if you enjoy exploring the city by pedestrian-friendly and bike friendly paths, walking everywhere to get to great cafes and restaurants, coffee shops, granville market, and taking extra long hikes around UBC, bike rides or a longer walk to stanley park, all in beautiful residential area, then this location!
the first time we visited vancouver, we had no idea where to stay and did not plan to have a car, so we stayed in a residential area, about a 30 minute walk to the botanical gardens. we thought the residential area is nice, but when we went exploring one day and walked for several hours to granville market and eventually to kitsilano, we instantly fell in love with the area and vowed that the next time we visited vancouver, it would be to stay in kitsilano.
this air bnb is just 3 blocks from the ocean, and a super easy 15 minute walk along a pedestrian friendly walking path to get to kitsilano beach in one direction, and jericho beach in the other direction.
just 1/2 mile from the air bnb is a great chain coffee place with great deserts, called breka, and is a super easy walk from this place, open 24 hours.
just a few blocks up are great wine stores.
just 1/2 mile away is a whole foods and more wine stores.
all less than 1/2 mile walk away are grocery stores, safeway, great bars for upscale cocktails, sports bars, restaurants, cafes.
we walked EVERYWHERE except for when we drove a few days out of town to find other places to hike or explore.
the hosts are really attentive. the house is so clean and has EVERYTHING you need; seriously - this was one of the best houses that we stayed at, ever, with it having everything we could ever need and being in the perfect location to walk everywhere if that is something that you like to do, which is my favorite thing to do when traveling.
an overall top-notch experience!