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13 travel features tagged “Holidays”

The Passport blog

Mapping the world: Vancouver

A cartographer’s guide to global destinations.
Read more… 22 May 2012


Vancouver’s thriving alternative nightlife scene

Western Canada’s largest city has some unusual substitutes to drinking at the bar, from a letter writing club that uses antique typewriters to monthly ukulele jam sessions.
Read more… 09 May 2012


The Passport blog

Worldwide weird: Ski with Santa(s) in Whistler

The annual “Dress Like Santa Day” rewards the first 75 costumed Clauses with a free lift ticket to British Columbia’s Whistler Blackcomb ski resort.
Read more… 13 December 2011


Canada’s wine scene is taking root

British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is benefiting from the warmer temperatures that threaten other wine regions and is producing bottles that rival the big guys.
Read more… 14 November 2011


Cities that define our time

Which of the current crop of 21st-century metropolises will be seen as the most symbolic of our age?
Read more… 19 May 2011


Living in: Vancouver

Making a home in a shining city of towers and islands, surrounded by beaches and backed by snowcapped mountains.
Read more… 18 May 2011


Travelwise: Vancouver, show business’s ‘Maple-wood’

Film and television fans can get into the action in the third largest production centre in North America.
Read more… 29 April 2011


Vancouver’s great outdoors

With mild temperatures all year round and challenging mountain hikes just steps away, it is no wonder that Vancouver is an outdoor sports haven.
Read more… 28 April 2011


Working the waves in Vancouver

The city has long enjoyed a dramatic coast.
28 April 2011


Granville Island: A village amid skyscrapers

The tiny island in Vancouver plays home to more than 300 local businesses, all housed in an open-air public market alongside small, winding alleyways.
Read more… 28 April 2011


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A selection of these Holidays articles were originally published on Lonely Planet.

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