No comments about Travellers Vancouver/British Columbia (Travellers - Thomas Cook).

5 comments about Victoria and Vancouver Island.

1. As a Victoria transplant now living in the Silicon Valley, it was so refreshing to find this book. It is so accurate, even I learned things I didn't know before. I hadn't been home in about six years until last August when I had to attend my brother's wedding. I used the Hills guide to plan my week stay on the Island. Not only was I able to get some great tips regarding local restaurants which had popped up since I had moved, but I also found a number of interesting new points of interest. Maybe I had known of some of the neat things to do in Victoria, but I had totally forgotten until the Hills reminded me. My partner and I spent a few days driving and exploring the island. As the Hills recommended, we stopped by the Sook Harbour House for a delicious meal. What a treat. Regardless of what sparks your interest as you travel, the Hills' guide of Victoria and Vancouver Island truly reaches all ends of the most beautiful place on earth.



2. This guide is fairly hard to use. The authors take a street-by-street approach, but there are no maps to help one follow the descriptions. In addition, the majority of the neighborhood descriptions are lumped together in a single chapter without any sub-sections or sub-headers. This means that there is no easy way to locate a particular neighborhood such as Downtown or Chinatown. More maps interspersed in the descriptions and clearer headings would make this book easier to use.

   This book's tone can be annoying as well. The authors are justifiably proud of Victoria, but to the point that they unnecessarily take stabs at other cities ("Enjoy a stroll ... and bask in this rarefied atmosphere reminiscent of the banks of Paris' Seine, but with clean air" [p. 25]) and criticize out-of-town visitors. For example, there are a number of admonishments to tourists to behave properly: "Each offering is served to be tasted and digested, not to be chowed down" [p. 30]; "Modulate your voices, wait your turn, and tone down the clothes" [p. 6].




3. We spent two weeks in a condo in Victoria in May, and having read the Hill's Guide before we got there we felt right at home. We loved the way it was laid out by neighborhood, and were able tofind many of the shops and restaurants withoutany trouble.We also made use of the suggestions for travel out of the city. Thank you for making our visit so memorable!



4. Sorry but this book is a little thin on what to see and far too thick on what & where to eat. Almost half the book is all about food, recipies, and places to eat. OK there has to be some but half the book! Once the book does get going about the island itself there seems to be little detail and not much at all on what to see an do. The is a nice chapter at the end about the history of the island and a handy list of lists which sums up the first half of the book! Poor quality pictures and maps too.
   The problem are there don't seem to many books available on the island...



5. I know that the authors meant well...but, the anti-american comments were a complete turnoff to an otherwise, well organized, informative book. Not all Americans litter, speak loudly, wear tacky clothes or "expect everyone to be the same."

No comments about Wanderings of an artist among the Indians of North America;: From Canada to Vancouver's island and Oregon through the Hudson's Bay Company's territory and back again.

No comments about Vancouver BC Mag Pkt -Op/85.

1 comments about Vancouver City Map.

1. Seems this map is a copy of a city map published in 1994 by another publisher... However, it's nothing special, and the usual free maps you get at the tourist information are far better than this one you have to pay for

No comments about Birnbaum's Vancouver 1993 (A Stephen Birnbaum Travel Guide).

1 comments about Traveler's Companion Western Canada.

1. Of all the British Columbia travel guides, one of them has to be the least useful. In my opinion, this is the one. The credentials of the authors seem solid enough and coverage is broad (Alberta is also included), but beyond that there's little good to say. It's the shortest of the major guides, is of poor quality (the binding fell apart almost immediately on my copy), and the information is superficial and now very outdated. I guess I should have known better before buying by looking at the cover: the picture of Moraine Lake has been inverted, reflecting both back-to-front mountains and the lack of care that's gone into this book.

No comments about 100% Vancouver: Explore the City in No Time! (100% (Mo'media)).

1 comments about Time Out Vancouver (Time Out Guides).

1. This guide pointed me in the right direction to some offbeat sights in Vancouver on a recent 3 day holiday. I liked the organization of the book, and the easy to follow maps on the back with color coded locators that corresponded to the descriptions in the guide sections. Neatly organized in discreet, logical sections, with many off-the-beaten-path recommendations for lodging and food. There was no current "lonely planet" guide, so I chose this since it seems to be aimed at the same type of audience.

No comments about Food City: Vancouver.