Canada is more than its hulking-mountain, craggy-coast good looks: it cooks incredible meals, rocks fascinating culture, and unfolds exciting, moose-spotting road excursions. The world’s second-largest country boasts an infinite variety of scenery, which draws many visitors. There are sky-high mountains, gleaming glaciers, ghostly rainforests, and secluded beaches dispersed over six time zones. The area is also ideal for a playground. Adventures abound, whether you’re snowboarding Whistler’s mountains, surfing Nova Scotia’s swells, wreck diving in the turquoise waters off the Bruce Peninsula, or kayaking the white-frothed South Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories. There are other softer options, such as wandering around Stanley Park in Vancouver or swimming off the pink-sand beaches of Prince Edward Island.