Day 1: Vancouver, British Columbia

Uncovering authentic local finds and having experiences that make you feel like you’ve really connected with a place are important elements in ensuring an extraordinary vacation. We’re taking advantage of our partnership with Travel + Leisure to get their editors’ recommendations and insider tips on the places you will want to visit. Here are their picks for just one of the 150 destinations they covered.

Must-Sees from the Editors of
Travel + Leisure

Gastown
The city’s most historic neighborhood is known for cobblestoned streets lined with happening restaurants, bars, and boutiques. Order an avant-garde cocktail at speakeasy-style Diamond (di6mond.com) and creative tapas at the tiny Judas Goat Taberna (judasgoat.ca).

Granville Island
Under the Granville Street Bridge, the city’s indoor/outdoor public market is flush with farmers and food artisans selling everything from fresh oysters and loose teas to heavenly chocolates. Surrounding shops include Artisan Sake Maker, where owner Masa Shiroki sells handcrafted rice wine, and the Umbrella Shop, for that Vancouver weather essential.

Stanley Park
The 1,000-acre spread of temperate rain forest occupies the northwest end of the city’s downtown peninsula. Almost completely surrounded by water, the park remains mostly wild; exploring its inner trails among giant ferns and towering cedars is a nature lover’s nirvana.

Be sure to visit our Shore Excursions page or speak with our onboard Destination Concierge for arrangements to any of these must-sees.

Day 2: Victoria, British Columbia

The capital of British Columbia is located on Canada's largest island, Vancouver Island. This seaside enclave and one time British colony has retained much of its colonial splendor. And thanks to a temperate climate, Victoria blooms with color during the spring and summer months.

To learn more about this exciting port, please refer to our Port Explorer guide.

Day 3: Nanaimo, British Columbia

In Vancouver Island's second-largest city you can stroll along a newly redeveloped waterfront with walkways, boardwalks, gardens and floating restaurants. Aside from its natural beauty and extensive green spaces, Nanaimo's claim to fame is The World Championship Bathtub Race, in which small motorboats outfitted with fiberglass tubs race across the 36-mile Georgia Strait.

Day 4: Seattle, Washington

Uncovering authentic local finds and having experiences that make you feel like you’ve really connected with a place are important elements in ensuring an extraordinary vacation. We’re taking advantage of our partnership with Travel + Leisure to get their editors’ recommendations and insider tips on the places you will want to visit. Here are their picks for just one of the 150 destinations they covered.

Must-Sees from the Editors of
Travel + Leisure

Chihuly Garden and Glass
Vibrant glass sculptures and installations by renowned Washington artist Dale Chihuly blossom from an exhibition space just beneath the Seattle Space Needle. Baubles of color emerge from a garden also brimming with camellias and daylilies; bursts of yellow, red and orange glass hang from the top of a 4,500-square-foot glasshouse.

Pike Place Market
With more than 400 shops and stalls, the oldest continuously operating public market in the country is also a crucial hub for most of the city's restaurateurs and foodies. Tourists make a beeline for the sassy fish throwers and the original Starbucks, but the true draws are the flower stalls in the main arcade, as well as the booths occupied by serious growers and food merchants hawking fresh herbs, pots of artisanal honey and whole fish and crabs on heaps of ice.

Be sure to visit our Shore Excursions page or speak with our onboard Destination Concierge for arrangements to any of these must-sees.

Day 5: At Sea

Designed for the traveler who settles in nicely to veranda staterooms where little details make a big difference. Savor unexpected delights such as fresh flower arrangements, personalized stationery, and complimentary shoeshine service. The attention to detail will amaze you, even as you sleep on the perfect pillow you've selected from our pillow menu. If personalized Concierge service, priority check-in and early disembarkation appeal to you, Concierge Class is your clear choice.

Day 6: San Francisco, California

Uncovering authentic local finds and having experiences that make you feel like you’ve really connected with a place are important elements in ensuring an extraordinary vacation. We’re taking advantage of our partnership with Travel + Leisure to get their editors’ recommendations and insider tips on the places you will want to visit. Here are their picks for just one of the 150 destinations they covered.

Must-Sees from the Editors of
Travel + Leisure

California Academy of Sciences
In San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, this museum embodies green architecture in unprecedented ways. Its innovative plan combines energy-efficient technology- a "living roof" of native plants provides the sleek building with natural insulation and prevents 3 million gallons of rainwater runoff annually-with state-of-the-art exhibitions. The world's biggest all-digital planetarium, for example, employs real-time data from NASA to show spectators cosmic events as they take place.

Be sure to visit our Shore Excursions page or speak with our onboard Destination Concierge for arrangements to any of these must-sees.

Day 7: San Francisco, California

Uncovering authentic local finds and having experiences that make you feel like you’ve really connected with a place are important elements in ensuring an extraordinary vacation. We’re taking advantage of our partnership with Travel + Leisure to get their editors’ recommendations and insider tips on the places you will want to visit. Here are their picks for just one of the 150 destinations they covered.

Must-Sees from the Editors of
Travel + Leisure

California Academy of Sciences
In San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, this museum embodies green architecture in unprecedented ways. Its innovative plan combines energy-efficient technology- a "living roof" of native plants provides the sleek building with natural insulation and prevents 3 million gallons of rainwater runoff annually-with state-of-the-art exhibitions. The world's biggest all-digital planetarium, for example, employs real-time data from NASA to show spectators cosmic events as they take place.

Be sure to visit our Shore Excursions page or speak with our onboard Destination Concierge for arrangements to any of these must-sees.

Day 8: Monterey, California

Set 120 miles south of San Francisco, this city has deep connections to the fishing industry and was the inspiration for the John Steinbeck novel, Cannery Row. Today it boasts one of the world's largest aquariums, as well as a vast offshore kelp forest that attracts divers who share the waters with sea otters and sea lions.

Day 9: At Sea

The Main Restaurant is the centerpiece of our immersive and enriching range of culinary experiences. We're proud to present an unparalleled wealth of choices every evening. Working literally around the clock, the galleys delight in sending out artfully presented dishes, every delicate micro-green garnish perfectly in place.

Day 10: San Diego, California

Bordered by the Anza-Borrego Desert, the Laguna Mountains, and the Pacific Ocean, San Diego is blessed with a year-round Mediterranean climate, which only adds to the attraction of its 70 miles of beaches.

To learn more about this exciting port, please refer to our Port Explorer guide.