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Advantages: Great city, great food, good value for money once you're there Disadvantages: Expensive to get to and long flight there
American city.
Downtown is made up of several distinct areas such as Gastown and Chinatown, and venturing a little further will take you to places such as Richmond, which hosts a Chinatown night market much bigger than one that is held in downtown Chinatown.
The city is often used as a stop off to the nature of the rest of the province of British Colombia, with national parks and ski resorts such as Banff and Whistler. The beautiful Vancouver Island is also close by (sadly I didn't get to go there). It isn't so far over the border to the state of Oregon in the USA, and Seattle is a short plane or longer bus, train or car journey away.
DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER
Out trip began in Vancouver, the first time either of us had been to the west coast of North America. The long flight (about 10 hours) meant that we ended up at our downtown ...
Advantages: 4 Star hotel in Downtown Vancouver Disadvantages: Just a few extras to make the room better
tower and the shopping centre were all within walking distance this was in a great location. There was an express check out and our bill was delivered to our room early on the Saturday morning, as was a paper every day.
The hotel prided themselves on being disabled friendly and had some rooms especially for disabled people, also strobe lighting for deaf in case the fire alarm was activated.
Verdict?
An excellent hotel in a lovely area, as within a few minutes we could walk along the harbourside , and sit and watch the boats and seaplanes, or turn the opposite way and visit the sights of Vancouver and shops and restaurants. Staff were friendly and helpful, food was first class. The only downside was no fridge in the bedroom, although you could get ice, no towel rail to hang your towels and no razor socket. It was suitable ...
Advantages: Great location, good facilities, great deal Disadvantages: You'll be lucky to get the same deal
claimed to be the best Japanese hot dog in Vancouver, and even had a complicated diagram of it showing the beef, teriyaki sauce, wasabi and so it, which I regretfully didn't have the chance to try. Chinatown, Gastown and Stanley Park were about a 20 minute walk away from the hotel. All in all then, a very accessible location.
CHECKING IN AND OUT
We checked in at reception which took about 10 minutes. There was a slight delay as the computer system broke down, but this wasn't a big problem and the receptionist was very apologetic. Ms Larsbaby gave her credit card details for any extras we might use, as our bill had already been paid via Trailfinders. We discovered that our Trailfinders Bonus (an additional extra that came with our travel package) was that our room was a studio suite, what was in effect a 1 bedroom apartment! So this ...
