Visit Vancouver

Granville Island is very much worth a visit before 7pm whilst the food market and small shops are still open. Coal Harbour is a lovely area and we walked to Stanley Park from there. Stanley Park is brilliant, loads to do and see. The Totem Poles are spectacular. The Vancouver Lookout is well worth a visit for views all over the city. We had breakfast all 3 morning at Yolks on Davie, fabulous place and the breakfasts are amazing. Try a local gin in Mahoneys on the waterfront. We used the buses to get around, they are on time and easy to use but can be very full. Steamworks Brewery is Gastown does great beers. Capilano Suspension Bridge Park is a must visit, its amazing.

Liz United Kingdom

Beautiful place, the city have a nice balance between nature and civilization. Many shops and malls, a ton different culture so there is a lot of restaurant with different origins. The people are polite and the transport system is good enough to get you anywhere you want. The next time I would avoid going on raining season. It rains a lot.

jin United States

We were essentially visiting old friends. We did some exploring of downtown. Granville Market, crowded, but it was a Saturday. The best thing we found was the public transit system. Their daily compass card was a bargain as it allowed us multiple trips including the water bus between Vancouver and North Vancouver. A restaurant bar to not be missed is Rogue Kitcen and Wet Bar 601 Cordoba St in Gastown area. The food court at City Center Market is wonderful. Looking forward to a trip there in the future, again.

Bill Canada

I love the view of mountains and water in Vancouver. Lots of areas to visit, and lots of places to visit for eating. The gardens are really pretty. Taking ferries to get to various areas is a great way of transport. I would recommend to stay possibly on Vancouver Island or set off really early, as we hit traffic getting to Twassen so had to wait another hour for next ferry. Enjoyed what we did though.

Jenni Canada

A great city for walking, clean and well designed, loved the library and small contemporary art gallery near Yaletown. Vancouver playhouse only steps away from our hotel. We also found a tasty ice cream shop.

Kathryn United States

Vancouver has one of the best city settings that I have seen in my life. The combination of water and mountains surrounding the city is unbeatable, every time you walk out of the hotel you can see some new angles and awesome views. The city itself is OK, I walked a fair bit around it, but I found it a bit confusing. Like shopping options - personally I have found them very limited and only after I reached Park Royal shopping centre in West Vancouver I found more varied options. Definitely the highlights for me in the city were: Granville Island, Rogers Arena (or seeing a live hockey game, to be precise), Seawall and Gastown had its charm too. If I would visit Vancouver again, I would definitely plan more activities around the town than inside it. Things that I definitely did not enjoy about it was tremendous amount of constant noise from all directions, amount of car traffic everywhere, loads of homeless people and very visible drug users all around city centre. If you have time during your Vancouver visit, go and drive to place like Squamish, it's only an hour away from the city but it's much calmer, quieter and greener. Also I could not recommend more booking a whale watching trip (mine was with Price of Whales), it's worth every penny. Overall, surroundings of the city made bigger impression on me than city itself, but definitely a place worth visiting at least once.