The two of us - myself and a very lively gentleman in his late Eighties had just arrived in VANCOUVER CITY, British Columbia, CANADA.
Earlier that day, Tuesday 20th September 2011 we had left the USA State of Washington by Ferry to Victoria, on Vancouver Island and - travelling all day - we
were very happy that our "Yellow Cab" driver called RAYMOND has recommended we try to find accomodatio...n on the North Shore (Vancouver City). The reason for this was
that we wished to - on our last day but one - in North America - to experience the famous TRAIN RIDE up to WHISTLER and back. We knew the "ROCKY MOUNTAINEER" train only departs from the NORTH VANCOUVER Train Station.


Without an advanced booking the very kind MANAGER of Best Western CAPILANO INN & SUITES allocated us a ground-floor room for the 2 nights that we required - before
our EVENING 20h40 BA Flight back to London - on the Thursday following.
I was dismayed to find from the telephonist at the TRA...

I stayed at this hotel for one night, before a fitness conference. It was ok, the room was clean, it is like a motel, each room has an exterior door. It was affordable. Our stay would have been better, if someone told the group of soccer players (who were also staying there) (in about 8 rooms) that there were quiet times, like after 11 pm when they shoulnd't be partying, drinking and smoking a little funny stuff outside in the parking lot. We had an early morning ahead and wanted to sleep. I finally had to phone the front desk and ask them to tell the team "party time"is over. It is too bad that i had to ask, you would think that the staff would have done that!

The property is actually a 2 storey motel where parking is provided close to your unit. This is an older facility that is clean and well maintained. Average or basic accomodation. The standard room does not have a fridge. Located near two major roads with easy acces to both downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park, or the north shore mountains.

I'm not a big fan of crowded cities like Vancouver BC which is why we picked a hotel on the other side of the bridge, to have bigger rooms, a pool and free parking (traffic in Vancouver is awful and it's difficult/expensive to park so even if crossing the bridge may be long, North Vancouver is a very good option) . The rooms are very nice, big and clean, and the pool is in the back and sunny all afternoon. We were very happy to relax there after the morning visits. The only thing we regretted was that there is no complementary breakfast and no fridge in the rooms. But if you don't want to pay a fortune and don't need a big breakfast, there's a gas station with a mini-mart next door. For the rest, there are loads of restaurants in the neighbourhood.