john banks

Have found some good flights available to Toronto YHM in October.

Apart from going to Niagara Falls and hiring anything with a V8 to do a road tour, I'm short on ideas.

Any suggestions on what areas to stay in and for how long to split up a week in Ontario?

richardg

cn tower obviously....make sure you stand over the glass roof and look down

two of my cousins live in toronto. been there a few times and loved it. make sure you have a good walk around the city

jerome used to live there - i expect he will have more to add

Jerome

Markus still lives there, so will be able to give a more detailed run down than me.

As Richard said, deffo worth doing the CN Tower and the glass floor. The staff there will tell you, before you buy your tickets, what the visibility is and therefore how far you can see from the top.

You've mentioned Niagara Falls. Worth going behind the falls and doing the Maid of the Mist boat trip to the base of the falls as well. Don't bother crossing over to the US - the view from there is nowhere near as good. Niagara itself is a very tacky town, so don't bother going into the town itself. Instead, head over to Niagara on the Lake, a nice picturesque little town. The Niagara region has lots of vineyards and is quite a pleasant place to just drive around.

If you are into ice hockey there is the Hockey Hall of Fame in downtown TO.

Even though it will be out of season, it's worth going over to the Islands. You get a good view of the TO skyline from there and i think the Islands are nicer when there are no tourists anyway. I think Markus still moors his boat over there so you might be able to blag a trip on that.

I'm not sure where is a good place to stay because I lived there, but I've had rellies stay in a chain hotel downtown and it was perfectly nice. Stay in a hotel close to Yonge street because it will be close to the Subway (Tube) which runs underneath Yonge St. This line has a good service right downtown.

I would also recommend the Hooters restaurant downtown as well. The wings are fantastic.

Moley

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I'd recommend the Delta Chelsea hotel

Toronto is a great city. I've been twice now and will be going again next year possibly.
I did the Rogers Stadium (Skydome) tour and the Air Canada Centre tour, aswell as the CN Tower etc. If you're going with female they'll enjoy the shopping.
If you are going to Niagra for a day trip the Greyhound is pretty cheap, although there are lots of companies who organise tours up there, and a few stop at the local vineyards on the way back, and you can taste/buy local wine. Which is nice.

Jerome

Did a search and found some of the previous threads about TO.

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...y-toronto.html

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...40-canada.html

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...a-toronto.html

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...a-toronto.html


And this deserves to be resurected

https://www.scoobynet.com/wales-26/4...ay-advice.html


Bring back the search facility for all...

john banks

Thanks! So is it best just to get a hotel in Toronto for the whole week do you think?

Moley

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I stayed one night at the Sheraton Fallsview (make sure you get the right one as there are two Sheraton's at Niagra). Got a very nice room which overlooks the falls with a big whirlpool bath, which is very nice you you're going with a partner

Official City of Niagara Falls Cam - Sheraton Fallsview Hotel and Conference Centre ( niagra falls niagara falls accommodation packages), Ontario, Canada

Jerome

That's what I'd do.

Niagara falls is only 45 minutes away from TO, so easily just a day out.

There are some national parks north of TO (Algonquin for example), but I think they may be closed out of season and so it may be difficult to find somewhere to stay near them. More info here on parks.

I can't think of anything else worth seeing that is far enough away that would require an overnight stay (unless you drive for 7 hours to Ottawa etc).

Markus

Afternoon all, someone mention my name?

Jerome has covered pretty much of what I would have said. Niagara is well worth a visit, you *will* get wet on the maid of the mist. There are a couple of Casino's down that way too, might be worth having a look around if it's of interest. Niagara on the Lake is very nice as well, some quaint shops and things there (nice sailing club too, but I digress ).

Toronto, well, CN Tower, Hockey is off-season so no blood on the ice action Baseball is still on though, and there may be a Blue Jays home game. Ticket prices are pretty reasonable, way more so than hockey where it's a reall pish take. There is also the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). Have a look here for more things to do and places to go. There are plenty of bars, clubs and restuarants in downtown TO.

Toronto Islands are rather nice. Alas I don't have the boat moored up over there, but we do sail frequently over to the island (had a club race over there at the weekend, was "interesting" given the winds were 40 knots and we're in a little 24ft boat!). I would offer you a sail but the boats going to be hauled out for the winter pretty soon, sorry.

You must ride the Red Rocket (streetcar) for that authentic TO experience. Have to admit I've still not used the street car or the subway since I got here, guess I'm too lazy

As for where to stay, hmm, as with Jerome, I live here so can't offer too much advice, but agree that somewhere near Younge would be good, as the main things appear to be around there.

Hooters, pmsl, I seem to recall that as the night wore on the serving wenches appeared to get younger Reminds me, if you like curry there are a couple of good places downtown, Dhabba and Kama.

Markus

One other bit of advice, you could always post on here and ask the local Subaru gang what they recommend. Might even have a few good ideas when it comes to nice roads to use the big ol V8 on

john banks

Thanks again, lots of really useful info. Most appreciated!

rallycol

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Book a meal in the CN tower,and book it and hour before dusk ,so you can see the view in the daylight and night time,it's free to go up when having a meal ,so it's like knocking the entrance price off the meal,you can book on the internet and there is also an online menu. Also go the steam whistle brewery right by the CN tower cheap entrance £4,free beers,free tour ,free glass and or bottle opener.

Markus

Doh! Totally forgot about that! The menu is pretty good (pop over here and have a look under the 360 Restaurant menu item) and the prices are very reasonable.