Vancouver

Stanley Park

Outdoors

★★★★★

A thousand acres of rainforest wrapped by the seawall. Rent a bike and do the full loop — mountains one side, skyline the other.

Granville Island Public Market

Food

★★★★★

A working market under the bridge — smoked salmon, fresh pasta, and buskers on the docks. Take the tiny Aquabus over.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

Attractions

★★★★★

A 137-meter bridge swaying 70 meters above the canyon, plus treetop walkways through old-growth firs.

Revolver

Coffee

★★★★★

Gastown’s coffee obsessive, with a rotating roster of the best roasters in North America. Get the one-of-each tasting flight.

Earnest Ice Cream

Dessert

★★★★★

Small-batch scoops in returnable glass jars. Whiskey hazelnut is the flavor people cross bridges for.

The Keefer Bar

Drinks

★★★★★

An apothecary-themed Chinatown bar using herbal tinctures from the shops next door. Regularly on best-in-the-world lists.

Gastown

Shopping

★★★★★

Cobblestones, converted warehouses, and the city’s best independent menswear and design shops around the steam clock.