Sunset Special Skyride Up Grouse Mountain

Harbour Air's floatplane throttles up across Coal Harbour, climbs over Lions Gate and Stanley Park, and lands back on the water like it weighs nothing.

Tiny rainbow ferries, five-minute crossing, Granville Island oysters, and a skyline that glows on the way home.

The MV Harbour Princess leaves Coal Harbour at 7pm with a West Coast buffet, live music, and a rooftop deck timed so the sunset happens on board.

The cliche that earned it. Eight free volleyball nets, a driftwood log, and English Bay going full pink.

South Langley estate winery famous for its bubbles, its vines, its staff who actually know their wines, and no rush.

The only patio right on Jericho Beach, upstairs at the sailing centre, with burgers, cold local beer, and a full-frontal view of the downtown skyline at sunset.

Grab Denman Street takeout, claim a driftwood log, and watch the sun drop behind the North Shore mountains. Free, always.

Stanley Park's west-facing sandy cove, where everyone on the seawall cycles past while you watch the real show.

Movies under the stars on the North Vancouver waterfront, by donation.

Ten days of free waterfront concerts, an artisan market and wine gardens along West Vancouver's Ambleside seawall.

English Bay's quieter cousin at the mouth of False Creek, where the ferries, the mountains, and the freighters all line up.

Fifty-five acres of themed gardens with a hedge maze designed, architecturally and on purpose, for getting pleasantly lost together.

The one Vancouver sunset where the sand goes on forever, the crowds go home, and the sky takes its sweet time.

Canada's longest pier stretches 470 metres over Semiahmoo Bay, Mount Baker glowing across the water like it's showing off.