Ten Unofficial Reasons to Visit

  1. Go skinny-dipping at Wreck Beach.

     

  2. Walk (not drive!) the Burrard Street Bridge at sunset.

     

  3. Order steamed, not fried at Hon's Wun-Tun House (www.hons.ca).

     

  4. Hike the Grouse Grind trail on Grouse Mountain (www.grousemountain.com).

     

  5. Buy Chinese stamps for your postcards at the Chinese Post Office in Richmond.

     

  6. Sip an espresso, people watch and learn to speak Italian on The Drive.

     

  7. Take the Aquabus (www.theaquabus.com) across False Creek to Granville Island or the SeaBus across Burrard Inlet to Lonsdale Quay.

     

  8. Buy the cheapest CD's in North America (including those by homegrown artists Bryan Adams, Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan and Diana Krall).

     

  9. Sit on a park bench at Dundarave Pier or Kitsilano Beach and watch the cruise ships slide by.

     

  10. Come home with a one-of-a-kind diamond-studded toe ring from Granville Island (www.granvilleisland.com).
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