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    Insight Guides Explore Toronto & Ontario (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Explore Toronto & Ontario (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Insight Guides Explore Toronto & Ontario (Travel Guide eBook)

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    Insight Guides Explore Toronto Ontario

    Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
    Focused travel guide featuring the very best routes and itineraries.

    Discover the best of Toronto Ontario with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see, top attractions like Niagara Falls, SkyTower and Royal Ontario Museum, to discovering cultural gems, including feasting on poutine, admiring stunning ceramics at the Gardiner Museum and perusing the delights of Byward Market, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, and help you plan and enhance your visit to Toronto Ontario.

    Features of this travel guide to Toronto Ontario:
    - 14 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat and drink along the way
    - Local highlights: discover the area's top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery
    - Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in Toronto Ontario's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
    - Insider recommendations: discover the best hotels, restaurants and nightlife using our comprehensive listings
    - Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
    - Covers: Toronto City Highlights, Toronto's lakeshore and Fort York, Toronto Downtown, Toronto's Historic Heart, Grand Toronto along University Avenue, The AGO, Toronto Islands, North Toronto - Casa Loma and vicinity, Toronto with Children, Niagara Falls, Kingston Highlights, Ottawa Highlights, Seven Sound and Georgian Bay, Southwest Ontario, Lake Huron and Stratford

    Looking for a comprehensive guide to Toronto Ontario? Check out Insight Guides Canada for a detailed and entertaining look at all the country has to offer.

    About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

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    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateNov 2, 2021
    ISBN9781839053047
    Insight Guides Explore Toronto & Ontario (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Insight Guides wherever possible uses local experts who provide insider know-how and share their love and knowledge of the destination.

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      Insight Guides Explore Toronto & Ontario (Travel Guide eBook) - Insight Guides

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      How To Use This E-Book

      This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With ­top-­quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.

      Best Routes

      The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

      We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.

      Introduction

      The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more.

      Directory

      Also supporting the routes is a Directory chapter, with our pick of where to stay while you are there and select restaurant listings; these eateries complement the more low-key cafés and restaurants that feature within the routes and are intended to offer a wider choice for evening dining. Also included here are some nightlife listings and our recommendations for books and films about the destination.

      Getting around the e-book

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

      © 2021 Apa Digital AG

      License edition © Apa Publications Ltd UK

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      Table of Contents

      Recommended Routes For...

      Art Lovers

      Escaping the crowds

      Families

      Foodies

      Historians

      Island hopping

      Villas and gardens

      Natural wonders

      Explore Toronto & Ontario

      Geography and layout

      History

      Climate

      Population

      Local customs

      Politics and economics

      Food and Drink

      Local cuisine

      Where to eat

      Budget

      Mid-range

      High-end

      Drinks

      Entertainment

      Music and ballet

      Jazz and blues

      Theatre

      Outdoor Activities

      Watersports

      Beaches

      Ice-skating

      Golf

      Hockey

      Basketball and baseball

      Canadian football

      Toronto City Highlights

      Cn tower

      Ripley’s aquarium of canada

      Nat han phillips square

      Elgin and winter garden theatres

      Cf toronto eaton centre

      Dundas square

      The royal ontario museum (rom)

