Stayed in gas town in a super loft apartment, that was the best bit . Really disappointing area . The only place to see older style buildings in Vancouver , but it’s certainly not Charming . Walk 5 mins and it Soon turns to a camp of drugged up folk . A few nice shops,but certainly not Islington ,more tacky ‘cruise ship’ souvenir shops The clock is ok , but not really a cultural highlight. China town isn’t worth the walk either unless you like the food we had a great lunch but China town is really dirty and rundown ,not in a charming way . Sorry Vancouver,

This is the place to be if you’re after a drink or food! We came here looking for tacofino and we walked past numerous places to eat and drink that looked good. There’s a load of souvenir shops here too. It has a cool vibe, and is well worth checking out

The architecture and details of the older buildings in this area is worth a walk around. Lots of food items available in cost restaurants. Many restaurants have outside seating to enjoy the weather.

It's all very pleasant and clearly a much renovated area. But not much of interest other than the Steam Clock and a pleasant street. 7nl8ke previous poster no drugs no fa3ces, no urine, no homeless people. There were one or two on edges of area, but no threat.

It was fun to walk around the area which has an old town feel. Steam Clock was fun to see. The Gassy Jack statue has been removed. Gaolers Mews was not much to see. It's still labeled as such, but regular businesses occupy it now. We had a good time at a candy store. There were homeless along the streets but not nearly as many as you'd see if you kept going into the old Chinatown area nearby.

Visiting Gastown is like traveling back in time to the late 19th century. It was founded by "Gassy" Jack Deighton, a sea man from the UK. The cobblestones of its pavement and the old architectural style of some of its buildings somewhat provide you with a glimpse into its past. However, for modern visitors to the place, Gastown is simply a tourist destination where you'll find souvenir shops, art galleries, good pubs and restaurants, and of course the famous Gastown Steam Clock.

Okay area, but not much to do and overhyped. Definitely don't plan to walk to Chinatown from this area and leave the area before dark. During middle of the day, the walk between the two areas was very sketchy, drug use everywhere, people laying in the streets, tents set up, "zombies" walking the streets. So be aware of surroundings and sadly wouldn't recommend staying in the area.

When we visited Vancouver in June this year, we walked up from the Waterfront station to Gastown. Our first stop was the Steam Clock which was world renowned. The next was the Flatiron building and finally dinner at one of the iconic restaurants here.

A cool little area in the day time. But, we would not come her eat night. It just had that feeling. Nice little streets and stores. A real funky shoe place. Lots of small eateries and bars. Oddities to look at like the steam clock. I would tell others to walk it as we love to walk and sight see, so you should walk here also, if your sight seeing and have not been here before. A couple few blocks to the west was skectchy though. .

We walked through Gastown, as one must if in Vancouver, just to see the old part of town and the Steam Clock. Unlike the rest of Vancouver it was heaving with tourists and consequently is full of tacky tourist shops. It's an interesting way to spend half and hour but then we walked through to China Town which we had been warned against in many reviews. 'It can't be as bad as they say' we had thought. It wasn't - it was worse! Drunks sitting on the pavement, people 'shooting-up' in the street, litter everywhere. We realised we were definitely in the wrong place and turned around and left asap. What a contrast with the rest of Vancouver, which we liked very much. We spent 4 days there and were very impressed by its cleanliness, greenness, architecture and general feel of a city well run. What a pity.