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A hub for yoga lovers, hikers and bikers, Start the day right at cult bakery wine and beer and “buck-a-shuck” oysters; crammed with handmade notebooks, an DAY 1 Purebread (1), at the Gastown be fancy at Boulevard (3) with octopus in-store badge-making station, and type- with an enthusiastic foodie population, outpost of their popular Whistler ceviche and on-tap $6 negronis; or try and text-based goodies. Vancouver has plenty to explore, from store. Choose from delights such as Earl something modern at Royal Dinette (4) with Stock up on local designers at The Grey and lavender scones, lemon chèvre headcheese toast, smoked castelvetrano Barefoot Contessa and Smoking Lily, before First Nations culture to cutting-edge brownies or white-chocolate olives and Aperol Spritz. stopping for lunch at Dock Lunch, a 16- fashion. Got two days in town? Here’s whoopie cookies. seat spot that looks more like your gran’s Carbed up, join Talaysay Tours for either In a fiercely foodie city such as front room than a . Chef-owner what travel writer and local resident a kayak trip (April-Sep), paddling the Salish DAY 1 Vancouver, it’s worth checking for Elizabeth Bryan serves up something Nikki Bayley recommends … Sea with a First Nations guide who’ll share pop-ups: Swallow Tail offer different almost every day (apart from the aboriginal history and culture with you culinary adventures, often with foraged unchangeable Friday meatball banh mi); as you explore the rainforest coast, or a foods in unusual locations. Vancouver check Instagram for the menu. If Dock Talking Trees hike (year-round) along the Foodster’s self-guided Tasting Plates nights Lunch has sold out, try the Cascade Room morning north shore. Learn about the Coast Salish are a fun way to eat around a for unpretentious west coast food, the wild peoples’ legends of the trees while you neighbourhood, and the Greasy Spoon sockeye salmon burger is superb. discover the plants that were used for food, Series at Save On Meats (5) has AFTERNOON shelter, art and medicine. big-name chefs creating upmarket takes on Keep cruising down Main to get Stop for lunch at Tap and Barrel diner classics for A Better Life Foundation. DAY 2 arty at the South Main Gallery, or Shipyards for BC craft beers and wine on Top off the evening with a show at the check out contemporary local EVENING tap, along with sustainable seafood, piled- grand Orpheum (6). works at Hot Art Wet City. Still got energy? high pizzas and rice bowls. Keep an eye out Push on to Centre A (8) in Chinatown to for “Mealshare” options on menus across DAY 2 Brunch is a big deal in Vancouver explore the city’s contemporary Asian art Vancouver that provide a free meal for and locals love nothing more than scene, or make for the relaxed atmosphere at-risk youths every time a Mealshare item queuing to eat eggs. Join the of Brassneck to sample some of the city’s is ordered from the menu. hordes at new favourite, Jam (7), for best craft beers. If something stronger is BOOK YOUR CANADIAN chicken and , or pancake-batter- needed, head to Juniper (9) for Spanish- CITY BREAK Amazingly, Vancouver has a dipped-and-fried drenched in style gin and tonics or cocktails with DAY 1 mountain as tall as Wales’s maple butter syrup. A few doors down is locally distilled spirits. For more guides, locals’ tips and other Snowdon just outside town. the new location of long-time favourite, inspiration, visit theguardian.com/ Grouse Mountain may be a tourism staple, Chambar, where waffles with - For dinner, check out the West discover-cool-canada but two new seasonal attractions make this caramel or the bon matin plate with eggs, DAY 2 End’s treasure trove of Asian old favourite fresh again. New for summer, tapenade, ham and cheese, are always from chicken stock- To book your Canadian city break, the Skyride Surf Adventure lets visitors just right. based ramen with sous-vide charsui at The visit canadianaffair.com/ ride the roof of the Skyride Gondola as it Head east to explore one of the city’s Ramenman (10), to crunchy sweet-spicy explorecanada climbs 1,610 metres. In winter, there’s a coolest hoods, Main Street, where you can Korean- at Zabu. Go ultra- night-time snowshoe light walk, see dozens of artworks from the recent Canadian and casual at the Timber Paid for by illuminated by fairy lights. inaugural mural festival. Start up around gastropub (11), which serves comfort food Vancouver’s recently legalised “happy Main and E28th Ave and begin walking favourites such as and bison hour” has been enthusiastically embraced, down. Browse rare grooves at Red Cat burgers, or make it a little more stylish at with most restaurants running a 4-6pm Records and local art and comics, along its sister restaurant, Forage (12), for locally deal and many offering a late-night one, with international titles at Lucky’s Comics. sourced and lovingly prepared west coast too. Head downtown for a snack and go Stationery fans will swoon at the Regional treats, including Haida Gwaii halibut or traditional at Joe Fortes (2) with $5 (£3) Assembly of Text, a quirky little store foraged stinging nettle risotto.

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