Vancouver itineraries
Downtown by the Water
Start at the Gastown steam clock, ride the Stanley Park seawall, and finish watching the sun drop into English Bay. Fits a long layover or the day before a cruise.
North Shore and Granville Island
Day one crosses to the North Shore for the swinging bridge and a gondola up the mountain. Day two is Granville Island market and Kitsilano beach. Sleep in the West End on Robson so everything is walkable.
Chinatown, UBC and Richmond
Sleep in Yaletown. One day for Chinatown and Science World, one for the Museum of Anthropology and Kitsilano, and the last for Richmond dim sum and the fishing village of Steveston. Indigenous, Asian and maritime Vancouver in three days.
Festivals & seasons
- 1 — Polar Bear Swim
- 2 — Lunar New Year Parade
- 4 — Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
- 5 — Richmond Night Market season
- 6 — Bard on the Beach
- 7 — Dry, long summer high season
- 8 — Vancouver Pride Parade
- 8 — PNE Fair
- 10 — Vancouver International Film Festival
- 11 — The wet season
- 11 — Vancouver Christmas Market
- 12 — Canyon Lights
Souvenirs
- Maple syrup and maple cookies
- First Nations prints and carvings
- Lululemon
- Arc'teryx and MEC outdoor gear
- Roots sweatshirt
- BC icewine
- Smoked salmon
- 49th Parallel coffee beans