DESTINATIONS TORONTO CANADA
RIGHT: Ripley’s
Aquarium
FAR RIGHT: Kensington Market
BOTTOM: Reif Estate Winery
SAMPLE PRODUCT
Trafalgar offers an eight-night Best of Eastern Canada End Toronto tour combining the city with Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Quebec City, Montreal and beyond, from £1,925. The price includes accommodation, transport, some meals, airport
transfers, entry to the CN Tower and other highlights, plus a Be My
Guest experience dining at a
Niagara winery.
trafalgar.com
Super Break
offers a four-night package, staying at the four-star Delta Toronto East hotel, from £645, including return flights
from Stansted.
superbreak.com/ agents
w GETTING CULTURAL If clients like that, they will probably be taken by Kensington Market too. Located a short amble away from Chinatown, it’s a cool, bohemian district and former immigrant neighbourhood where brightly coloured Victorian houses-turned- shops sell vintage books and tie-dye clothes, and trendy bars and restaurants serve food from across the globe. Picture a dreadlocked, barefooted Rastafarian selling me second-hand books from a cute little house filled with aromas of aged wood, and you’re on the way to understanding its appeal. There’s plenty more in the way of
quirky spots elsewhere in the city, not least the legendary St Lawrence Market, a huge indoor bazaar filled with fresh produce, meat, cheese and antiques that National Geographic named the best food market in the world in 2012. Try the renowned ‘peameal bacon on a bun’ at Carousel Bakery, apparently frequented by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Drake, or the generously sized Boston Blue Fish & Chips at Buster’s Sea Cove. For further cultural musings, suggest the Bloor Street Culture Corridor, home to a smattering of attractions including the Royal Ontario Museum. Here, six floors and more than 30 galleries set in an atmospheric, palatial building offer insight into both local and international heritage, and collections span everything from art deco to the history of dinosaurs. Prices from £11 for adults, £8 for children. Next door you’ll find the Bata Shoe
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The Bata Shoe Museum, tracing the history of shoes from cavemen to today, sounds niche but is rather fascinating
Museum, an intriguing little spot dedicated to all things foot-related which traces the history of shoes from cavemen to current times. It might sound niche but it’s rather fascinating, and well worth recommending to fashion-y types, with entry from £8 for adults and £3 for children.
w LAKE LIFE Most impressive for me, though, was Toronto’s harbourfront on Lake Ontario. I embarked on an idyllic boat trip here with Mariposa Cruises and found myself gliding past exotic birds, grass islands and autumnal trees speckled yellow, green and burgundy, before glimpsing the city skyline under a solid blue sky. Prices are from £14 for adults and £9 for children. If clients are here in summer suggest
a trip to the Toronto Islands, 15 minutes away by ferry. Visitors will find swimmable beaches, an amusement park and a 200-year-old lighthouse on its shores, plus the chance to kayak, cycle and hike; there’s even a community of 600 people living in a cluster of olde-worlde cottages.
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