three days in Vancouver
Paolo Ganci
At the end of november I'll go to New-Zealand for two
months with three friends of mine.
Flying with Canadian Pacific we have to stop in Vancouver,
and we will stay there for three days.
Now I have some questions :
1. Is there any bus or train who takes you to town ?
2. Do you know a good (and not expensive) accomodation (Hotel, Motel) ?
3. Is there any special event between 23.Nov and 26.Nov, or do
you know any good pubs or night clubs ??
Thanks in advance
Paolo
P.S.: Please answer to the net, not by mail. We have to pay for mail :-(
Derek Elsworth
says:
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>Now I have some questions :
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>1. Is there any bus or train who takes you to town ?
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There used to be a private bus/van service from the
airport to downtown. Reasonably priced and about 20-
30 minutes.
>2. Do you know a good (and not expensive) accomodation (Hotel, Motel) ?
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Take the airport shuttle that goes to the Hotel Vancouver and
get out at the hotel. The YMCA is accross the street and the
YWCA is close-by also. Single rooms at reasonable rates.
>3. Is there any special event between 23.Nov and 26.Nov, or do
> you know any good pubs or night clubs ??
>
Special events I don't know but Gastown has plenty of pubs
and Granville Island Market is an interesting daytime
destination.
Have fun......Derek Elsworth.
Lucy Chan
>Now I have some questions :
>1. Is there any bus or train who takes you to town ?
>2. Do you know a good (and not expensive) accomodation (Hotel, Motel) ?
>3. Is there any special event between 23.Nov and 26.Nov, or do
> you know any good pubs or night clubs ??
Someone else has already answered your first two questions so I'll just
go on to the third one. I don't have a newspaper with me so I'm not sure
what special events will be on from Nov. 23-26 but I'll take a look in
the newspaper this weekend to see if there's anything worth mentioning.
As for pubs and night clubs, you can try The Unicorn, which is located
at the Plaza of Nations, on the old Expo 86 site. I've never been there
but I've heard that it's loads of fun. You might also want to check out
O'Ryans in Gastown; it's a piano bar. Personally, one of my favorite
activities is to go see Theatresports, which is improvisational comedy.
They play at the Back Alley Theatre on Thurlow Street, just off Robson
St. (within walking distance from the YMCA); the Vancouver Theatresports
League also puts on a show called Scared Scriptless at the Arts Club
Revue on Granville Island. Your only chance to see either comedy show
while you're here, however, will be on Saturday, Nov. 23, because I
don't think they have shows Sunday - Tuesday.
Thomas Wong
as many sights around town as you can in 3 days? There are many
attractions around Vancouver but if you're only going to be here for 3
days, I would only recommend the ones in the lower mainland and you can
leave other places (like Vancouver Island, all the islands, cruise
rides, train rides....) for another time. So it depends on what you want
to do over these 3 days.
As for accomodations, what price range are we looking at? YMCA has one
of the lowest prices, but you can also move up the scale a little and
stay at a Best Western or other better motels which will cost a little
more. The other consideration would be, I take it you don't want to
travel much and is looking for a motel with direct bus access from the
airport. Is this true? This might limit choices some.
Thomas.
Andrew Csinger
>pa...@adnovum.ch (Paolo Ganci) writes:
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>>Now I have some questions :
>
>> you know any good pubs or night clubs ??
>
>Someone else has already answered your first two questions so I'll just
>go on to the third one. I don't have a newspaper with me so I'm not sure
>what special events will be on from Nov. 23-26 but I'll take a look in
>the newspaper this weekend to see if there's anything worth mentioning.
>As for pubs and night clubs, you can try The Unicorn, which is located
Bad food, expensive beer, brain-dead yuppies and no fun at all.
No redeeming element whatsoever. Skip it. Just my opinion, but
I've been there :-)
>at the Plaza of Nations, on the old Expo 86 site. I've never been there
>but I've heard that it's loads of fun. You might also want to check out
Andrew.
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