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Toronto What spot off the beaten path would you show a tourist? Recommendations from @metromorning followers on Twitter. Feb 2017 9 Metro Morning 10 jauntful.com/metromorning 2 1 3 6 4 8 7 ©OpenStreetMap contributors, ©Mapbox, ©Foursquare Étienne Brulé Park 1 Toronto Hunt Club 2 Kensington Market 3 Grenadier Pond 4 Park Golf Course Neighborhood Lake Depends on the season! Fall: Etienne The Toronto Hunt Club and its view of Off-the-beaten-path #toronto: You just don't expect to see that kind of Brûlé Park (colour, salmon jumping). the lake at sunset when there is a sailing Kensington Market, Sunnybrook beauty off a major street in T.O. @tvgurl @KinderFynes regatta going on! @Think_teach Park/Don River bike trail, Ashbridges Bay/Beaches. @MartiniBlake 13 Crosby Ave, Toronto 1355 Kingston Rd., Toronto Note Against the Grain Urban Tavern... 6 Cherry Beach 7 Ward's Island 8 Bar Beach Neighborhood One of the best kept secrets in the City Sugar Beach! Against the Grain for lunch Cherry beach, Leslie street spit! The islands are a popular recreational are the parks, vistas and views all along on patio, stroll along lake, relax on @jengonzales8 destination, and are home to a small the Scarborough Bluffs, top and bottom. "beach", share Redpath history. residential community and to the Billy @CllrCrawford @jsquaredink Bishop Toronto City Airport. @nogahK 25 Dockside Dr, Toronto (647) 344-1562 corusquay.atgurbantavern.ca Cherry Beach, Toronto Brickworks Park 9 Humber Arboretum 10 Other Garden A community environmental centre that Located behind Humber College's North inspires and equips visitors to live, work campus, the Humber Arboretum consists and play more sustainably. @UinvitedU of botanical gardens and natural areas surrounding the Humber River. @KinderFynes 205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto (416) 675-5009 Sign up on Jauntful.com to make your own. Jauntful © 2016.

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