Contents Plan Your Trip 4 Welcome to Toronto ...........4 Top Sights ............................6 Eating .................................10 Entertainment ...................12 Drinking & Nightlife ..........14 Festivals .............................15 Shopping ............................16 Freebies ............................. 17 For Kids ..............................18 LGBTIQ+ ............................19 Four Perfect Days ............20 Need to Know ................... 22 Toronto Neighborhoods ................ 24 CN Tower (p44) YELENA RODRIGUEZ MENA/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES © 00--title-contents-pk-tor1.inddtitle-contents-pk-tor1.indd 2 118/10/20198/10/2019 111:55:141:55:14 AM Explore Survival Toronto 27 Guide 147 Waterfront ........................ 29 Before You Go ................ 148 Entertainment & Arriving in Toronto ........ 149 Financial Districts ........... 43 Getting Around .............. 150 Old Town, Corktown & Essential Information ....152 Distillery District ............. 59 Index ................................ 156 Downtown Yonge ..............75 Kensington Market & Chinatown ..........................91 Yorkville & the Annex ........................ 103 Special Features West End .......................... 117 Harbourfront Centre .......30 East Toronto & Toronto Islands ................40 Rosedale .......................... 131 CN Tower ...........................44 St Lawrence Worth a Trip Market Complex ..............60 Niagara Falls ...................142 Tommy Thompson Park ....................................72 Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre .................76 Art Gallery of Ontario ..... 92 Royal Ontario Museum .......................... 104 High Park ......................... 118 Evergreen Brick Works .....................132 00--title-contents-pk-tor1.inddtitle-contents-pk-tor1.indd 3 118/10/20198/10/2019 111:55:151:55:15 AM Welcome to Toronto BrightBright andand bustling,bustling, TorontoToronto brimsbrims with art, ffood,ood, nightnightlifelife aandnd eveevenn sandysandy beaches.beaches. It has must-sees like thethe CNCN TowerTower and first-ratefirst-rate museums,museums, plusplus stop-you-in-your-tracksstop-you-in-your-tracks street art, hideawayhideaway eaterieseateries and walkable neighborhoods. And Canada’s largest city is proudly, and astoundingly, diverse – with deep global roots, and a tradition of welcoming the world into its fold. 01--welcome-to-pk-tor1.inddwelcome-to-pk-tor1.indd 4 117/10/20197/10/2019 110:58:450:58:45 AM 6 Top Sights CN Tower Toronto’s iconic, must-see tower. p44 Plan Your Trip Trip Your Plan MIHAI_ANDRITOIU/SHUTTERSTOCK ©; CN TOWER ARCHITECT: JOHN ANDREWS JOHN ARCHITECT: TOWER ©; CN MIHAI_ANDRITOIU/SHUTTERSTOCK Top Sights 02--top-sights-pk-tor1.inddtop-sights-pk-tor1.indd 6 117/10/20197/10/2019 111:29:531:29:53 AM 7 REIMAR/SHUTTERSTOCK ©REIMAR/SHUTTERSTOCK © KIEV.VICTOR/SHUTTERSTOCK © CPQ/SHUTTERSTOCK Art Gallery of Ontario Stunning Gehry- designed art museum. p92 Plan Your Trip Trip Your Plan Top Sights St Lawrence Market Complex Historic farmers market and more. p60 Niagara Falls Powerful and awe-inspiring waterfalls. p142 02--top-sights-pk-tor1.inddtop-sights-pk-tor1.indd 7 117/10/20197/10/2019 111:29:581:29:58 AM 8 Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre Beautifully restored double-decker theater. p76 CLICK IMAGES/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO © PHOTO STOCK IMAGES/ALAMY CLICK © PHOTO STOCK CHAPMAN/ALAMY LORNE RIGHT: LEFT: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Plan Your Trip Trip Your Plan IMAGE COLLECTION/ALAMY Top Sights STOCK PHOTO ©; LEFT: JHVEPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES ©; RIGHT: JAVEN/SHUTTERSTOCK ©; ARCHITECT: DANIEL LIBESKIND DANIEL ARCHITECT: ©; JAVEN/SHUTTERSTOCK RIGHT: ©; IMAGES JHVEPHOTO/GETTY LEFT: Harbourfront Centre Royal Ontario Museum Impressive waterfront cultural Toronto’s biggest and best complex. p30 museum. p104 02--top-sights-pk-tor1.inddtop-sights-pk-tor1.indd 8 117/10/20197/10/2019 111:29:591:29:59 AM 9 Evergreen Brick Works Toronto Islands Brick factory turned green oasis. Lovely island escape in Toronto. p132 p40 RIGHT: LORNE CHAPMAN/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO © PHOTO STOCK CHAPMAN/ALAMY LORNE RIGHT: ©; PHOTO STOCK COLLECTION/ALAMY IMAGE GEOGRAPHIC NATIONAL LEFT: Plan Your Trip Trip Your Plan Top Sights LEFT: CANADAPANDA/SHUTTERSTOCK ©; RIGHT: PUFFIN’S PICTURES/SHUTTERSTOCK © PICTURES/SHUTTERSTOCK PUFFIN’S RIGHT: ©; CANADAPANDA/SHUTTERSTOCK LEFT: High Park Tommy Thompson Park Arguably Toronto’s finest public Unexpected urban nature park. p118 reserve. p72 02--top-sights-pk-tor1.inddtop-sights-pk-tor1.indd 9 117/10/20197/10/2019 111:29:591:29:59 AM.