      Gardiner museum

      Toronto’s Harbourfront and Fort York

      Harbourfront centre

      Queen’s quay terminal

      The power plant

      Amsterdam brewhouse

      Fort york national historic site

      Toronto – Downtown West

      Cn tower

      Front street

      Hockey hall of fame

      St lawrence market

      King street

      Toronto’s Historic Heart

      Toronto city hall

      Podium green roof

      Old city hall

      Distillery historic district

      Gristmill lane

      Trinity street

      Case goods lane and tank house lane

      Grand Toronto: along University Avenue

      Triad sculpture

      Fairmont royal york hotel

      Toronto dominion gallery of inuit art

      Four seasons centre for the performing arts

      Osgoode hall

      Campbell house museum

      Canada life building

      Queen’s park

      Ontario legislative assembly building

      Bata shoe museum

      AGO, Chinatown and Kensington market

      Art gallery of ontario

      Indigenous and Canadian Art

      Contemporary Art

      Henry Moore Sculpture Centre

      Chinatown

      Kensington market

      No. 8 fire hose station

      Little italy

      Toronto Islands

      Jack layton ferry terminal

      Centre island

      Centreville amusement park

      Olympic island

      Ward’s island

      Hanlan’s point

      North Toronto – Casa Loma and vicinity

      Casa loma

      Spadina museum

      Tollkeeper’s cottage

      Koreatown

      Toronto With Kids

      Toronto zoo

      Ontario science centre

      Canada’s wonderland

      Niagara Falls

      Niagara falls

      Table rock welcome centre

      Botanical gardens & butterfly conservatory

      Niagara-on-the-lake

      Fort george

      Inniskillin wines and château des charmes

      Kingston highlights

      Confederation park

      Thousand islands cruise

      City hall

      Anglican cathedral

      Murney tower

      The agnes etherington art centre

      Bellevue house

      The penitentiary museum

      Ottawa highlights

      Parliament hill

      Centre block

      Confederation square

      The rideau canal

      Byward market

      Notre dame

      National gallery of canada

      Musée canadien de l’histoire

      Canadian war museum

      Laurier house

      The wilderness: algonquin provincial park

      Severn Sound and Georgian Bay

      Penetanguishene

      Discovery harbour

      Sainte-marie among the hurons

      The martyrs’ shrine

      Georgian bay islands national park

      Southwest Ontario: Lake Huron and Stratford

      Goderich

      Huron county gaol

      West street and the lakeshore

      Bayfield

      Pinery provincial park

      Petrolia

      Oil springs

      Uncle tom’s cabin

      Stratford

      Accommodation

      Toronto’s City Centre

      Toronto’s Midtown

      Toronto’s Eastside

      Toronto’s Westside

      Toronto’s Waterfront

      Toronto Airport

      Niagara Falls

      Niagara-on-the-Lake

      Kingston

      Ottawa

      Port Severn

      Bayfield

      Stratford

      Restaurants

      City Centre

      Midtown

      Westside

      Waterfront & Toronto Islands

      Niagara Falls

      Ottawa

      Stratford

      Nightlife

      Toronto bars

      Toronto Movie Theatres

      Toronto Comedy Club

      Toronto Nightclubs

      Toronto Jazz and Blues Bars

      Toronto Theatres and Performing Arts

      Ottawa bars

      Ottawa Jazz and Blues Bars

      Ottawa Theatres and Performing Arts

      Books and Film

      Fiction

      Non-Fiction

      Film and TV

      COVID-19 Updates

      While travelling in Canada, be sure to heed all local laws, travel advice and hygiene measures. While we’ve done all we can to make sure this guide is accurate and up to date, be sure to check ahead.

      Recommended Routes For...

      ART LOVERS

      Toronto is proud of its top art galleries. Enjoy the Canadian paintings at the Art Gallery of Ontario (route 6) and the stunning ceramics of the Gardiner Museum (route 1). Make time for the intriguing Gallery of Inuit Art (route 5).

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      ESCAPING THE CROWDS

      Cycle or stroll the lovely woods and pond-like lagoons of the Toronto Islands (route 7), or venture further afield to enjoy the wide sunsets of the Lake Huron shoreline (see route 14).

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      FAMILIES

      Families should never feel marooned in Toronto with a hatful of attractions to suit every age – shoot up to the top of the CN Tower (route 3); gawp at the sea life at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada (route 1); or escape the city centre for Toronto Zoo (route 9).

      Khristel Stecher/Tourism Toronto

      FOODIES

      Get those taste buds singing amidst Toronto’s army of cafés and restaurants – perhaps nibble a Portuguese custard tart at St Lawrence Market (route 3), wander Chinatown (route 6), or sample the cosmopolitan eateries of Kensington Market (route 6).

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      HISTORIANS

      Anyone interested in Canadian history is spoilt for choice: there are two splendid stockades, Fort York (route 2) and Fort George (route 10), plus the magnificently restored Ste-Marie among the Hurons (route 13).

