Natural Home Goes to Vancouver

Take a trip to green Vancouver to dine at sustainable restaurants and outdoor activities in Stanley Park.

January/February 2004
By Laurel Kallenbach 
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British Columbia’s Pacific Coast city blends ultra-modern skyscrapers and Pacific Rim flair with nature. Just blocks from downtown, you can sea kayak, hike, or bicycle.

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Sleeping

Listel Vancover
Delve into the culture of Canada’s First Nations tribes at this smoke-free boutique hotel. Ask for the “Coastal Cool” package: Stay in a room featuring native art; sip Pinot Noir from a local Osoyoos winery; go sea kayaking; and dine at Liliget Feast House, which serves First Nations delicacies. 1300 Robson St. (800) 663-5491

Fairmont Warterfront & Vancover Airport Hotels
These elegant hotels have recycling bins in every room and towel and sheet reuse. At the Waterfront, a compost-fertilized kitchen garden (near the chlorine-free pool) provides fresh herbs. The Airport Hotel offers an entire floor of hypoallergenic rooms with individual air filtration systems. Fairmont Waterfront: 900 Canada Place Way. (877) 441-1414.

Exploring

Stanley Park
This 1,000-acre urban oasis is laced with hiking trails and circled by a ten-kilometer shoreline path. Cyclists, in-line skaters, joggers, kayakers, birdwatchers, and swimmers flock to the beaches, forests, playgrounds, and story (“totem”) poles located throughout this park.

Museum of Anthropology
Soaring glass walls and post- and-beam architecture show off Canada’s most extensive Northwest Coast tribal collections including pole art, full-scale Haida houses, feast dishes, canoes, and masks. 6393 Northwest Marine Dr. (604) 822-5087

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