Fairview & South Granville - Vancouver - page 318

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Neighborhood Top Five
Weaving uphill to the summit of Queen Elizabeth Park to takes snaps of the
mountain-backed cityscape, before ducking into jungly Bloedel Conservatory to
hang with the exotic birdlife.
Scoffing Vancouver's best fine-dining Indian food at Vij's .
Hanging out with a Belgian beer on the street-side patio at Biercraft Bistro .
Basking in the sun with a beer at a Vancouver Canadians baseball game at Nat
Bailey Stadium.
Catching a foot-stomping flamenco show at Kino Cafe .
Explore Fairview & South Granville
Start your exploration of Fairview's Cambie St (also called Cambie Village) by taking
the Canada Line to Broadway-City Hall station. From here, you can nose south along
Cambie on foot, ducking into the independent shops and restaurants lining the strip (es-
pecially between 15th and 21st Aves). This is not a heavily touristed district, so you'll
get a good glimpse of local life. You can continue walking along Cambie to Queen El-
izabeth Park or catch bus 15 if you're in a hurry.
Bus number 10 from downtown runs right through the busier South Granville neigh-
borhood. Jump off the bus on the south side of Granville Bridge (coming from down-
town) for an uphill stroll via several galleries on Granville St. It flattens out around
Broadway which is also where the majority of the shops start. It's full of browseable
fashion boutiques and homewares stores, and there are also a couple of high-end res-
taurants that rank among Vancouver's best.
Each area makes for a leisurely couple of hours, but it's a 30-minute walk between
the two along Broadway. The 99B-Line express bus covers the same ground in under
10 minutes if you want to easily hit both neighborhoods on the same day. Not a night-
life hot spot, the handful of local bars here are a good way to escape the crowded city-
center scene.