It was just a sightseeing tour, booked with ClubESL, but I had a good time. Departure from Canada Place at 9:30, driving on the Sea to Sky highway, stop at Shannon Falls.
We arrived in Whistler between 12:00 and 1:00 I think and we went to the Lil'wat and Squamish Cultural Center, a kind of nice (but small) exhibition about the native people who live in Whistler and in BC in general. Then, after a short presentation of the village and explanation of the schedule, I took the cable car from Whistler Village to Whistler Mountain with some people I met in the bus. We ate a quick lunch at the restaurant at the top of the mountain and then we wanted to take the Peak2Peak Gondola, a cable car between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, but it was closed due to the wind. Oh yes... I forgot to say that the weather was terrible of course... Heavy rain in the village and snow storm at the top... Great!
Anyway, we finally decided to go back to the village - there's nothing at the top, normal. We walked a bit but we were just wet so we went to Starbucks (they're everywhere...) and we met some other girls from our bus. After a long time in the famous coffee shop, we decided to fight the rain and explore the village. Well... except tons of hotels, luxurious shops and restaurants, there's not a lot to see. Only the Olympic Games' stuffs were "interesting".
Despite the fact that the weather was so bad, I liked this day. Meeting people, trying to find something to see, discover a new place... isn't it the aim of a travel ?
I think this company (ClubESL) is very good. It's not very expensive, the staff is great, and it's just easy when you don't want to plan everything by yourself. This is my opinion and honestly I would definitely book with them if I had to do it all over again. (I haven't been paid to say that...)
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