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Vancouver (Best Places City Guides)

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Best Places provides a wonderful guide to Vancouver. The restaurant guide is especially thorough. Symbols appear next to attractions that are especially suited to certain interests (romance, families, budget travelers, and those seeking a spot with a uniquely Vancouver character) making it easy to customize your trip. Chapters on Whistler and Victoria are a nice plus. For my money Best Places is the best book for your trip to Vancouver.

Some other titles in this category are nearly as good: The Lonely Planet guide is a little weaker on details of attractions but still tells you about lots of things to do. It also has more info for the less seasoned traveler or someone coming from outside (the west coast of) North America. While Best Places gives you one massive list of restaurants The City Smart guide groups restaurants by neighborhood, so if you want to plan all your dinners in advance, go with Best Places, but if you're looking ahead to a spontaneous movable feast, the City Smart guide will probably get you to the table more easily. All three of these are written by people who know the area, so the information is reliable.

I wasn't so crazy about Frommer's Irreverent Guide. It costs nearly as much as the other three, but doesn't have anything else to recommend it above the others.

This was our first trip to Vancouver and we found this book to be very informative. The background/history sections are very helpful, especially "How to ack like a local". We found the way the book is divided to be very useful. The 190 restaurant options are fabulous. The exploring section is very informative for those who do not want to miss anything. The itineraies suggestions are good. Additionally, as a surprise, it does cover Victoria Island and Whistler.