Luxury travel tales with a twist of adventure
Vancouver
Dig the shipyard history at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier
See cool yellow cranes and maritime artifacts in the old shipyard building site outside the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, a great 4-star hotel in North Vancouver.
Biking Stanley Park and 5 best Stanley Park bike rentals
Nothing beats biking Stanley Park (and around False Creek) on a sunny Vancouver day! Lots of beaches and parks. A public market and craft brewery too at Granville Island.
Ciao! Whipping up an Italian feast at a Vancouver cooking class
Black pepper fettuccini in a white-wine cream sauce? Lemon zested veal? No, I’m not in Italy. I’m grating cheese and boiling fresh-made pasta at a Vancouver cooking class!
Sailing away from the Vancouver cruise port
No wonder 1 million cruise passengers love the Vancouver cruise port each year! You can walk to shops, cafes and parks. Our city is particularly beautiful when seen from a cruise ship.
Vancouver’s Stanley Theatre is a lovely grand dame!
Dear Stanley Theatre, we want to tell you what a classy lady you are. A picture house in 1930, you fell on hard times. But now you’ve had a facelift and are a beloved live performing venue.
Patio party at the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver
Summer is here! Vancouver patios like the one at the Pan Pacific Vancouver are great for cooling off with a cocktail. Try the Kale Gimlet.
Getting our spring flower fix at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden
Visiting VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, we learned about widow-maker trees that sprout 2.5 kilo pine cones and stuck our noses inside carnivore pitcher plants.
Snapshot Story #8: Spring flowers in Vancouver
They say April showers bring May flowers. But Vancouver is blooming right now with spring flowers. Tulips, bluebells, rhodos and more are all in beautiful colorful bloom.
Snapshot Story #6: Vancouver’s cherry blossoms are blooming!
Each spring, cherry blossoms on 40,000 cherry trees in Vancouver burst like pink and white popcorn. A Cherry Blossom Festival even celebrates the blooming of the trees.
Snapshot Story #4: Snowy days in Vancouver
What’s all that white stuff falling? It’s not supposed to snow in Vancouver. We’re not supposed to have Vancouver snow days in February.
Gastown: Vancouver’s trendiest neighborhood
Old “Gassy Jack” would be proud. In 1867, he opened a saloon for mill workers. More bars and businesses took root nearby, and very quickly the place grew to become the city of Vancouver. Now Gastown, his namesake neighborhood, may be the trendiest in Vancouver. The pop culture website Complex.com even recently rated Gastown, Vancouver, the…
Swirl, Sip, Swallow: British Columbia’s wines are beautiful!
British Columbia wines? Yes! More than 200 wineries are strung along the central Okanagan Valley, and they produce some fine wines.
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