Send Vancouver

It’s a vertical city; a large garden of high rises at the foot of the mountains and the edge of the Salish Sea. Surf and sail in the morning; snow ski in the afternoon; end the day with a five-star meal—all in Canada’s largest seaport and North America’s most diversity-dense city. It’s younger than you’d imagine (125 years old), growing into every available space (mostly in high rises) and garnering a reputation for global magnetism. Some 200 language groups are represented among its residents.
Discovered by the Squamish (First Nations), explored by the Spanish, established by the English and heavily settled by the Chinese following the Gold Rush years, it’s as much West Coast North America as it is Far East and Western European. With its winning hockey team, it’s also thoroughly Canadian.