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Rogers Centre
Immediately adjacent to the CN Tower is Rogers
Centre, a massive domed sports arena and home
to the Toronto Blue Jays (MLB). Plan your trip to
Rogers Centre including ticketing, entry and your
ballpark experience at www.mlb.com/bluejays
Day Trip to Niagara Falls
If you have never been, a quick day trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls is well worth the
time. You can be standing on the edge of the falls in just over an hour. A tour to
Niagara Falls from Toronto is an easy way to see the falls if you don’t want to drive
yourself. Tours offer hotel pickup and drop-off and include a Niagara Cruise, which takes
you up close to the wall of water tumbling that is the main Horseshoe Falls.
Visit the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
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St. Lawrence Market
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Distillery District
The St. Lawrence Market houses a
variety of vendors selling various food
products, flowers, and speciality items.
This is an excellent spot to stop in for a
bite to eat or to relax with friends over a
cup of coffee.
Toronto’s Distillery District is a restored
historic area, which has been transformed
into a trendy entertainment and
shopping district. Charming boutiques,
galleries, artists’ studios, and restaurants
fill the old buildings. This is an interesting
place to come any time of year.
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Royal Ontario
Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum, known as the
ROM, is one of Canada’s premier museums,
with an international reputation for
excellence. It houses an outstanding
collection, which covers natural history, art,
and culture from a great variety of periods
from all over the world. It is also well-known
for featuring exhibitions from across the
globe. A controversial expansion in 2007
saw the addition of the Michael Lee-Chin
Crystal, a modern wing featuring glass and
sharp angles, added on to a very traditional
older building. It’s now one of Toronto’s
most recognizable buildings.
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Toronto
Zoo
Toronto zoo has an
outstanding and diverse
collection, with approximately
5,000 animals. Some of the
favourites include pygmy
hippos, lions, tigers, giraffes,
penguins, orangutans, and
many more. The zoo is
divided into several sections,
each representing a major
region of the globe.
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Casa Loma
Tour Casa Loma
Standing in beautifully kept grounds,
Casa Loma is an extraordinary building
somewhat reminiscent of a medieval
castle. With close to 100 rooms, including
three dozen bathrooms, the house is
now a museum. Visitors can take a look
back in time to a period of European
elegance and splendour. Canada’s
foremost castle is complete with
decorated suites, secret passages, an
800-foot tunnel, towers, stables, and five
acres of estate gardens.
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Eaton Centre
The huge Eaton Centre mall is located
at the north end of the Central Business
District. With its own subway station, this
ultra-modern shopping complex
extends over several blocks and is
continually being renovated and enlarged.
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Yonge Dundas
Square
This neon lit public space is fashioned
after New York’s Times Square and is a
popular gathering spot for Torontonians.
Yonge Dundas Square is best enjoyed in
the evening when the flashing neon signs
come to life and the place develops a fun
vibe. It is by far the best place in the city
for ‘people watching’. The surrounding
streets are packed with restaurants, many
of which have patios.
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Hockey
Hall of Fame
For hockey fans, a trip to the Hockey
Hall of Fame in downtown Toronto
is a necessity. This is the place to
learn about the all-time hockey
greats: the players, the teams, and
the games. It also offers a chance to
see the original 1893 Stanley Cup,
along with a collection of important
memorabilia.
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