Airlines Air BC (tel
688-5515 or 1-800/663-3721
in Canada); Air Canada (tel
688-5515); American
Airlines (tel 222-2532 or
1-800/368-1955); British
Airways (tel 270-8131);
Central Mountain Air (tel
847-4780 or
1-800/663-3721);
Continental (tel
1-800/525-0280); Delta (tel
1-800/345-3400); Harbour
Air Seaplanes: services to
Victoria Inner Harbour (tel
688-1277 or
1-800/665-0212); Helijet
Airways: helicopter
service to Victoria (tel
273-1414 or
1-800/665-4354); KLM (tel
303-3666); North Vancouver
(tel 604/278-1608); United
(tel 1-800/241-6522); West
Coast Air: seaplane
services to Victoria (tel
688-9115 or
1-800/347-2222); Whistler
Air: direct flights to
Whistler from Vancouver
Harbour Air Terminal by
Pan
Pacific Hotel (tel
932-6615 or
1-888/806-2299).
American Express
, Park Place Building, 666
Burrard St, enter at
Hornby and Dunsmuir (tel
669-2813 or
1-800/772-4473), and is
open Mon-Fri
8.30am-5.30pm, Sat
10am-4pm.
Bike rental
Bayshore Bicycles &
Rollerblade Rentals, 745
Denman St (tel 688-2453)
and 1610 W Georgia St at
Cardero St and the Westin
Bayshore Hotel (tel
689-5071); Harbour Air,
Harbour Air Terminal at
the waterfront one block
west of Canada Place and
the foot of Burrard St (tel
688-1277) - also rents
blades and motorcycles;
Spokes, 1798 Georgia at
Denman (tel 688-5141, www.vancouverbikerental.com
).
Bookshops
Chapters, 788 Robson St (tel
682-4066), is a colossal
bookshop at the heart of
downtown. World Wide Books
and Maps, 1247 Granville
St, is adequate for maps,
guides and travel.
Buses Airporter
(tel 946-8866 or
1-800/668-3141) for
shuttle from Vancouver
Airport to bus depot and
downtown; Greyhound (tel
662-3222 or
1-800/661-8747, www.greyhound.ca
) for BC, Alberta, Yukon
and long-haul destinations
including Seattle and the
US; Maverick Coach Lines (tel
662-8051 or
1-800/972-6300) for the
Sunshine Coast, Powell
River, Whistler, Pemberton
and Nanaimo on Vancouver
Island; Pacific Coach
Lines (tel 662-8074 or
1-800/661-1725) for
Victoria, Vancouver
Island; Perimeter (tel
266-5386 or 905-0041, www.perimeterbus.com
) for services between
Whistler and Vancouver
Airport; Quick Shuttle (tel
940-4428 or
1-800/665-2122, www.quickcoach.com
) for Bellingham Airport,
downtown Seattle and
SeaTac Airport.
Car rental
Budget, airport, 501 W
Georgia St and 1705
Burrard St (tel 668-7000
or 1-800/268-8900 in
Canada, 1-800/527-0700 in
US); Exotic Car and
Motorcycle Rentals, 1820
Burrard at W 2nd (tel
644-9128 or
1-800/566-0343) anything
from 355 Ferrari to VW
Beetle; Hertz, 1128
Seymour St (tel 688-2411
or 1-800/263-0600);
National (tel
1-800/227-7368), airport (tel
207-3730) and 1130 W
Georgia at Thurlow (tel
609-7150); Rent-a-Wreck,
1083 Hornby St (tel
688-0001).
Consulates
Australia, 602-999 Canada
Place (tel 684-1177);
Ireland, 1400-100 W Pender
St (tel 683-8440); New
Zealand, 1200-888 Dunsmuir
(tel 684-7388); UK,
800-1111 Melville (tel
683-4421); US, 1095 W
Pender (tel 685-4311).
Currency Exchange
Custom House Currency, 375
Water St, Gastown (tel
482-6007); International
Securities Exchange, 1169
Robson St near Thurlow (tel
683-9666); Thomas Cook,
130-999 Canada Place (tel
641-1229); Vancouver
Bullion & Currency
Exchange, 420 Hornby St (tel
685-1008).
