Vancouver is renowned for its beauty, surrounded by breathtaking water and mountain scenery, and it also boasts a fantastic food and drink scene along with world-class attractions and a wealth of possibilities for outdoor adventure. Whether you’ve just purchased a home among Vancouver real estate or are visiting and contemplating a move, with so much to offer here you’ll find practically endless options for a great date, but these ideas may be some of the very best.

A Food and Wine Lovers’ Date

A number of publications, including Conde Nast Traveler, has named Vancouver among their lists of the world’s best food cities. Just minutes from downtown you can be exploring the more than dozen wineries of the Fraser Valley, and right in the city you’ll not only find plenty of fresh seafood and comforting poutine, but fare from around the world, from French, Greek, and Thai to Indian and Italian.

You might stop by the Granville Public Market and pick up some fresh, local ingredients for a picnic and then enjoy sampling the area’s delicious vino. Lulu Island Winery is less than a 30-minute drive south in Richmond and offers tastings and tours. Pick up a bottle and bring it to Richmond Nature Park where you can dine among the gardens and ponds. In the evening, dine at the Fairmont’s glamourous Notch8 Restaurant & Bar, inspired by the romance of travel in the 1930s. It features dishes that are designed around items featured on menus from the hotel’s early days. like spruce roasted pheasant with forest mushrooms.

An Outdoor Enthusiasts’ Date

As an outdoor enthusiasts’ paradise, you’ll have lots of options here, including a walk around Stanley Park, strolling along the waterfront where you can take in views of the city skyline, Lions Gate Bridge and the dramatic surrounding mountains before stopping at the teahouse which offers panoramic views of English Bay. Afterward enjoy bigger thrills by heading to nearby Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, taking the dizzying walk across the bridge that hangs high above the roaring Capilano River. If you’re up for more, just a few minutes away is Grouse Mountain, which not only offers jaw-dropping views but a variety of activities, including ziplines, tandem parasailing, chairlift rides, wolf and grizzly bear viewing.

Cap it all off with a sunset dinner cruise with Harbour Cruises, dining on delectable West Coast-themed cuisine and enjoying live music while you watch the sun splash its colors across the Pacific.

Culture Vulture Couples’ Date

Vancouver offers a wide range of cultural delights making it ideal for culture vulture couples. Explore art galleries like the Vancouver Art Gallery with its extension collection that includes over 10,000 works of art, including contemporary pieces as well as historic masters. The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art showcases sculptures and other works created by the region’s contemporary aboriginal artists. You can also hit museums like UBC Museum of Anthropology, set within a spectacular building that overlooks the sea and the mountains on the University of British Columbia campus. Nearby Burnaby is home to the Burnaby Village Museum where you can get a glimpse of life here a century ago, complete with costumed townspeople and historic buildings that recreate a traditional 1920s community. At this free open-air museum, you can talk to a blacksmith about what he’s working on in the blacksmith shop, explore historic homes, an old school and general store, and even hop aboard a restored electric street car. After dark, head to the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company to catch an original Canadian play.