Best Places Vancouver, 5th Edition answers all these needs, and then some. Written by local Vancouverites, this guide to the city lets you know the very best in restaurants, hotels and inns, recreation areas, parks and beaches, museums and cultural institutions, nightlife scenes, and much, much more. From the best sushi joints in town to information on Olympics sites to where to go for the best in outdoor recreation, let Best Places Vancouver guide you to this extraordinary city. New to this book also is a chapter devoted to the Okanagan Valley, where the wine scene is just beginning to explode. In that chapter, information is included on the most reputable vineyards, worthwhile wine tours, and the production of the increasingly popular icewines. In addition, sections on West Vancouver and Richmond have been greatly expanded to cover the vast rise in population in just the past couple years, as well as all the great dining and shopping establishments that have grown from these new communities. Read Less