Dentists For
your nearest dentists,
call the College of Dental
Surgeons for a referral (tel
736-3621). Drop-in
dentist, Dentacare
(Mon-Fri 8am-5pm only; tel
669-6700), is in the lower
level of the Bentall
Centre at Dunsmuir and
Burrard.
Directory enquiries
tel 411.
Doctors The
College of Physicians can
provide names of three
doctors near you (tel
733-7758). Drop-in service
at Consolidated Care Point
Medical Service, 1175
Denman St (tel 681-5338)
or Medicentre (tel
683-8138) in the Bentall
Centre (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
).
Emergencies tel
911.
Ferries BC
Ferries for services to
Vancouver Island (tel
1-888/724-5223 in BC); to
the Gulf Islands, the
Sunshine Coast, Prince
Rupert, the Inside Passage
and the Queen Charlotte
Islands; reservations and
information tel
1-888/223-3779 (in BC);
Victoria (tel 250/386-3431
or recorded information
250/381-5335); Vancouver
or from outside BC (tel
444-2890), www.bcferries.com
. Aquabus (tel 689-5858)
and False Creek Ferries (tel
684-7781) for services
between downtown,
Granville Island and
Vanier Park.
Gay and lesbian
switchboard Touch-tone
guide (tel 684-XTRA).
Hospitals St
Paul's Hospital is the
closest to downtown at
1081 Burrard St near Davie
St (tel 682-2344). The
city hospital is Vancouver
General at 855 W 12th near
Oak, south of Broadway (tel
875-4111).
Laundry Davie
Laundromat, 1061 Davie St
(tel 682-2717); Scotty's
One Hour Cleaners, 834
Thurlow near Robson (tel
685-7732).
Left luggage At
the bus station ($2 per
24hr).
Lost property BC
Transit (tel 682-7887);
West Vancouver Transit (tel
985-7777); police (tel
665-2232); airport (tel
276-6104).
Maps Geological
Survey of Canada, 101-605
Robson near Richards
(Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm;
tel 666-0529). Superb
source of official survey
maps, including all
1:50,000 maps of BC and
Yukon.
Optician
Same-day service,
Granville Mall Optical,
807 Granville and Robson (tel
683-4716).
Parking Main
downtown garages are at
The Bay (entrance on
Richards near Dunsmuir),
Robson Square (on Smithe
and Howe), and the Pacific
Centre (on Howe and
Dunsmuir) - all are
expensive and fill up
quickly. A better idea
might be to leave your car
at the free Park'n'Ride in
New Westminster (off Hwy
1).
Pharmacies
Shopper's Drug Mart, 1125
Davie and Thurlow (tel
669-2424), is open 24hr
and has five other outlets
open Mon-Sat 9am-midnight,
Sun 9am-9pm. Carson
Midnite Drug Store, 6517
Main at 49th, is open
daily until midnight.
Police RCMP (tel
264-3111); Vancouver City
Police (tel 665-3535).
Post office Main
office at 349 W Georgia
and Homer (Mon-Fri
8am-5.30pm; tel 662-5722).
Post-office information (tel
1-800/267-1177).
Taxis Black Top
(tel 731-1111 or
681-2181); Vancouver Taxi
(tel 255-5111 or
874-5111); Yellow Cab (tel
681-3311 or 681-1111).
Tourist information
200 Burrard St (tel
683-2000).
Train enquiries
VIA Rail (tel 669-3050 or
toll-free in Canada only
tel 1-800/561-8630,
1-800/561-3949 in the US);
BC Rail (reservations and
info tel 984-5246 or
1-800/663-8238 in North
America; recorded info tel
631-3501); Amtrak (tel
1-800/872-7245); Rocky
Mountain Railtours (tel
606-7200 or
1-800/665-7245) for
expensive rail tours
through the Rockies.
Weather tel
664-9010.
X Files Tours
Contact The X-Tour (tel
609-2700, www.x-tour.com
) for 3-3hr 30min
limousine tours of
locations connected with The
X Files series and
other film and TV shows
shot in Vancouver: from
$145.
