shoes 117 Stella’s Bierstro 143 Rickshaw Theatre 168 Bacci’s 124 Kalena’s Shoes 122 Teahouse 132 River Rock Show Theatre Barefoot Contessa 121 Waazubee Café 140-1 168 Basquiat 115 West 142 HOUSEWARES Wise Club 168 Block 116 Bacci’s 124 Brooklyn Clothing 116 Dream Designs 122 NIGHTLIFE Cherry Bomb 113 Front & Company 119 SHOPPING Deluxe Junk 116 CLUBBING Restoration Hardware ACCESSORIES Eugene Choo 119 Aubar 163 125 Birks 112 Front & Company 119 Bar None 163 Stepback 126 Cannabis Culture Holt Renfrew 113 Caprice 163 Vancouver Special 120 Headquarters 116 Lola Home & Apparel 116 Celebrities 163 Wonderbucks Trading Edie Hats 122 Fortune Sound Club 164 Company 122 Erin Templeton 118 114-15 Odyssey 164 Lazy Susan’s 119 Lynn Steven Boutique Post Modern 164 MALLS Lola Home & Apparel 117 Republic 164 Metropolis at Metrotown 116 Mintage 126 Roxy 164 126 Pacific Centre 113 Obakki 117 Shine 165 Pacific Centre 113 Rubber Rainbow Condom Oliver + Lilly’s 124 Venue 165 Company 119 Organix 123-4 Umbrella Shop 122 Pacific Centre 113 MARKETS COMEDY Urban Empire 121 Ray Rickburn 126 Chinatown Night Market Comedy Mix 162 Womyn’s Ware 121 Roots 113-14 79 Comedy Mondays 162 Smoking Lily 119-20 Granville Island Public Market 88, 123 Kitty Nights 162-3 ARTS & CRAFTS True Value Vintage Vancouver Theatresports Clothing 114 Kids Market 90 Bau-Xi Gallery 124 League 163 Twigg & Hottie 120 Lonsdale Quay 106 Blim 118 Portobello West 82, 84 Circle Craft 123 FOLK & WORLD FARMERS Richmond Night Market Coastal Peoples Fine Arts 118 MUSIC Gallery 115 MARKETS Café Deux Soleils 165 East Vancouver Farmers Salt Spring Island Saturday Crafthouse 123 Market 221 Jericho Folk Club 165-6 Equinox Gallery 124 Market 121 251 lonelyplanet.com MUSEUM BIRD Gulf of Georgia Cannery Charles H Scott Gallery STORES SANCTUARY 109 90 Science World 113 Lost Lagoon 64 Murakami House 109 Contemporary Art UBC Museum of Gallery 60 Anthropology 113 BREWERIES LANDMARKS 209, 212 Emily Carr Institute of Art Vancouver Aquarium 113 Granville Island Brewing Brockton Point 63-4 + Design 90 113 88-9 Byrnes Block 22 Vancouver Police Museum 36, 57, 60 Gulf of Georgia Cannery 113 109 BRIDGES City Hall 94 Dal Grauer Substation 34 Hastings Mill Store Capilano Suspension Bridge Lonsdale Quay 106 Museum 98 MUSIC 105 Marine Building 35, 57, HR MacMillan Space Neptoon Records 120 Lions Gate Bridge 228 60 Centre 98

NE INDEX Red Cat Records 120 Lynn Canyon Park Lost Lagoon Nature Scratch Records 120 Parliament Buildings 209 Suspension Bridge 106 House 64 Sikora’s Classical Records 114 Sam Kee Building 80 Lynn Canyon Park Ecology Zulu Records 120 Shangri-La 37, 198 CAMPUSES Steam Clock 74-5 Centre 106 Simon Fraser University Morris and Helen Belkin OUTDOOR GEAR Gallery 102 106 LIBRARY Europe Bound Travel University of British Public Library Outfitters 120 Columbia (UBC) 101-3 Anthropology 101 Mountain Equipment 60 Museum of Vancouver 98 Co-op 120 CASTLES Pendulum Gallery 60 Sports Junkies 120-1 LOOKOUTS Craigdarroch Castle 212 Port Authority Grouse Mountain 105, 6 Interpretation Centre SOUVENIRS Prospect Point 64 57 Canadian Maple Delights CATHEDRALS Vancouver Lookout 57 Roedde House Museum 117 Christ Church Cathedral 66 57 MARKETS Royal BC Museum 208-9 Chinatown Night Market Science World 36, 78 SIGHTS CHEESE 79 Vancouver Art Gallery 56 ANIMAL FACTORY Granville Island Public Vancouver Art Gallery ATTRACTIONS Salt