Category Granville Island Visits & Food Walks

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Top 15 Granville Island Tours & Food Walks

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The public market is the best lunch in the city, and a guide points you past the obvious stalls. Here are the best Granville Island tours and food walks — market tastings, artisan studios, the little ferry across False Creek — with prices, how much food each includes, and which suit a hungry first visit.

Vancouver City Sightseeing Tour: Granville Island & Stanley Park

Vancouver City Sightseeing Tour: Granville Island & Stanley Park - Price and value: what $68.85 buys you (and what it doesn’t)

Vancouver Tour: Stanley Park, Granville Island & Capilano Bridge

Vancouver Tour: Stanley Park, Granville Island & Capilano Bridge - Canada Place and Robson Street: The Fast Start to Vancouver

Vancouver Highlights: Capilano Bridge & Granville Island

Vancouver Highlights: Capilano Bridge & Granville Island - Downtown Vancouver Without Getting Lost: Canada Place, Coal Harbour, and Robson Street

3.Vancouver Highlights: Capilano Bridge & Granville Island

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 700 reviews · 5 hours · from $119

A 5-hour Vancouver sampler with Stanley Park, Lions Gate, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Granville Island Market, Chinatown, and Gastown.

“Fantastic tour; tour guide was funny and made the trip very smooth flowing and enjoyable. The Capilano suspension bridge lights are a sight to see; it was my favorite destination my entire BC trip. Stunning light work and beautiful experience.”

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Granville Island Market Food Tour by Vancouver Foodie Tours

Granville Island Market Food Tour by Vancouver Foodie Tours - What you’ll taste: 20+ samples that add up to real food

4.Granville Island Market Food Tour by Vancouver Foodie Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 552 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $123Top rated

Granville Island Market small-group walking tour with 20+ tastings, expert guide, and local discounts for a lunch-sized bite.

“Had a wonderful morning with Sandra and the other guests. We had tons of tastings-bread, cheese, meats, and PICKLES!!, etc-very pleased with how much food was provided. Highly recommend doing a food tour here bc it would be hard to taste so much on your own without ordering huge portions. Thanks Sandra for a great tour!”

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A Wok Around Food Tour of the Granville Island Public Market

A Wok Around Food Tour of the Granville Island Public Market - The real value in $112.66: what two hours buys you

5.A Wok Around Food Tour of the Granville Island Public Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 160 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $112

Small-group Granville Island food crawl with a chef guide: cheeses, charcuterie, sweets and chai, plus craft stops in 2 hours.

“We had a great experience touring Granville Island Market with Thomas. There was more food than we could eat - plenty to snack on the rest of the day. Thomas was extremely knowledgeable and a pleasure to spend time with - thank you!”

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Gastown, Chinatown & Granville Island – Vancouver Bike Tours

Gastown, Chinatown & Granville Island - Vancouver Bike Tours - Starting on Davie Street: Bikes, Helmets, and a Solid Game Plan

6.Gastown, Chinatown & Granville Island – Vancouver Bike Tours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 105 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $74

Small-group bike tour linking Gastown, Chinatown, and Granville Island with False Creek Seawall views and a short Aquabus ride.

“Fabulous bike tour - perfect way to start our weekend in Vancouver. Jeremy was fantastic - filled with interesting facts and history about the city. This was such a great way to get an overview of the city! Highly recommend. And the bike paths are extraordinary !”

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Granville Island Ferry Hop-On Hop-Off Day Pass

Granville Island Ferry Hop-On Hop-Off Day Pass - Price and value: what $16.52 buys you in real life

7.Granville Island Ferry Hop-On Hop-Off Day Pass

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 97 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $16Best value

Hop on and off Vancouver’s False Creek ferries with a Granville Island day pass, 9 docks, frequent service, mobile ticket.

“Very convenient way to see some of the Vancouver highlights. Fast service, nice captains, easy to navigate. Purchasing tickets on line is easy.”

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Vancouver City Tour: Stanley Park, Granville Island & False Creek

Vancouver City Tour: Stanley Park, Granville Island & False Creek - Prospect Point Lookout and the Lions Gate Bridge View (20 Minutes)

Vancouver: Open-air Whale Watching Tour, Granville Island

Vancouver: Open-air Whale Watching Tour, Granville Island - Should you book this whale watching tour from Granville Island?

9.Open-air Whale Watching Tour, Granville Island

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 51 reviews · 5 hours · from $165

Open-air Salish Sea whale watching from Granville Island on the Eagle Eyes catamaran, with naturalist-led sightings and 360° views.

