- Sushi and Japanese food: Vancouver's is among the best outside Japan.
- Granville Island Public Market for lunch grazing.
- Richmond's night market (summer) and the dumpling houses along No. 3 Road.
Vancouver City Guide
The Stanley Park Seawall, Vancouver. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Vancouver is the city between the mountains and the sea: glass towers, the seawall, and the North Shore peaks always in frame. It is Canada's Pacific gateway and its most outdoorsy big city.
Walk or cycle the Stanley Park seawall, cross to Granville Island for the market, and take the SeaBus to Lonsdale Quay. Grouse Mountain and the Capilano Suspension Bridge are the classic half-day escapes.
What to do in Vancouver
Parks and water
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Stanley Park The 400-hectare park: seawall, totem poles at Brockton Point, beaches. - 2
Granville Island The public market and artisan quarter under the bridge. - 3
English Bay The West End beach: sunsets, the seawall and summer fireworks.
City and mountains
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Capilano Suspension Bridge The 137-metre bridge plus the treetops walk in North Vancouver. - 2
Grouse Mountain The Skyride, lumberjack show and the Grouse Grind. - 3
Gastown The old town: the steam clock, cobblestones and Water Street. - 4
Museum of Anthropology The UBC museum's great hall of Haida totem poles. - 5
VanDusen Botanical Garden 55 acres of gardens; the Festival of Lights in December.
Vancouver Hotel Guide
How to choose the best places to stay in Vancouver. Verified properties below; for the full list, search live availability on Booking.com.
Luxury
Fairmont Pacific Rim
The waterfront flagship with the city's best regarded lobby bar.
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Where to eat
Getting there and around
Vancouver International (YVR) connects to Asia and across Canada; the Canada Line SkyTrain reaches downtown in 25 minutes. The SeaBus crosses to North Vancouver; BC Ferries sail to the island from Tsawwassen and Horseshoe Bay.
Eating in Vancouver
Fledge Food has a full guide to how Vancouver eats: its defining dishes and how to order them, street food decoded, the markets, and the neighborhoods to eat in.