Vancouver

Vancouver needs 3 days: Stanley Park and downtown on one, Granville Island on another, and a Whistler or Capilano Suspension Bridge trip on the third. June-September brings the driest, mildest weather of the year. It's expensive, among North America's least affordable cities for housing and lodging. It's consistently ranked among the world's most livable cities, with snow-capped mountains, forests and ocean simultaneously visible from downtown, an uncommon geographic combination in a major city.