MOON VANCOUVER & VICTORIA
Including Whistler and Vancouver Island

Moon Handbooks give you the tools to make your own choices, with
• Can't-miss sights, activities, restaurants, and accommodations, marked with
• Suggestions on how to plan a trip that's perfect for you, including:
   Best of Vancouver and Victoria
   Urban Weekend Getaway
   Not Just Flower Gardens and Afternoon Tea
   A Tour Through Time
   All in the Family
   From Snowboards to Surfboards
• 34 detailed and easy-to-use maps
• The firsthand experience and unique perspective of author Andrew Hempstead

Moon Vancouver
4th Edition
Andrew Hempstead
ISBN 1-59880-016-7
ISBN-13 978-1-59880-016-6
$17.95
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Kayaking around Bowen Island, driving up to Whistler in a snowstorm, chowing down on pancakes at the Elbow Room, taking high tea at the Fairmont Empress, and joining the mid-day crowd at Butchart Gardens—Andrew Hempstead has done all of this and more. He’s out there not because it’s part of compiling a guidebook, but because he loves the Vancouver/Victoria region. These diverse experiences, coupled with a deep respect for nature and an interest in local history, have been essential in his creation of Moon Vancouver & Victoria. Andrew spends as much time as possible out on the road, and rather than having an itinerary laid out for him by local tourism offices, he travels incognito and experiences the many and varied delights of Vancouver and Victoria the same way his readers do.

Andrew has been writing since the late 1980s, when, after leaving a career in advertising, he took off for Alaska, linking up with veteran travel writer Deke Castleman to help research and update the fourth edition of Moon Alaska-Yukon. In the ensuing years he authored guidebooks to Alberta, British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies, and Western Canada, as well as books to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. He has also co-authored books to Atlantic Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and contributed to guidebooks on the San Juan Islands, United States, and Pacific Northwest. He has written for a wide variety of other media, including National Geographic Traveler, Expedia, Alaska Airlines, and Microsoft’s Automap.

Andrew and his family live in Banff, Alberta. When not working on his books, Andrew spends as much time as possible enjoying the wonderful surroundings in which he lives—hiking, fishing, golfing, camping, and skiing.
Andrew’s website, www.westerncanadatravel.com, showcases his work and provides invaluable planning tips for travelers heading to Canada.

Other travel guides authored by Andrew Hempstead:
Moon Alberta
Moon Atlantic Canada
Moon Australia
Moon British Columbia
Moon Canadian Rockies
Moon New Zealand
Moon Western Canada