Private Vancouver City Tour with Ferry Ride to Bowen Island

Lively Gastown is known for its whistling Steam Clock and mix of souvenir shops, indie art galleries and decor stores in Victorian buildings. A trendy food and drink scene includes chic cocktail lounges and restaurants serving everything from gourmet sandwiches to local seafood. Hip eateries also dot the neighburing Downtown Eastside area, while the up-and-coming Rail town district is home to edgy fashion studios.

Lively Gastown is known for its whistling Steam Clock and mix of souvenir shops, indie art galleries and decor stores in Victorian buildings. A trendy food and drink scene includes chic cocktail lounges and restaurants serving everything from gourmet sandwiches to local seafood. Hip eateries also dot the neighboring Downtown Eastside area, while the up-and-coming Railtown district is home to edgy fashion studios.

Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park that borders the downtown of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, and is mostly surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay. The park has a long history and was one of the first areas to be explored in the city

Starting from Coal Harbour, it winds around Stanley Park, along Sunset Beach, around False Creek, past the Burrard Street Bridge, through Vanier Park, and finishes at Kitsilano Beach Park.

Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge.

The area now known as False Creek had been in use by First Nations for thousands of years before George Richards stumbled across it and gave it its false name.

Horseshoe Bay is a seaside village in West Vancouver that's home to one of BC Ferries' two terminals that link the Lower Mainland with Vancouver Island. ·

The area is noted for its salmon fishing, its rugged coastline and numerous outdoor recreation spots, including hiking and skiing trails.

Known as a haven for rest, relaxation and nature away from the city, Bowen has a surprisingly wide range of activities to enjoy. Outdoors there are nature hikes and walks, road and mountain biking, kayaking and paddle boarding, swimming and beach combing, picnics, golf, even horseback riding and scuba diving.

Bowen Bay Beach is a very nice, off-leash beach with beautiful views but dogs are not allowed in July or August. There is a fresh water creek next to the beach.