Romantic Days and Nights in Vancouver : Intimate Escapes in Lotus Land

by Barbara Braidwood and Richard Cropp

• ISBN13: 9780762706549
• ISBN10: 0762706546
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: GPP Travel

Summary

A guide to thirty choice itineraries for romantic couples in and around Vancouver the jewel of Canadas Pacific coast

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Pulse of the City
Heart of the West End: Vancouver's West End Neighborhood	3	(7)
Written in the Stars: Stargazing	10	(5)
Chocolate Ecstasy: Chocolate in the City	15	(6)
All that Jazz: Where to Find Beautiful Music	21	(5)
Playing Around: Thespian Delights	26	(6)
Sporting Chance: Where the Games Are	32	(7)
Out and About
Lunch with the Gods: Squamish	39	(7)
Training for Romance: North Vancouver	46	(8)
Slip Sliding: Ice Skating in the City Center	54	(6)
Cycling Stanley Park: Get Your Heart Thumping	60	(6)
River Rapture: News Westminster	66	(7)
Reaching the Peaks: The North Shore Mountains	73	(10)
Once Upon a Time
Looking Back: Historic Vancouver	83	(9)
Kung Hei Fat Chop: Chinatown	92	(6)
Indian Summer on Spanish Banks: Vancouver's Beaches	98	(8)
Treasure Hunting: Antiques and Collectibles	106	(9)
Right Place, Right Time
Popping the Question: The Slow Proposal	115	(8)
Carol Ships: Christmas Caroling at Sea	123	(5)
Symphony of Fire: Summer Evening Fireworks	128	(5)
Alpine Nirvana: Whistler	133	(12)
Vancouver Island
Storm Watching: Tofino, Vancouver Island	145	(9)
What's Old Is New Again: Victoria, Vancouver Island	154	(10)
Please, Eat the Daisies: Sooke, Vancouver Island	164	(7)
Midnight in the Garden: Victoria, Vancouver Island	171	(10)
Castle in the Mountains: Malahat, Vancouver Island	181	(10)
Ferry Tales
Creative Juices: Salt Spring Island	191	(7)
Snuggling in Snug Cove: Bowen Island	198	(6)
Of Starfis, Best Friends, and Sweet Summer Corn: Saturna Island	204	(6)
Two Islands Making a Pass: Galiano and Mayne Islands	210	(21)
Appendixes
BC Ferries	217	(2)
Annual Events	219	(2)
Special Indexes
Romantic Restaurants	221	(3)
Romantic Lodgings	224	(1)
Daytime Diversions	225	(3)
Evening Diversions	228	(3)
General Index	231	(6)
About the Authors	237