Whether you get your thrills on the ski-slopes, in the galleries, at a brewery or in a rainforest, Van's your man. Lonely Planet's resident author lays on the insider tips to this gleaming mountainside city, navigating you with ease through the art-filled neighbourhoods and the woolly outer reaches.

• Pull-out sheet map
• Expanded Eating and Shopping chapters
• Special Green Vancouver chapter to help you plan an eco-friendly visit to the city
• Hostel to hotel, Vancouver's finest accommodation

Vancouver is the envy of the Pacific Northwest. Scale the heights of the cosmopolitan City of Glass with our smart, streetwise and stylish guide. EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY steal the scene with more than 300 insider reviews of restaurants and nightlife SLEEP LIKE AN ANGEL at regal historic hotels or peaceful B&Bs with breakfast delivered straight to your door; our independent guide lists the best for all budgets FIND YOUR WAY from the West End to East Van and back again with our fully cross-referenced color maps GO BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS rocket down the slopes at Whistler Blackcomb, escape to old-world Victoria or laze in the lotus land of the Southern Gulf Islands