      Destination Ontario

      ISLAND HOPPING

      Catch a boat to explore the wild and beautiful Georgian Bay Islands National Park (route 13). Alternatively, cruise the Thousand Islands from Kingston (route 11), or hop on a ferry over to the Toronto Islands (route 7).

      Destination Ontario

      VILLAS AND GARDENS

      Toronto is graced by a trio of delightful villas: Campbell House (route 5) and Spadina (route 8) are ultra-genteel, whilst the third, Casa Loma (route 8), is all things kitsch. The gardens at Spadina are a real pleasure.

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      NATURAL WONDERS

      No debating what’s at the top of this list – it has to be Niagara Falls (route 10), one of the wonders of the world. But also make a beeline for the islet-studded waters of Georgian Bay Islands National Park (route 13).

      Destination Ontario

      Explore Toronto & Ontario

      Fast paced and exciting, Toronto is Canada’s biggest city and the capital of the province of Ontario. It lies at the heart of the country’s business and finance sectors, but it also packs a real punch when it comes to all things cultural.

      St Lawrence Market, the city’s best food and drink market

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      From inauspicious beginnings – the first British settlement here was renowned for its cloying muddiness – Toronto has developed into one of the great cities of North America, relatively safe to visit and generally civil in its demeanour. The city is also justifiably proud of its world-class performing arts scene and is something of a beacon for multiculturalism, its distinctive neighbourhoods proclaiming their diversity in a staggering range of restaurants and cultural institutions which are dotted around both Toronto and Ontario.

      Geography and Layout

      The sprawling city of Toronto radiates out from the northern shore of Lake Ontario, its downtown dominated by a herd of mighty skyscrapers that are themselves overseen by the soaring CN Tower. Indeed, the CN Tower is visible from almost anywhere in the city, unless it’s a particularly cloudy day, and Lake Ontario is always south, no matter where you are. Unlike many a North American city, Torontonians don’t just work downtown, but eat, play, and sleep there, making the city centre an especially lively place crowded with restaurants, cafés, bars, stores and theatres. Most of the principal tourist attractions are here as well, from the delights of the Art Gallery of Ontario through to the Hockey Hall of Fame, and you can stroll leisurely from one to another with an occasional trip on a streetcar or the subway to speed things along. Edging downtown are Toronto’s most diverse and interesting neighbourhoods, most memorably Kensington Market, Chinatown and Little Italy and you can even hop on a ferry to savour the rustic charms of the Toronto Islands.

      The first nine routes we describe in this guidebook, beginning in the centre of Toronto and working their way out, cover all the most appealing attractions and highlight some of the city’s most engaging neighbourhoods. Nevertheless, although Toronto dominates proceedings hereabouts, the province of Ontario has much to offer – and our final five routes (see Routes 10–14) pick out a string of high spots. The first and most obvious target is the thundering waterfalls of Niagara Falls, but there are also the historic charms of Kingston and the diverting city of Ottawa, Canada’s capital – and that’s not to mention less urban delights, including the wonderful scenery of the Georgian Bay Islands National Park and the pretty little towns of the Lake Huron shoreline, Bayfield and Goderich. From Toronto, getting to Niagara Falls, Kingston and Ottawa is fairly easy by train or bus, but you will need your own vehicle to reach Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.

      The Toronto Music Garden, themed on Bach’s Suite No.1 for Unaccompanied Cello

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      History

      The first Europeans to make regular contact with Ontario’s Indigenous Iroquois and Algonquin peoples were the French explorers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most famously Étienne Brûlé and Samuel de Champlain. These early visitors were preoccupied with the fur trade, and it wasn’t until the end of the American War of Independence and the immigration of the United Empire Loyalists from New England that mass settlement began. The British parliament responded to this sudden influx by passing the Canada Act, in 1791, which created the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada (respectively Ontario and Québec). Fifty years later, the British went a step further, granting Canada ‘responsible government’ (broadly democratic government) and reuniting the two provinces in a loose confederation, prefiguring the final union of 1867 when Upper Canada was redesignated Ontario.

      Between 1820 and 1850 a further wave of migrants, mostly English, Irish and Scots, made Upper Canada the most populous and prosperous part of Canada. The first capital of Upper Canada was Niagara-on-the-Lake (for more information, click

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