Week Day Away to Toronto

Air Canada www.AirCanada.com

Toronto www.seetorontonow.com

Ontario www.OntarioTravel.net

  • Yorkville for Shopping
  • Distillery District
  • Theater District
  • Queen West Village
  • The Danforth *Greek Town
  • St Lawrence Market

Museums –Bata Shoe Museum (4500 years of shoe history)The Gardiner Museum of Pottery and Ceramics, ROM Royal Ontario Museum (located in the Shopping Center), AGO Art Gallery of Ontario Hockey Hall of Fame plus plus ** ROM permanent galleries of dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, Canada’s First Peoples, gems & minerals, dinosaurs and more, alongside world-class dining, shopping and breathtaking architecture.  Big- a collection of costume and clothing- from Ancient Egypt to Haute Couture  with the likes of John Galliano and Dior

Lots of life Outside of Toronto The Shaw Festival, Niagara Wine Region, and Niagara Falls Stratford in the other directions Lake Country with Water Sports, Boating Hiking, Fishing – winter skiing and hiking.

I asked three experts from Toronto for their suggestions of places to dine; this is what I found

Juliette Lie Baxter, Editor and Chief of Glow www.Glow.ca

George Queen East www.georgeonqueen.com

Origins, St Lawrence, (Downtown) www.OriginToronto.com   

Swish by Han, WellingtonEast (Downtown) www.swishbyhan.wordpress.com Korean fusion

John Muscat, President of Line Knit Wear www.lineknitwear.com

Grand Electric, Queen West www.GrandElectricBar.com

Local Kitchen and Wine Bar www.LocalKitchen.ca  Queen West

Josos on Davenport, www.josos.com 

Julien Robillard, Director of Client Services, Arcestra www.arcestra.com

Canoe, Financial district www.oliverbonacini.com/Canoe.aspx

Harbord room, Harbord Street www.theharbordroom.com

Ruby Watchco, Queen East www.rubywatchco.ca  

Places to stay

The Four Seasons and the Hazelton www.thehazeltonhotel.com  in Yorkville, the newly renovated Le Meredien King Edward in the theater district www.TheKingEdwardHotel.com

The Shangri-La plus many properties that are modern, historic, and economical ** The Gladstone www.gladstonehotel.com  and The Drake www.thedrakehotel.com

For Travel to Toronto visit Air Canada www.AirCanada.com

for Toronto Tourism information, www.seetorontonow.com

for Ontario Tourism information, www.OntarioTravel.net