Take a full day to explore this shopping and entertainment favourite, a destination on everyone's "best of" list. The island is five minutes from Downtown and has the famous Emily Carr College of Art, shops, restaurants, theatres, galleries, sculpture, performance art, history and the Kids' Market. There is also a water park and sea kayak rental, canoes and other water sports. Sample excellent microbrews at the Granville Island Brewery. At the quiet end of the island, the large Granville Island Hotel awaits guests.
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“Fantastic!”
The food choices alone make this a must-do in Vancouver. The flowers are beautiful, the produce is voluminous, the desserts are temping, the co...
“Food! Art! Love it.”
If you like food, or art, or just gawking at small boats, you will like this place. I love all 3, so I spent most of a day here, just eating an...
“Unique hidden waterfront market, shops, artsy area”
Fun & Unique: as it all- forgery, glass-blowing, jewelry, kids shops, coffee, bistro patios, boardwalk along water, duck/turtl pond, cute litte...
“Advice on all-day parking for Granville Island”
I hope this tale of our day might help others visiting by car. We only had one day to see as much as possible of central Vancouver, with a stro...
“Do not miss Granville Island”
We almost gave Granville Island a miss during our stay at Vancouver as I recalled reading a review that mentioned GI could get confusing for yo...
“Granville Island is great”
Granville Island is a treasure chest of goodies. Shops with all kinds of unique gifts made by artisans. Pottery, scarfs, jewelry. A good portio...
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