Outdoor Activities:

Take the gondola and visit the bear sanctuary (Grouse Mountain)

Bike the Stanley Park Seawall Path

Walk around Gastown and Canada Place

Visit English Bay Beach

Walk Jericho and Spanish Banks Beaches

Kayak the Indian Arm

Hike/Kayak around Buntzen lake

Hike the North Shore Mountains (Seymour, Grouse, Cyprus)

Walk around Granville Island

Visit Deep Cove

Indoor Activities:

See a show at The Improv Centre (Granville Island)

Visit the Vancouver Aquarium

Watch a White Caps game at BC Place

Visit the UBC Museum of Anthropology

Walk around the Granville Island Public Market

Go climbing at The Hive Bouldering Gym

Visit the Vancouver Art Gallery (by donation on Tuesday)

Coffee Shops:

Modus (Mount Pleasant)

Nemesis (Gastown)

Aiyaohno (Chinatown, matcha focused)

Prototype Coffee (Chinatown)

Restaurants ($-$$$$):

AnnaLena (Best in Vancouver $$$$)

Nero Tondo (Hastings, hyper local cuisine, veggie forward $$$)

Bao Bei (Chinatown $$$)

Phnom Phen (Chinatown $$)

Tacofino Ocho (Mount Pleasant $$)

Le Belle Potate (Downtown/Davie $$)

Downlow Chicken Shack (Commercial $)

Don Jose Carnitas (Chinatown $)

New Town Bakery (Chinatown $)

Cocktail and Wine Bars:

Guilt & Co (Gastown, live music)

Cactus Club Cafe (English Bay)

Grapes & Soda (Granville)

Bar Tartare (Gastown)

Dear Gus (Olympic Village)

Where is Laowai? (Chinatown, ask for the number 7 in the dumpling shop)

Meo (Chinatown)

El Gato Gab Gab (Mount Pleasant)

Mount Pleasant Vintage and Provisions (Mount Pleasant)

The Narrow Lounge (Mount Pleasant)

Pubs and Breweries:

Blarney Stone (Gastown)

CRAFT Beer Market (Olympic Village)

The American (Chinatown-ish)

Bomber Brewing (East Vancouver)

Strange Fellows (East Vancouver)

Luppolo (East Vancouver)

Steamworks Brewpub (Gastown)

Disclaimer: The Gastown, Chinatown, and Downtown East Side core have a visible homeless population. While the area is not particularly dangerous, be advised it might not be suitable for children and just be mindful of your surroundings and belongings when walking around.