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Tours in Toronto |
Walking Tours
Walking tours of Toronto are available with A Taste of the World (tel: (416) 923 6813; website: www.torontowalksbikes.com). True to its name, the company offers the ‘Kensington Foodies Roots Walk', a 3.5-hour Saturday morning stroll through historic Kensington Market, sampling both the sights and the local delicacies. Tours are frequently sold out - advance reservation is recommended.
Genova Tours (tel: (416) 367 0380) offers a variety of year-round Toronto walking tours that cover all kinds of interests - food in St Lawrence Market, Chinatown and Little India; history at the Mount Pleasant and Necropolis Cemeteries; and star-gazing in the neighbourhoods of Yorkville and Millionaire Row.
Guided tours of the city's natural heritage are available from Toronto Field Naturalists (tel: (416) 593 2656; website: www.torontofieldnaturalists.org).
There are also a variety of signposted, self-guided walks that wind through the city's many parks and green spaces. Alternatively, visitors have the option of exploring the vast labyrinth of interconnected shopping areas that underlie downtown's office towers. The 10km (6-mile) PATH network (website: www.toronto.ca/path) links shopping, services and entertainment venues between the two branches of the Yonge-University-Spadina subway, south of Dundas Street.
Boat Tours
A boat tour of the harbour is a nice sightseeing experience. Toronto Tours (tel: (416) 869 1372; website: www.torontotours.com) offers 1-hour cruises of the inner harbour and out to the Toronto Islands.
Bus Tours
Grayline Tours (tel: (416) 594 3310; website: www.grayline.com) runs hop-on, hop-off tours of the city centre in open-topped double-decker buses. A full circuit lasts two hours. The best places for passengers to hop on board are 123 Front Street West (corner of University Street) and the corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street (visitors should call ahead, seeing as tickets are not available at all stops). Toronto Hippo Tours (tel: (416) 703 4476 or 1 877 635 5510; website: www.torontohippotours.com) offers an ‘amphibus' (amphibious bus) from May to October. Departing from 151 Front Street West (corner of Simcoe Street), the 1-hour long tour of the city takes in the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre and Toronto City Hall before entering the water at Ontario Place for a half-hour tour around Toronto's harbour.
Walking tours of Toronto are available with A Taste of the World (tel: (416) 923 6813; website: www.torontowalksbikes.com). True to its name, the company offers the ‘Kensington Foodies Roots Walk', a 3.5-hour Saturday morning stroll through historic Kensington Market, sampling both the sights and the local delicacies. Tours are frequently sold out - advance reservation is recommended.
Genova Tours (tel: (416) 367 0380) offers a variety of year-round Toronto walking tours that cover all kinds of interests - food in St Lawrence Market, Chinatown and Little India; history at the Mount Pleasant and Necropolis Cemeteries; and star-gazing in the neighbourhoods of Yorkville and Millionaire Row.
Guided tours of the city's natural heritage are available from Toronto Field Naturalists (tel: (416) 593 2656; website: www.torontofieldnaturalists.org).
There are also a variety of signposted, self-guided walks that wind through the city's many parks and green spaces. Alternatively, visitors have the option of exploring the vast labyrinth of interconnected shopping areas that underlie downtown's office towers. The 10km (6-mile) PATH network (website: www.toronto.ca/path) links shopping, services and entertainment venues between the two branches of the Yonge-University-Spadina subway, south of Dundas Street.
Boat Tours
A boat tour of the harbour is a nice sightseeing experience. Toronto Tours (tel: (416) 869 1372; website: www.torontotours.com) offers 1-hour cruises of the inner harbour and out to the Toronto Islands.
Bus Tours
Grayline Tours (tel: (416) 594 3310; website: www.grayline.com) runs hop-on, hop-off tours of the city centre in open-topped double-decker buses. A full circuit lasts two hours. The best places for passengers to hop on board are 123 Front Street West (corner of University Street) and the corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street (visitors should call ahead, seeing as tickets are not available at all stops). Toronto Hippo Tours (tel: (416) 703 4476 or 1 877 635 5510; website: www.torontohippotours.com) offers an ‘amphibus' (amphibious bus) from May to October. Departing from 151 Front Street West (corner of Simcoe Street), the 1-hour long tour of the city takes in the CN Tower, the Rogers Centre and Toronto City Hall before entering the water at Ontario Place for a half-hour tour around Toronto's harbour.
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