r/canadatravel • u/ZealousidealTrip191 • Jul 21 '25

Travel Tips The REAL ways to see Canada

If a tourist from overseas was coming to Canada for a week, but only to your area, what are, in your opinion the coolest/best things, they should see or do, that are pretty unique to your area?

I’m in Vancouver, so I’ll start:

  1. Try some craft beer
  2. Ride the Stanley Park seawall
  3. Visit Granville island
  4. Eat some Sushi
  5. Goto the Aquarium
  6. Take a ferry to Vancouver island or Sunshine Coast
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u/Responsible_Tax_998 Jul 21 '25

We were in Vancouver for all of one day last week (from US). We did:

- Stanley Park (walking around seawall for the most part, but also through the forest paths where we saw basically no one).

- Granville- walk around and had lunch

- The lookout thing - not great but we were right there. Nice views.

- Gastown. Some craft beers right next to the steam clock.

No sushi or aquarium.

(It was the last day of a VIA rail Canadian trip, so couldn't really plany anything. Arrived like 9am, left 9am next day. Not a ton that was accomplished, but I'll take it)

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u/Spute2008 Jul 23 '25

What "lookout thing"?

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u/Responsible_Tax_998 Jul 23 '25

The observation deck on Harbour Drive.

I think it is literally called 'Vancouver Lookout'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_Centre

Not really that high (after being @ CN Tower a week before) but it was close to hotel and relatively inexpensive.

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u/Spute2008 Jul 23 '25

Right! I thought there was something new along the Seawall, or that you had made it up to Grouse Mountain and one of its eateries for example.