Robson Street

Locals, international tourists and recent immigrants – count the number of accents you catch as you stroll along here – throng the hotels, eateries and shops of Robson St, Vancouver’s de facto urban promenade. While most shops are of the ubiquitous chain-store variety, it’s also worth heading to the Stanley Park end of the strip, where you’ll find a modern ‘mini-Asia’ of internet cafés, authentic izakayas (Japanese neighborhood pubs) and discreet karaoke bars populated by homesick Japanese and Korean language students. It’s a great area for a cheap-and-cheerful, authentically south Asian lunch.