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Insight Guides: Vancouver City Guide By Insight

Insight Guides: Vancouver City Guide by Insight


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This brand new edition provides a comprehensive and highly visual introduction to Vancouver, including the best places to go and things to do, local history and culture. It features a fully-indexed street atlas for easy orientation, detailed restaurant listings and other useful travel tips covering accommodation, transport and much more.

Insight Guides: Vancouver City Guide Summary

Insight Guides: Vancouver City Guide by Insight

This brand new edition provides a comprehensive and highly visual introduction to the lively city of Vancouver, bringing its history, places and local people to life at the turn of a page. The 'Places' section provides a detailed, district-by-district exploration of all the places to visit, from Midtown and West End to North and West Vancouver. All the principal sites along the way are clearly cross-referenced by number to the full-colour maps found throughout the guide. Expanded and updated restaurant listings feature the best eateries to suit all budgets within each area, providing the address, phone number, opening times and price range, followed by a useful review. There are also recommended excursions for those wanting to explore the natural beauty that surrounds the city, covering Victoria and Vancouver Island, North to Whistler and more. A new section of Editor's Top Tips illustrates everything you can't afford to miss, including lesser-known attractions, walks, and activities for children, as well as money-saving hints. Expert writers provide authoritative essays on the city's history and interesting features on everything from 'Flora and Fauna' and 'The Great Outdoors' to 'Vancouver's Beaches' and 'Modern Architecture'. A fully-indexed street atlas enables instant orientation and a transport map will help you navigate around the city with ease. The comprehensive 'Travel Tips' section provides all the essential information you'll need for a hassle-free holiday, covering accommodation for all budgets, transport, activities and useful booking information, plus a handy A-Z of further practical advice and contact details. The unique combination of insightful exploration alongside practical advice makes this guide a fascinating background read and invaluable on-the-spot companion.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Best of Vancouver; City of Glass; Living in Vancouver. History: Decisive Dates; The Making of Vancouver. Features: Performing Arts; Great Outdoors; Flora and Fauna; Food and Wine. Insights: Mini Features: Gay Vancouver; Whistler's Wild Animals; BC Microbrews; 2010 Winter Olympics; Wines of BC. Photo Features: Maritime Vancouver; Modern Architecture; Vancouver's Beaches; Winter Sports. Places: Introduction; Midtown and West End; Gastown Chinatown and Yaletown; Stanley Park; Granville Island and False Creek; West Side; Central Vancouver; Eastern Suburbs; Richmond and Fraser Delta; North and West Vancouver; Excurstions; Victoria and Vancouver Island; Gulf islands; North to Whistler; The Okanagan. Travel Tips: Transport; Accommodation; Activities; A-Z; Further Reading. Maps.

Additional information

GOR003926876
9789812822666
9812822666
Insight Guides: Vancouver City Guide by Insight
Used - Very Good
Paperback
APA Publications
20110303
288
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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