Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Vancouver [Paperback]

Paul Karr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 29, 2001 | Series: Irreverent Guides (Book 14)

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Vancouver gives the lowdown on one of the hottest new destinations in the world, the increasingly cosmopolitan Vancouver. Here, first-class fusion restaurants vie for attention with a constantly changing roster of movie stars on location to take advantage of the picture-postcard setting. But, as the Irreverent Guide points out, this urbanity is a relatively new affectation in a place that not so long ago was called "a village at the edge of a rain forest." Sure, you can drink fancy latte till your teeth turn brown, but you can also drive mere minutes away to a pristine beach, a pine-studded mountain, or a sylvan wilderness. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Vancouver not only showcases the city's exciting new venues, but also reveals the Vancouver locals love, the village Shangri-La behind the cosmopolitan sheen."

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Little fluff and lots of fun." —Boston Globe "Hipper and savvier than other guides." —Diversion magazine Are you tired of cliché-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the Irreverent Guides—the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend. Look inside for the lowdown on:

• The cool clubs, pubs, and bistros that make the city tick
• Dim sum that will knock your socks off
• Emerging victorious from a day trip to Victoria and Vancouver Island
• A day out among lions, islands, and bays—oh my!
• The secret beaches known only to locals, including a nude beach, right within city limits
• And much more!

Your Guide to a World of Travel Experience Great trips begin at Frommers.com

About the Author

Paul Karr is an award-winning writer and editor based in the U.S. and Canada. To update this edition of Irreverent Vancouver, he quaffed microbrews from mainland to island and back, test-drove fig leafs at Wreck Beach, and learned to spell "colour" and "neighbourhood" the Canadian way. He loves British Columbia, and he'll definitely be back soon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 2 edition (October 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764564986
• ISBN-13: 978-0764564987
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,332,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and informative book for any "tourist!", April 9, 2000

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Carrie Calkins - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Vancouver (Irreverent Guides) (Paperback)

This book was wonderful, as soon as I opened it, I got excited about our family vacation. It has things for kids, adults and every age in between. It references costs, addresses, mileage and the "inside scoop" on nearly every place to visit in Vancouver, B.C. - Fantastic! ...A "Vancouver bible!"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful!, August 29, 2001

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Becca Craven - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Vancouver (Irreverent Guides) (Paperback)

This book helped make my birthday weekend AMAZING. Instead of hanging out at all the standard tourist-y spots, we were surrounded by locals for most of the trip. This book made our trip, and next time we go somewhere, we're relying on the irreverent guide. (Restaurant guide was especially helpful, but the maps weren't so great...it took us forever to find Havana-but it was totally worth it)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Vancouver, June 5, 2001

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Oscar Yanez (Mexico City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Vancouver (Irreverent Guides) (Paperback)

This book is great!, i don't know Vancouver but i got excited about my first vacation in that town. Now, i know where to go and how spend my days. This book references cool places, addresses and costs. I have other two books about vancouver and this is my favorite.