Spring Island Cheese Market 88, 123 Offsite 199 Capilano Salmon Hatchery 221, 223 Kids Market 90 Vancouver Maritime 107 Lonsdale Quay 106 Museum 98 Maplewood Farm 106-7 COMMUNITY Richmond Night Market Vancouver Museum 98 Miniature Railway & ARTS CENTERS 118 Vancouver Police Museum Children’s Farmyard 62 Roundhouse Community Salt Spring Island Saturday 74, 75 Vancouver Aquarium 62 Arts & Recreation Market 221 West Coast Railway Centre 71 Heritage Park 219 AQUARIUMS Woodward’s 74 MUSEUMS & Vancouver Aquarium 62 GALLERIES PARKS & FARMS Art Gallery of Greater GARDENS Maplewood Farm 106-7 Victoria 212 Beacon Hill Park 209 BEACHES Bloedel Floral Deep Cove 107 Miniature Railway & BC Sports Hall of Fame & Children’s Farmyard 62 Museum 71 Conservatory 94 English Bay Beach 66 Bodega Ridge Provincial Jericho Beach 98-9 Beaty Biodiversity Museum 103 Park 224 Kitsilano Beach 98 FISH FARMS 212 Second Beach 64, 8 Capilano Salmon Hatchery Gallery of Northwest Coast Art 56-7 Cates Park 107 Spanish Banks 103 107 Cypress Provincial Park Sunset Beach 67 Blue Horse Folk Art Gallery 221 107-8 Third Beach 64 HISTORIC SITES David Lam Park 72 Wreck Beach 103 Britannia Mine Museum & HOUSES 219 Deer Lake Park 106 Craigdarroch Castle 212 Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical 000 map pages Burnaby Village Museum Fort Langley National 106 Chinese Garden & Park 000 photographs Historic Site 109 78-9 252 Grandview Park 85 WATERPARK HOTELS Langara Golf Course 184 lonelyplanet.com Lighthouse Park 108 Granville Island Blue Horizon Hotel 199 University Golf Club 184 Lynn Canyon Park 106 Waterpark 90 Buchan Hotel 200 Montague Harbour Marine Century Plaza Hotel & Spa GYMS Provincial Park 224 196-7 Fitness World 188 Mt Seymour Provincial Park SLEEPING Empire Landmark Hotel Kitsilano Workout 188 105-6 AIRPORT 200 YWCA Health & Wellness Nitobe Memorial Garden HOTELS Empress Hotel 196 Centre 188 102 Delta Vancouver Airport Fairmont Pacific Rim National Park 204 195, 196 HIKING 213 Fairmont Pacific Rim 195 Fairmont Vancouver Airport Grouse Grind 184 Pacific Spirit Regional Georgian Court Hotel 201 204 Squamish Rock Guides Park 103 HI Vancouver Downtown

219 INDEX Queen Elizabeth Park 94 200 B&BS Whistler Alpine Guides Ruckle Provincial Park Kingston Hotel 197 Bureau 215 223 Barclay House B&B 199 Moda Hotel 197 Stanley Park 62-5 Corkscrew Inn 202 Opus Hotel 201 Stawamus Chief Provincial English Bay Inn 199 Pan Pacific Vancouver 195 ICE SKATING Park 219 Mickey’s Kits Beach Chalet Pinnacle Hotel at the Britannia Community UBC Botanical Garden 203 Pier 203 Centre 184-5 101-2, 44 Thistledown House B&B Plaza 500 Hotel 201 West End Community VanDusen Botanical Garden 203-4 Riviera Hotel 200 Centre 185 92, 43 Windsor Guest House 202 Shangri-La Hotel 198 Vanier Park 99 Shaughnessy Village 202 KAYAKING West Coast Heritage Park BOUTIQUE 196, 200 Deep Cove Canoe & Kayak 219 HOTELS University of Centre 185 Whytecliff Park 108 Granville Island Hotel 201-2 British Columbia Ecomarine Ocean Kayak L’Hermitage Hotel 196 Accommodation 203 185 RAILWAYS Listel Vancouver 199 Victorian Hotel 197 Downtown Historic Railway Loden Vancouver 198-9 MOUNTAIN 229 Lonsdale Quay Hotel 204 MOTELS BIKING Metropolitan Hotel 196 Miniature Railway & Grouse Inn 204 Bayshore Rentals 182-3 St Regis Hotel 196 Children’s Farmyard 62 Cove Bike Shop 183 Wedgewood Hotel & West Coast Railway Reckless