The visitor guide
Places to visit in Vancouver
If you only do one thing, make it the Stanley Park Seawall for Vancouver's big outdoor sweep. Then pick by weather: Granville Island Market or the Vancouver Aquarium for rain, and the Museum of Anthropology or Vancouver Art Gallery for culture.
Guide reviewed October 18, 2026. Prices are per adult and come from each venue's own site.
- Places featured
- 10
- Free to visit
- 2
- Price per person
- Free to $38
Places to explore
Open a place for its price information, maps and directions, then build a plan around it. Prices are per adult; check each venue for child rates and booking conditions.
- Free
Walk the Stanley Park Seawall
Stanley Park · Free
- Free
Graze Your Way Through Granville Island Market
Granville Island · Free
Get Lost in the Vancouver Aquarium
Stanley Park · $$$
Stand Under the Totems at the Museum of Anthropology
UBC Point Grey campus · $26
Get Lost in the Vancouver Art Gallery
Downtown · $29-35
Press Every Button at Science World
False Creek · $37-38
Climb Aboard the St. Roch at the Maritime Museum
Vanier Park · $22
Time-Travel the City at the Museum of Vancouver
Vanier Park · $23
Step into the 1890s at Roedde House Museum
West End · $10
Fly Coast to Coast at FlyOver
Canada Place · $$
Plan your visit
The Stanley Park Seawall is the headline act, a car-free loop where you navigate by keeping the ocean on one side. That makes it the easiest stop to share with a partner or a friend, or on your own. Pair it with the Vancouver Aquarium, also in Stanley Park, if you want sea otters too. Its 4D theatre is built to make the person beside you grab your arm.
Is the indoor list just a rainy-day fallback? Not at all. The Vancouver Maritime Museum is built around the St. Roch, a 1928 RCMP schooner that crossed the Northwest Passage twice, so the ship did the hard part and you only have to walk around it. The Museum of Vancouver sits in a flying-saucer building, and the Museum of Anthropology is, in our view, worth the trip out to UBC. Check each venue page before you go, since it has the practical details.
Official visitor sources
Photo credits
- Cover: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Walk the Stanley Park Seawall: popejon2, CC BY 2.0
- Place cards: credited on each place's own page.
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By Date Spark team. Guide reviewed October 18, 2026.
Places to visit questions
Good to know· 3 questions
What are good places to visit in Vancouver when it rains?
Granville Island Public Market is our pick for rain-day grazing, with a window seat over False Creek. Science World, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Maritime Museum and the Museum of Vancouver are also indoor options.
Where is the Museum of Anthropology?
It's on the UBC Point Grey campus at 6393 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, and it's known for towering totem poles set against sea and forest.
Which Vancouver stops are in Stanley Park?
Both the Stanley Park Seawall and the Vancouver Aquarium are in Stanley Park. The Seawall is a car-free 10 km loop, and the Aquarium is at 845 Avison Way.