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Ranked by traveller reviews: 1) the Capilano Suspension Bridge, 2) the Gastown historic food tour, 3) Stanley Park and its seawall by bike, 4) Granville Island Public Market, 5) a Victoria and Butchart Gardens day trip, 6) a harbour boat tour past the seal colony, 7) whale watching in the Salish Sea, 8) a Whistler and Sea-to-Sky Highway day trip, 9) Grouse Mountain’s Skyride and grizzly bears and 10) FlyOver Canada at Canada Place.

Plan three to four days. Day one: cycle the Stanley Park seawall, lunch at Granville Island, walk Gastown and Chinatown. Day two: the North Shore — Capilano Suspension Bridge or the free Lynn Canyon, then Grouse Mountain. Day three: a whale-watching or harbour cruise, Kitsilano Beach and Queen Elizabeth Park. Day four: Whistler via the Sea-to-Sky Highway, or the ferry to Victoria and the Butchart Gardens. Add days for Bowen Island or the Gulf Islands.

The Stanley Park seawall, the totem poles at Brockton Point and Prospect Point lookout, Granville Island’s market and street performers, English Bay and Kitsilano beaches at sunset, the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge and its 30-foot pool, the Grouse Grind hike, Queen Elizabeth Park’s quarry gardens, the Gastown Steam Clock, Chinatown’s Millennium Gate, Pacific Spirit Park’s forest trails and Wreck Beach. The Museum of Anthropology and Art Gallery have discounted evenings.

Whistler along the Sea-to-Sky Highway, with stops at Shannon Falls and the Sea-to-Sky Gondola in Squamish (two hours; tours from about $150); Victoria and the Butchart Gardens by ferry (a full 12–13-hour day, $166–190); a whale-watching trip from the harbour or Steveston (three to five hours); Bowen Island by 20-minute ferry; Harrison Hot Springs and the Fraser Valley wineries (90 minutes); and a seaplane or scenic flight over the Gulf Islands.

Take a dinner cruise on the harbour, ride the Grouse Mountain Skyride for the city lights, go to the Richmond Night Market (May–October) for Asian street food, bar-hop the cocktail rooms of Gastown and the breweries of Mount Pleasant, watch the sunset from English Bay or the Vancouver Lookout, catch a Canucks game at Rogers Arena, and see the Granville Street clubs or a show at the Commodore Ballroom.

Ski or snowboard on the North Shore at Grouse, Cypress and Seymour — 30 minutes from downtown — or in Whistler two hours away, skate on Grouse’s mountaintop pond, and walk Capilano’s Canyon Lights (mid-November to January), the VanDusen Festival of Lights and Stanley Park’s Bright Nights train. The city itself is rainy but mild; the aquarium, Science World, FlyOver Canada and Dine Out Vancouver (late January to February) fill wet days. Whale watching pauses from November to March.

The Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park, Science World’s dome, the Capilano Suspension Bridge’s Treetops Adventure and Cliffwalk, Grouse Mountain’s grizzly bears and lumberjack show, Granville Island’s Kids Market, FlyOver Canada, the Stanley Park miniature train, cycling the seawall on a family bike, Kitsilano’s beach and outdoor pool, and the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge. In summer add the Playland amusement park at the PNE.

June to September — dry, warm and long evenings, with every day trip and whale-watching season in full swing. May and late September are quieter with good weather. April brings the cherry blossoms. October to March is the rainy season in the city but ski season on the mountains.

For most visitors yes — the 140-metre bridge over the canyon, plus the Treetops Adventure and the Cliffwalk, is the most-visited attraction in Vancouver and the city tours that include it are the highest rated. If the price puts you off, the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge 15 minutes east is free and only slightly smaller.