For the Best Market Value

How to get there: Granville Island Market is a short cab ride (about $5 Canadian one way) from downtown Vancouver. Tiger Bus is a new shuttle that provides regular service between downtown hotels and the market. The fare, $7 Canadian round trip, includes a ride on a ferry across False Creek. City buses Nos. 50 and 51 go over the Burrard Bridge to the market.

Hours: The market is open every day, May through September, but closed on Mondays, October through April, plus Christmas and New Year’s. Most stalls are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; coffee and breakfast stalls open at 8.

Recommended: Bridges, Pelican Bay Restaurant, Granville Island Hotel and Isadora’s, all on Granville Island.