At the high end, frequent visitors like the attentive service and antique-filled opulence of the Wedgewood Hotel (845 Hornby Street, V6Z 1V1, +16046897777, www.wedgewoodhotel.com, $288-$348). The most resort-like place in town (with pools, ocean views and fishing charters) is the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina (1601 Bayshore Drive, V6G 2V4, +16046823377, www.westinbayshore.com, $300-$400), on the waterfront next to Stanley Park. Downtown, the chateau-style Fairmont Hotel Vancouver (900 West Georgia Street, V6C 2W6, +16046843131; www.fairmont.com, $300-$400) is one of the grand railway-built hotels that grace most Canadian cities.

Somewhat more affordable are the modern-art-filled Listel Vancouver (1300 Robson Street, V6E 1C5, +16046848461, www.listel-vancouver.com, $199-$219) and the hip South Beach-style Pacific Palisades Hotel (1277 Robson Street, V6E 1C4, +16046880461, www.pacificpalisadeshotel.com, $175-$300), both on the city’s main shopping drag.

Good budget choices include the 1912 ivy-draped Sylvia Hotel (1154 Gilford Street, V6G 2P6, +16046819321, www.sylviahotel.com, $65-$180) overlooking English Bay, and the Buchan Hotel (1906 Haro Street, V6G 1H7, +16046855354, www.buchanhotel.com, $45-$135), a 1926 pension nearby. Hostelling International Vancouver (www.hihostels.ca, $40-$78 for two) has three well-run sites, each with some private rooms: HI Vancouver Central (1025 Granville Street, V6Z 1L4, +16046855335), HI Vancouver Downtown (1114 Burnaby Street, V6E 1P1, +16046844565), and HI Vancouver Jericho Beach (1515 Discovery Street, V6R 4K5, +16042243208).

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