Inn at False Creek Vancouver

... trip on the relatively new Canada Line train down town the Olympic Village, on the southern side of central Vancouver and across False Creek. I came to investigate what remains of the Bombardier demonstration tram/light rail line that ran for free during ...

MORE SHOPPING (outside of downtown) Granville Island is not really an island but a peninsula, surrounded by False Creek. The Granville Bridge, which connects downtown with the rest of Vancouver, runs overhead. The "island" is packed with shops, ...

... did not become extinct. But as for what happened to them in the previous year remains a mystery. Vanier Park lies across False Creek from the peninsula of downtown. From here one has a breathtaking panorama of downtown's west coast. Aside from several ...

... and bar open from 11:30am, and you can guess what's coming next... LUNCH on Seymour Cambie. Next stop Quality Inn False Creek. This property was a 3* hotel with very comfortable rooms, the reception areas was very nice and they even had a swimming ...

... cycle path now follows yacht moorings and manicured public planting around the bottom of the towers.  Eventually, at the top of False Creek, we turn inland to the other side of the peninsular, though the trendy Gastown area and past Canada Place and ...

We woke up and wandered the streets.  Found a nice place for brekfast down on the water.  False Creek just a few blocks away.  I took the Sky Train down to the waterfront station which is on Burrard Inlet where the cruise ships come in ...

... two nights, a day trip to Victoria to visit the beautiful Butchart Gardens and the port city of Victoria before we boarded the Crown Princess in Vancouver for our cruise and land tour in Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . .   Our port of call during ...

... Beef (Daddy says this is the law on planes that mean this is all they can serve)- but it was ok. When we arrived in Vancouver - now named VanCanCouver by Oliver which we think is a much better name - we got off the plane and went to find our luggage ...

... . things to remember in whistler, thongs and socks are not good to walk in especially when it is snowing!! we are now back in Vancouver for the day (easter - better go find some chocolate for breakfast) before heading off to our cruise around the ...

... the grand tour of Vancouver - Stanley Park, the Totem Poles, the waterfront, the market, a boat trip across False Creek.  Then we headed off Vancouver Island to go kayaking in a large cove.  This was great fun, especially when you worked out ...