Editor’s pick
West End · Vancouver
Stanley Park & Seawall
Ten kilometres of seawall, old-growth forest, and the city’s most famous loop.
Metro Vancouver
Vancouver
A harbour city pressed against rainforest and ski hills. Start on the Seawall, eat across a dozen cuisines, and be on a trail before dinner.
Vancouver
Natural wonders
Free
Kitsilano · Vancouver
Kitsilano Beach
Saltwater pool, volleyball, and a downtown skyline across English Bay.
Editor’s pick
West End · Vancouver
English Bay
The city’s sunset beach — tankers on the horizon and the Seawall at your back.
Editor’s pick
Point Grey · Vancouver
Spanish Banks
A wide, tidal beach looking back at downtown — fires allowed in the rings, mountains over the inlet.
Editor’s pick
Riley Park · Vancouver
Queen Elizabeth Park
The city’s highest point in town: quarry garden, Bloedel Conservatory, and a lookout over the plain.
Free
University Endowment Lands · Vancouver
Pacific Spirit Regional Park
A vast second-growth forest between UBC and the city, dropping to Wreck Beach.
Vancouver
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West End · Vancouver
Stanley Park & Seawall
Ten kilometres of seawall, old-growth forest, and the city’s most famous loop.
Explore
Canada Place · Vancouver
FlyOver Canada
A flying-theatre ride from coast to coast, parked under the sails.
Explore
Hastings Park · Vancouver
Playland & the PNE
A classic fairground, wooden coaster, and the late-summer Pacific National Exhibition.
Explore
Point Grey · Vancouver
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Monumental poles, a soaring great hall, and the Pacific collection of Arthur Erickson’s museum.
Explore
Downtown · Vancouver
Robson Square Ice Rink
A public outdoor rink under the provincial courthouse — seasonal, downtown, and free to watch.
ExploreKitsilano · Vancouver
Kitsilano Beach
Saltwater pool, volleyball, and a downtown skyline across English Bay.
ExploreVancouver
Hiking & trails
Vancouver
Attractions & experiences
Editor’s pick
West End · Vancouver
Stanley Park & Seawall
Ten kilometres of seawall, old-growth forest, and the city’s most famous loop.
Editor’s pick
Downtown · Vancouver
Vancouver Lookout
A glass-elevator tower over Harbour Centre — the downtown panorama in one turn.
Editor’s pick
Coal Harbour · Vancouver
Canada Place & the waterfront
Sail-shaped roofs, cruise ships, and a seawall start with mountain backdrops.
Rainy-day OK
Canada Place · Vancouver
FlyOver Canada
A flying-theatre ride from coast to coast, parked under the sails.
Editor’s pick
Hastings Park · Vancouver
Playland & the PNE
A classic fairground, wooden coaster, and the late-summer Pacific National Exhibition.
Rainy-day OK
Point Grey · Vancouver
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Monumental poles, a soaring great hall, and the Pacific collection of Arthur Erickson’s museum.
Vancouver
Eat
Editor’s pick
False Creek · Vancouver
Granville Island
Produce stalls, studios, and a working industrial island turned playground.
Editor’s pick
Waterfront · Vancouver
Miku
Aburi sushi with a front-row seat to Burrard Inlet and the North Shore.
Editor’s pick
Cambie Village · Vancouver
Vij’s
The restaurant that put Vancouver Indian cooking on the world map.
Family friendly
Chinatown · Vancouver
Phnom Penh
Butter beef, garlic prawns, and a Chinatown institution since 1985.
West End · Vancouver
Guu with Garlic
Loud, generous izakaya cooking on Thurlow Street.
Gastown · Vancouver
Tacofino
Tofino-born tacos that became a city staple, lingcod and all.
Vancouver
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Editor’s pick
False Creek · Vancouver
Granville Island
Produce stalls, studios, and a working industrial island turned playground.
Free
Gastown · Vancouver
Gastown
Maple-leaf cobblestones, the steam clock, and the city’s oldest commercial block.
Rainy-day OK
Gastown · Vancouver
Gastown independent shops
Canadian labels, homeware, and galleries in brick warehouses.
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