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Vancouver is not a city that offers or requires lots of relentless sightseeing. Its breathtaking physical beauty makes it a place where often it's enough just to wander and watch the world go by – "the sort of town", wrote Jan Morris, "nearly everyone would want to live in." In summer you'll probably end up doing what the locals do, if not actually sailing, hiking, skiing, fishing or whatever, then certainly going to the beach, lounging in one of the parks or spending time in waterfront caf?.

In addition to the myriad leisure activities, however, there are a handful of sights that make worthwhile viewing by any standards. You'll inevitably spend a good deal of time in the downtown area and its Victorian-era equivalent, Gastown, now a renovated and less than convincing pastiche of its past. Chinatown, too, could easily absorb a morning, and contains more than its share of interesting shops, restaurants and rumbustiously busy streets. For a taste of the city's sensual side, hit Stanley Park, a huge area of semi-wild parkland and beaches that crowns the northern tip of the downtown peninsula. Take a walk or a bike ride here and follow it up with a stroll to the beach. Be certain to spend a morning on Granville Island, by far the city's most tempting spot for wandering and people-watching. If you prefer a cultural slant on things, hit the formidable Museum of Anthropology or the other museums of the Vanier Park complex, the latter easily accessible from Granville Island.

At a push, you could cram the city's essentials into a couple of days. If you're here for a longer stay, though, you'll want to venture further out from downtown: trips across Burrard Inlet to North Vancouver, worth making for the views from the SeaBus ferry alone, lend a different panoramic perspective of the city, and lead into the mountains and forests that give Vancouver its tremendous setting. Most popular trips here are the to Capilano Suspension Bridge, something of a triumph of PR over substance, and to the more worthwhile cable-car trip up Grouse Mountain for some staggering views of the city.


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Editor:Yang Yang
Date:01-30-01
e-mail: crystal0804@hotmail.com


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