Originally Posted by
Aerotec
We will be staying at the Marriot Residence Inn (or whatever it is called now as it has just changed named) so are looking forward to going to some markets and then cokking back in the apartment.
You're well-situated for that. The Residence Inn is on Hornby Street. If you walk south "down" Hornby (away from the mountains) to the very end of it you'll hit the dock for the 'Aquabus' - A small passenger ferry that will take you on a five-minute trip across "False Creek" to the public market on Granville Island:
http://www.theaquabus.com/visitors.htm
http://www.granvilleisland.com/en/public_market
You can also pick up the seawall at the foot of Hornby and head West along the beaches of English Bay.