Granville Island is a major tourist attraction, which we quite liked. We had to cross a huge ten lane bridge then walk another twenty minutes to get there, and to make matters worse, when we got there Somchai remembered he had left his wallet and watch on the table in the hotel and was worried someone would steal it. So he walked all the way back to the hotel, then back again, while I lazily waited at Granville Island for a couple of hours while he crisscrossed the city. At its heart it's a farmers market, surrounded by dozens of other shops selling tourist trinkets, and some decent restaurants as well. It looks like there are lots of other harbor activities like cruises etc that depart from here during the summer.