“Our naturalist Julia was excellent and super knowledgeable. I loved learning about humpback whale behaviours and how to identify them as we tracked the 3 we found during the excursion. I also loved seeing the harbour seals and learning about other marine wildlife like sea otters even though we didn't see them on our trip. I wish we could have stayed out in the northern sound longer to track them but acknowledge that our naturalist and captain tried their best. Overall an excellent experience. I would do it again in a heartbeat and will be recommending Wild Whales to all my friends, family and colleagues.”

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Vancouver: Granville Island Market Tour with Tastings

Vancouver: Granville Island Market Tour with Tastings - What You’ll Taste in 2 Hours (and Why It Feels Like More Than Snacks)

Granville Island Vancouver’s Elite Walking Food Tour

Granville Island Vancouver's Elite Walking Food Tour - The Food Plan: Five Stops, One Cocktail, and a Full-Day Appetite

11.Granville Island Vancouver’s Elite Walking Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $92

Granville Island walking food tour with 5 tastings and a 19+ cocktail, small group pace, skyline views, and market history.

“Karen was extremely knowledgeable and a great guide. She was determined to give us the best experience possible—and she accomplished that goal! I was so very impressed by her people skills—her adroit movements. She was always asking us to tell if there was something we saw that we would like to explore—and deftly managed to fit everything in. We could not have asked for a better guide The food stops were absolutely amazing! A wide variety— and much more food than expected (we saved money on dinner!)”

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Vancouver: Catamaran Whale Watching Tour, Granville Island

Vancouver: Catamaran Whale Watching Tour, Granville Island - How Whale Watching Off Granville Island Really Feels

12.Catamaran Whale Watching Tour, Granville Island

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 27 reviews · 5 hours · from $165

5-hour catamaran whale watching from Granville Island with the Jing Yu, a marine naturalist, and a whale sightings guarantee.

“Avevamo paura che 3-5 ore di tour sarebbero state troppo lunghe e noiose. Nonostante si tratti sicuramente di un’attività dove è necessaria un po di pazienza, non essendo in uno zoo, ci siamo ricreduti! Il tour è stato molto divertente e interessante, anche grazie alla simpatica e disponibile naturalista Julia che ci ha raccontato aneddoti riguardanti tutti gli animali marini che abbiamo visto. La sua passione era palpabile e ci ha entusiasmati. Siamo riusciti a vedere una megattera anche se per poco tempo, molte orche (a caccia e con tanto di preda in bocca!) e moltissime foche. Il prezzo non è basso ma per chi non lo ha mai fatto…”

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Vancouver: City & Granville Island Sightseeing Trolley Tour

Vancouver: City & Granville Island Sightseeing Trolley Tour - Getting to the trolley: pickup zones and what’s included

13.City & Granville Island Sightseeing Trolley Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 26 reviews · 4h 30m · from $60

Vancouver highlights by trolley in 4.5 hours: Stanley Park totems, Prospect Point views, Granville Island Market, and city neighborhoods.

“This was a great way to see the highlights of Vancouver. Maria out driver/tour guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Thank you!”

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Vancouver: Gastown, Chinatown & Granville Island Bike Tour

Vancouver: Gastown, Chinatown & Granville Island Bike Tour - Over the Seawall from English Bay to False Creek’s Giants mural

14.Gastown, Chinatown & Granville Island Bike Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · 3h 30m · from $72

Ride Vancouver’s Seawall, Gastown, Chinatown, Strathcona, and Granville Island by bike, with Aquabus water-taxi and a story-filled guide.

“Zeer tevreden van deze tour, ideaal om een 1ste overzicht te krijgen van de stad en de geschiedenis van de verschillende wijken en ook de huidige uitdagingen van de stad. Onze gids Jeremy kon veel vertellen.”

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Vancouver Jet Ski Rental from Granville Island

Vancouver Jet Ski Rental from Granville Island - 3 Hours on a Seadoo: Exploring English Bay and Howe Sound

15.Vancouver Jet Ski Rental from Granville Island

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $201

3-hour Seadoo rental from Granville Island. Explore English Bay and Howe Sound at your pace with wetsuit, life jacket, fuel, training.

“Four of us went on a tour with Greg. We had so much fun riding around and going up to the Howe Sound. Jet Skiis were fast, views were beautiful and the tour guide was fantastic.”

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