Vancouver, British Columbia, is a big and wonderful city–it is the sort of place where you need a good guide to access its treasures unless you’re visiting friends who’ll take you under wing.

It’s easy to wander fruitlessly wondering where the good restaurants are, but Wilson’s guide is a cure-all to the lost-in-the-big-city blues. With comprehensive chapters on restaurants, nightlife, lodging, recreation, and shopping, you can go from Grouse Mountain’s aerial tramway to the mushroom soup of Zeppo’s Trattoria without hours of futile searching. It even comes with a bonus fold out map.

Completely revised and expanded, this second edition of Vancouver Best Places offers native and newcomers alike a jam-packed guide to the very best of Canada’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan city.

Best Places Vancouver: The Most Discriminating Guide to Vancouver’s Restaurants, Shops, Hotels, Nightlife, Arts, Sights, and Outings (2nd ed)