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Tours of the City Walking Tours The most enjoyable place to walk, which visitors should not miss out on, is the Seawall, which runs around the edge of Stanley Park and continues along False Creek. For guided tours that put the modern city in perspective, Walkabout Historic Vancouver (tel: (604) 720 0006; e-mail: walkabout_van@telus.net; website: www.walkabouthistoricvancouver.com) offers three daily (at 0900, 1200 and 1500) two-hour walking tours, one of Downtown Vancouver and Gastown, and one of Granville Island. Tours cost C$18 and departure points are confirmed following reservation. The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (tel: (604) 683 8588; website: www.aibc.bc.ca) offers six different free guided tours, from June to August. These introduce visitors to Vancouver’s history through architecture. Tours take one and a half to two hours and depart at 1330. Departure locations vary depending on the tour taken and these are listed online. The Institute also offers a virtual tour on its website. Bus Tours There are numerous hop-on, hop-off bus tours in Vancouver, averaging two hours in length for a whole circuit. Options include Gray Line of Vancouver (tel: (604) 879 3363; website: www.grayline.ca/vancouver) for C$27 for a two-day ticket and The Vancouver Trolley Company (tel: (604) 801 5515 or (888) 451 5581; website: www.vancouvertrolley.com) for C$25. Both offer more extensive tours, as does Landsea Tours (tel: (604) 255 7272; fax: (604) 685 8960; website: www.vancouvertours.com), whose four-hour Vancouver City Highlights tour costs C$45. Gray Line and Trolley Company both have numerous stops around the city, however, the easiest place for tourists to catch one is in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Robson Square. Landsea Tours arranges hotel pick up. Other Tours Dinner cruises are available from Vancouver Champagne Cruises (tel: (604) 688 6625; website: www.champagnecruises.com). The three-hour cruise (usually 1730-2030) costs C$25 or C$59.95 with a buffet dinner – departures are from Granville Island. Harbour Cruises (tel: (604) 688 7246 or (800) 663 1500; website: www.boatcruises.com) is based at the north foot of Denman Street (near West Georgia Street). The company offers trips around the harbour for C$18, as well as lunch and sunset dinner cruises for C$49.95 and C$64.95 respectively. Harbour tours take one hour and 15 minutes and departures are at 1130, 1300, 1430 from mid-May to mid-September and 1430 only for the remainder of the year. Lunch tours are from 1100 to 1500 and dinner tours from 1900 to 2130. Kayak tours are available from English Bay or, for a more scenic trip, Lotusland Tours (tel: (604) 684 4922 or (800) 528 3531; website: www.lotuslandtours.com) drives participants out of the city for a four-hour kayak tour and salmon barbecue for C$145. They are also one of a number of companies offering whale-watching trips, costing C$145. |
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