Guides & Advice  : British Columbia : 
Vancouver

 
Frommer's Guide
INTRODUCTION
GETTING TO KNOW
DINING
ATTRACTIONS
NIGHTLIFE
SHOPPING
WALKING TOURS
Walking Tour 1
Walking Tour 2
Walking Tour 3
ACTIVE PURSUITS
SPECTATOR SPORTS
Walking Tours Frommer

Down below's Stanley Park. On the side of the trees there's a beach. You can't see it [points over to left]. Steveston's over there. [points to left] Coast Guard station. There's the Yacht Club, and beyond it, the docks. Then over on the other side of the inlet, there's Grouse Mountain. It's about 4,000 feet high. There's a restaurant on top of it. Nice restaurant.

-- from the screenplay for Playback, by Raymond Chandler

Chandler's detective Philip Marlow was one of Hollywood's most enduringly popular creations, but studio executives so hated his set-in-Vancouver screenplay that it never made it into celluloid. Too bad. Chandler's geography in the above excerpt was a bit off, but there's no doubt he had the right idea. The best way to get to know Vancouver is to wear out some of the ol' shoe leather, to get out and snoop around a little. The tours provide some clues on where to begin.



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