VANCOUVER'S BEST GUIDEBOOK
Review by Barb & Ron Kroll
Vancouver's 25 Best
(Fodor's) ISBN 978-1400004478 1400004470
This Fodor's guidebook helps you find hotels, restaurants, nightlife and attractions in Vancouver BC. Sidebars and maps provide additional travel information, including how to get around, opening hours, costs, websites and phone numbers.
Tim Jepson's practical and compact 128-page guide book has everything visitors need to know for a Vancouver trip. Color-coded book edges and symbols for transportation, shops, major sites and tourist information offices make it easy to use.
Vancouver Internet cafes
Divided into four sections, the guidebook describes five areas of the city: Downtown, East Vancouver, South Vancouver, North Vancouver and Farther Afield (Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Whistler and Gulf Islands).
Each chapter includes helpful sidebars. For example, the Planning Ahead section lists cybercafes in Vancouver: Internet Coffee, Star Internet and the Vancouver Public Library, with addresses, phone numbers, opening hours and costs.
Public transit
The Getting Around section is another source of valuable information for Vancouver holidays. A sidebar lists mini-ferries, like Aquabus and False Creek Ferry to Granville Island and Vanier Park. Details include ticket prices, hours and the cost of day passes. SeaBus hours and routes, as well as SkyTrain hours and routes are also useful information for Vancouver getaways.
Numerous color photos illustrate Vancouver's 25 Best. A fold-out color map of the Vancouver public transit system includes trolley bus lines, bus, ferry (SeaBus) routes, SkyTrain Expo & Millennium Lines Metro stations and Canada Line Rapid Transit stations.
A pull-out map of Vancouver locates streets and attractions, like the SkyTrain Terminal and BC Place Stadium.
Walking tours describe Vancouver neighborhoods, where to start and end the walks, nearest bus routes, walking times, distance and attractions. For example, the Gastown walking tour lasts two hours and includes sightseeing at the Vancouver Lookout and the Steam Clock.
Inexpensive restaurants
The Eating Out chapter includes tips for cheap places to eat in Vancouver, like Thai diners, Japanese noodle bars and Chinese dim sum restaurants.
The title of the Fodor's guidebook refers to the top 25 Vancouver attractions, including H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Lynn Canyon Park and the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
Places to stay in Vancouver
Visitors looking for hotels in Vancouver will find information on budget, mid-range and luxury hotels, as well as B&Bs, in the Where to Stay chapter. Lodging information includes price range, address, phone number, website, bus route and amenities, such as WiFi.
Sidebars add information on alternative accommodations, such as the Vancouver hostels, HI Vancouver Downtown and Samesun.
Contents
- Essential Vancouver
- Introducing Vancouver
- A short stay in Vancouver
- Top 25
- Shopping
- Shopping by theme
- Vancouver by night
- Eating out
- Restaurants by cuisine
- If you like...
- Vancouver by Area
- Downtown
- Area map
- Sights
- Walk
- Shopping
- Entertainment and nightlife
- Restaurants
- East Vancouver
- Area map
- Sights
- Walk
- Shopping
- Entertainment and nightlife
- Restaurants
- South Vancouver
- Area map
- Sights
- Shopping
- Entertainment and nightlife
- Restaurants
- North Vancouver
- Area map
- Sights
- Walk
- Shopping
- Entertainment and nightlife
- Restaurants
- Farther Afield
- Area map
- Sights
- Entertainment and nightlife
- Restaurants
- Where to Stay
- Introduction
- Budget hotels
- Mid-range hotels
- Luxury hotels
- Need to Know
- Planning ahead
- Getting there
- Getting around
- Essential facts
- Timeline
Author
Tim Jepson