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. Fill your Heart with Vancouver’s produce, maple syrup, exotic coffee and teas, 1 1 1
Sights & Sounds rich chocolates, creamy ice-cream and
By: Ronnie Greenberg yogurt, and home of the celebrated smoked
Photos: Joe Hilbers salmon.
On to Lonsdale Quay by SeaBus or
Vancouver, spectacular by Sky Train for a trip across Vancouver’s inner
nature, and Canada’s portal to the harbor. Feast your eyes on the bustling
Pacific Rim, is often touted as earth’s public market, sidewalk cafes, chic
nearest approach to Paradise. A boutiques and art galleries in this
bustling west coast seaport in British spectacular waterfront setting.
Columbia it is a vibrant, multicultural Enjoy a long stroll around Stanley
sophisticated city dramatically nestled Park a breathtaking 1,000 acre evergreen
between the scenic wonders of majestic peninsula of woodlands, hiking and biking
fjord-cut mountains and the sea. trails, beaches, lakes and gardens, with
Here at a leisurely pace in this views of English Bay, Coal Harbour, the
mild and gentle climate, you can easily Vancouver Harbour, Howe Sound and the
enjoy the sights and attractions that are North Shore mountains. Hop onto an old-
Vancouver. fashioned horse-drawn tram for a leisurely
Park tour taking in Deadman’s Island, the
Places to go Girl in a Wetsuit sculpture, the Rose
Gastown the birthplace of the Gardens, landmark totem poles, and the
city, is where Vancouver’s history is Vancouver Aquarium, tennis courts and the
written. Along the cobblestone streets locals themselves enjoying their games of
and late Victorian architecture, are lawn bowling.
upscale restaurants, funky shops, and
the famous two-ton steam clock that
whistles Westminster chimes on the
hour.

Museums and culture
The Vancouver Art Gallery
highlighting paintings by the British
Columbia artists as well as traveling
Chinatown, adjacent to exhibits; The Canadian Craft Museum that
Gastown, boasts the third largest showcases craftsmanship designs from
Chinese Community in North across Canada; Museum of Anthropology
America. A bustling, colorful displaying one of the world’s finest exhibits
neighborhood with ornamental curved of First Nation’s art and cultural heritage;
roof tiles, and shapes, it was settled by Vancouver Museum and Vancouver
Chinese railway workers in the 1880’s. Maritime Museum.
Among the area’s many attractions is Queen Elizabeth Park houses the Bloedel
the buzzing food scene, and the Dr. Conservatory with surrounding plazas,
Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, lighted fountains, covered walkways, exotic
a recreated Ming Dynasty garden, the plants and flowers, and is inhabited by a
first of its kind to be built outside multitude of birds from parrots to quails
China. The quirky Sam Kee office who live in this paradise, adding to the
building, just six and a half feet wide, is enjoyment of your visit here.
the thinnest in the world. FlyOverCanada located downtown is a half
Join in with seasoned hour ride where guests are strapped in and
Vancouverites as well as visitors lifted in front of a gigantic screen “soaring”
enjoying Granville Island a peninsula coast to coast across Canada on a
that juts into an inlet called False breathtaking aerial journey using the latest
Creek, and is a unique waterfront in virtual flight technology. The fully
development known as the people’s immersive experience includes wind, mist,
place. Walking the historic bustling and even scents. www.flyovercanada.com
and fragrant Granville Island is one of
Vancouver’s finest pleasures. Indulge Shopping
in the eateries, browse in the shops, Get to stroll Robson Street,
and boutiques that were once stretching from Denman and Hornby as
corrugated metal buildings that housed Vancouver’s answer to a combination of Los
the ironworks. Marvel at the Public Angeles’s Rodeo Drive and Melrose Avenue
Markets laden with fresh farm picked
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