We spent a couple days (3 nights) in Vancouver prior to an Alaska cruise in September. We did a food/cocktail tour, biked around Stanley Park (fun but I wanted to kill my husband as we started and I didn't know I couldn't turn around - I'm not really a good cyclist....) Lots of good food and beer. Granville Island for the market (we went early, had breakfast). Sun Yat Sen Chinese garden (lovely, even in the rain!).