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Feb 11, 2024 · Why visit Granville Island? The reason why you should visit Granville Island is because it’s a great market, art gallery, and restaurant district offering a wide range of unique culinary and shopping experiences found only on the West Coast.
- Granville Island Public Market. The Public Market is, simply put, a large building overflowing with food! There are stalls and tables filled with fresh fruit, seafood, and meat locally sourced.
- Street Performers. I don’t remember ever going to Granville Island and not seeing a street performer. Normally, there is one in front of the Public Market, and another behind it (as well as other spots all over Granville Island).
- Seawall. Granville Island is surrounded by the Seawall. The Seawall is the world’s largest uninterrupted waterfront path. It is 28km or 17mi and goes from Stanley Park to Spanish Banks Park (near the University of British Columbia).
- Aquabus Ferries. On a dock behind the Public Market, you will find the Aquabus Ferries. For a few dollars, you can ride these ferries all over False Creek (from the Burrard Street Bridge to Science World).
- Visit the Granville Island Public Market. The Granville Island Public Market is iconic and absolutely must be your first stop when visiting Granville Island.
- Go whale watching. If you didn’t know already, Vancouver is one of the best places to go whale watching on the entire west coast! This Sunset Whale Watching Adventure Tour from Granville Island is one of my favorite ways to take in all the beauty of Vancouver while getting up close and personal with the whales.
- Enjoy beer from Granville Island Brewing. Those who know us know we love craft beer. You’ll often find breweries in our city guides, and why not? Craft beer is so delicious.
- Enjoy waterfront drinks. Granville Island is located in a beautiful area of the city and is surrounded on all sides by the Burrard Inlet. There are tons of places to grab a drink with a view of the ocean and city in the background, or of the Granville Island Marina.
Mar 17, 2019 · Granville Island Public Market is Vancouver's most famous food market. Home to more than 50 vendors, this packed-to-the-rafters market offers the best fresh seafood, produce, meats, sweets and global specialty foods in the city.
- Christina Liao
- (604) 666-6655
- Public Market, 1689 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9, Canada
Granville Island on the whole is well worth a visit, however its gem has to be the market. The stalls are vibrant and full of fresh produce and the food stalls are a great place to dine and drink - there are so many its hard to chose one.
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- Attraction
- 1689 Johnston St., Vancouver
The Public Market may be the number one reason to visit Granville Island. The Market features rows upon vendors selling produce, seafood, meats, arts, crafts, and countless other foods and wares from their tightly packed stalls, counters, and cases.
Apr 7, 2019 · Home to 100+ vendors, the Granville Island Public Market is packed-to-the-rafters with fresh (usually local) produce, seafood, and meats, has loads of prepared foods (so you can have a picnic outside / dine inside at their food court), and lots of (often locally-made) arts and crafts.
