| Ditch the car! The City of Vancouver is a strollers | | | | was over people had started moving to the suburbs |
| paradise and all ready to be explored on footo lush, | | | | and Gastown became abandoned. In the early 70's |
| green parkso rainforest hiking trailso scenic beachfront | | | | Gastown became designated as a historic district |
| walksbeautiful scenery, vast seascapes, mountain top | | | | What you will find there now is renovated buildings and |
| vistasor to really find out what Vancouver is all about | | | | former warehouses that have been turned into |
| take a historic neighborhood walking tour. | | | | fashionable apartments and lofts.o recessed |
| Walk in Vancouver Chinatown | | | | courtyards surrounded by shops and officeso art |
| Chinese immigrants settled in what is Vancouver | | | | gallerieso tourist shopso bistros and restaurantso |
| Chinatown in the 1890's. They came over to build the | | | | antiqueso up and coming fashion designerso the world |
| railway, and work in canneries, sawmills and coalmines. | | | | famous steam clock |
| When times were good the community prospered and | | | | Walk around Granville Island |
| when times were bad the community was treated | | | | Granville Island is not really an island. It's actually a |
| badly until WWII when China and Canada fought on | | | | peninsula that used to be an industrial area. |
| the same side. | | | | In the 1950's the factories starting leaving there and |
| In Chinatown you will find the streets filled with the | | | | plans where made to re-develop the area. What you |
| sounds of the Mandarin and Cantonese languages, | | | | will find there is a haven for artists and crafters that is |
| Asian music coming from store front speakers and | | | | hugely popular with both locals and tourists.o The first |
| exotic fruits and seafood goods displayed in bins and | | | | micro-brewery in Canada opened here, the Granville |
| store front windows.o Browse the shops and pick up | | | | Island Brewing Company. Stop in here for a brewery |
| inexpensive giftso Look for traditional architectural | | | | tour and tastingo The Granville Island Hotel hosts one |
| features on buildingso Visit the Dr. Sun Yat Sen | | | | of the best weekend brunches in the cityo The |
| Classical Gardens the first of it kind outside of | | | | Granville Island Public Market is a great place to pick up |
| mainland Chinao If you're visiting during the summer | | | | fresh, local, organic produce and original, limited one of |
| don't miss the night markets that are held on the | | | | a kind treasureso Wander the narrow streets of the |
| weekends nights. | | | | island and stop in and chat with the artist in their |
| Walk in Gastown | | | | studioso If you've got the kids with you wander |
| The cobbled stoned streets of Gastown are where | | | | through the Kids Only Marketo Walk along the |
| the City of Vancouver first began and it enjoys a | | | | Granville Island and False Creek seawallo Dine on the |
| colorful history. | | | | patio of a marina side restauranto Enjoy improv and |
| It was burned to the ground in 1886. The wooden | | | | theatre |
| buildings were re-built of brick and stone. There were | | | | To find more heritage walking tours check with the |
| boom times and a warehouse district developed there | | | | Vancouver Heritage Foundation or the City of |
| until WWI. The war ended the boom but by the time it | | | | Vancouver Heritage Walking Tours. |
