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Most of what happens in Hope happens on Hwy 1, here known as Water Avenue. The Greyhound bus terminal (on Water Ave) is a critical juncture for bus travellers heading west to Vancouver, north to Kamloops or east to Penticton and the Okanagan. Cheap motels proliferate along Hwy 3 leaving town heading east, and though they're mostly all alike, the Flamingo (tel 604/869-9610; up to $40), last on the strip, has a nice piney setting. Closer in on the same road, the Best Western Heritage Inn , 570 Hope-Princeton Way (tel 604/869-7166 or 1-800/528-1234; $60-80), a lovely grey-wood building smothered in flowers, is also excellent. In town, the Best Continental Motel , 860 Fraser Ave (tel 604/869-9726; $60-80), lies a block back from the main highway and is handy for the bus depot; or try the Windsor Motel overlooking the park at 778 3rd Ave (tel 604/869-9944 or 1-888/588-9944; $40-60). Campsites , too, are numerous, but most are some way from downtown. The town site is at Coquihalla Campground (tel 604/869-7119 or 1-888/869-7118; $16-22; April-Oct), in a park setting off Hwy 3 and reached via 7th Avenue. The top of the pile is the KOA Kampground ; 5km west of town on Flood Hope Road (tel 604/869-9857 or 1-800/KOA-1631; $19; March-Oct).

Food facilities and late-night entertainment are limited in what is, despite Vancouver's proximity, still a small-time Canadian town. For snacks, try the Hope Deli or Sharon's Lunchbox and Deli on Wallace Street, or the rock-bottom café in the Greyhound station. For more ambitious fare, try the Hope Hotel or Alpenhaus , also on Wallace Street.