Bike Stores Spa 195 SELF-CATERING Heritage Park 219 SUITES 183 Kitsilano Suites 202-3 Whistler Mountain Bike STADIUMS GUESTHOUSES Park 215 BC Place Stadium 71 Urban Hideaway Nat Bailey Stadium 94 Guesthouse 197 SPORTS ROCK (GM Place) Windsor Guest House 202 & ACTIVITIES CLIMBING 57 BEAUTY SALONS Cliffhanger Vancouver HISTORIC Axis 189-90 185 STREETS & HOTELS Propaganda Hair Salon 190 Edge Climbing Centre SQUARES Fairmont Empress Hotel 209 Suki’s International 190 185-6 Maple Tree Square 75 Railspur Alley 89-90 HOSTELS CYCLING RUNNING Robson St 61, 66, 67 HI Vancouver Central 198 Bayshore Rentals 182-3 Running Room 186 Water St 74-5 HI Vancouver Jericho Denman Bike Shop 183 West 4th Avenue 98 Beach 203 Reckless Bike Stores 183 SAILING Samesun Backpackers Spokes Bicycle Rentals 183 Mac Sailing 186 TEMPLE Lodge 198 Kuan Yin Temple 109-10 St Clair Hotel 197 University of GOLF SCUBA DIVING Fraserview Golf Course 183 Diving Locker 187 VINEYARDS British Columbia Accommodation 203 Gleneagles Golf Course International Diving Centre Salt Spring Vineyards 223 YWCA Hotel 201 183-4 187 253 lonelyplanet.com SKIING & SWIMMING TOP PICKS hotel spas 195 SNOWBOARDING Kitsilano Pool 189 arts 169 hotels 193 Cypress Mountain 187 Second Beach Pool 189 arts festivals 173 indie designer wear 116 Grouse Mountain 187, 6 UBC Aquatic Centre 189 Asian restaurants 137 indie films 32 Mt Seymour 187 Vancouver Aquatic Centre beaches 97 late-opening attractions Whistler-Blackcomb 189 blogs 140 92 214-15 bookshops 125 live webcams 25 WHALE- breakfast 143 live-music venues 167 SNOWSHOEING WATCHING candy 124 patios (drinking venues) 153 Grouse Mountain 188 Prince of Whales 212 celeb-spotting hotels patios (eating venues) Springtide Charters 212 201 145 SPAS cheap eats 131 cheap sleeps 197 quirky festivals 12 NE INDEX Absolute Spa at the WHITE-WATER children’s attractions rainy-day activities 88 Century 190 RAFTING 106 romantic dining 141 Miraj Hammam Spa 190 Whistler River Adventures cocktail joints 154 seafood 133 Skoah 190 217 community festivals 14 shopping 111 Spa Utopia 190-1 cookbooks 135 shopping strips 112 WINDSURFING drinking 149 sights 49 SPECTATOR Windsure Adventure eating 127 sights for children 106 SPORTS Watersports 186 free sights 60 sports & activities 181 BC Lions 71, 191 gardens 103 sporty shenanigans Hastings Racecourse 191 YOGA gay bars & clubs 163 183 Vancouver Canadians Bikram’s Yoga Vancouver green attractions 44 unexpected hotel perks 191 189 green books 42 202 Vancouver Canucks 57, Flow Wellness 189 hidden gems (drinking Vancouver authors 30 191-2 venues) 155 vegetarian restaurants Vancouver Giants 192 139 ZIPLINING history books 21 Vancouver Whitecaps hotel bars 200 vintage clothing 119 71, 192 Ziptrek Ecotours 215, 217 wine lists 151

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TRANSPORTATION CHAT TO TRAVELLERS • GIVE US FEEDBACK • GET EXTRA DESTINATION Bus fare $2.50-5 INFORMATION • BOOK FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION AND EVERYTHING SkyTrain fare $2.50-5 ELSE • PLAN TRIPS • GIVE ADVICE • LISTEN IN • FIND, BUY AND SELL Taxi flag fall $3.05, then $1.73 per kilometer THINGS • SHARE STORIES • MAKE A CONNECTION • AND MORE Taxis in Vancouver are easily hailed on major downtown 5TH EDITION USA $18.99 streets Published Feb 2011 First Published May 1999 UK £12.99

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