If you go Getting there. Vancouver's Chinatown shops are mainly clustered along Pender and Keefer streets, between Carrall and Main to Gore. During summer weekends there are night markets between 6 p.m. and midnight on Pender and Keefer, between Main and Gore. The Chinese Cultural Centre is at 50 East Pender. Enter through the colourful, hand-painted China Gate, which once stood at the entrance to the China pavilion at Expo 86 in Vancouver.
Displays provide an orientation on Chinese-Canadian history.
After the excitement of noisy crowds bartering for the best piece of barbecue pork, you may need a restful getaway. The public half is free. It was constructed in 1986 by a team of Chinese craftsmen, entirely by hand without modern tools. Best of Chinatown 1. East Pender 4.