Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Museum entry: $15
Top End:
More than $200
»
Four-star hotel room: from $200
»
Fine-dining meal for two: $100
»
Cocktails for two: $20
»
Taxi trips around the city: $5 and up
Advance Planning
Three months before
Book summer season hotel stays and sought-after tickets for
popular shows and festivals. Buy your Vancouver Canucks tickets.
One month before
Book car rental and reserve a table at a fancy restaurant. Book
theater tickets via Tickets Tonight (
www.ticketstonight.ca
).
One week before
Check the
Georgia Straight
's online listings (
www.straight.com
)
to
see what events are coming up.
Useful Websites
»
Inside Vancouver
(
www.insidevancouver.ca
)
What to do in and around the city.
»
Miss 604
(
www.miss604.com
) Vancouver's favorite blogger.
»
Scout Magazine
(
www.scoutmagazine.ca
) Hip food and culture zine.
»
Tourism Vancouver
(
www.tourismvancouver.com
) Official tourism site.
»
Lonely Planet
(
www.lonelyplanet.com/vancouver
)
Info for Vancouver travelers.
Arriving in Vancouver
Vancouver International Airport
Situated 13km south of the city in Richmond. Canada
Line trains to downtown take around 25 minutes and cost $7.75 to $10.50, depending
on the time of day. Alternatively, taxis cost up to $40.
Pacific Central Station
Most trains and long-distance buses arrive from across Canada
and the US at this station on the southern edge of Chinatown. Across the street is the
SkyTrain Main St Station. From there it's just five minutes to downtown ($2.50).
BC Ferries
Services from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands arrive at Tsawwassen,
one hour south of Vancouver, or Horseshoe Bay, 30 minutes from downtown in West
Vancouver. Both are accessible by regular transit bus services.
