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Toronto


Summer’s the best time to pay a visit to this buzzing Canadian city, with its high-rise skyline and international


outlook 1 Art Gallery of Ontario


Toronto has some seriously long roads (Yonge Street stretches 86km), but by focusing on certain parts of the city you’ll find it is walkable. Begin your tour at the Art Gallery of Ontario, which was revamped ten years ago by Frank Gehry. It has a permanent collection of more than 95,000 works, with exhibitions spanning European masters from the 1600s to 20th-century North American painters. Head for the section on the Group of Seven, a collective of artists from the 1920s to 30s who depicted the country’s landscapes in beautiful colours. Look out for Above Lake Superior by Lawren S Harris, Te Cloud, Red Mountain by Frederick H Varley, and Falls, Montreal River by J E H MacDonald. Te gallery describes them as giving a “unique artistic voice” to Canada. ago.ca


JUNE 2 0 18 2 Kensington Market


About ten minutes’ walk from the gallery is the multicultural low-rise district of Kensington Market, which is made up of Jamaican patty shops, taco bars, wholefood stores, quirky homeware outlets, cheese shops and pizzerias. It’s got a counter-cultural feel that makes it distinct from the rest of the city, and is closed off from traffic on Sundays. Don’t be put off by the slightly gritty, hippy vibe – there are some good dining establishments here too. Grey Gardens (greygardens.ca) is a chic wine bar and restaurant serving the likes of sweet potato ravioli with black truffle, and stuffed chicken with mustard greens. Te Kensington Brewing Company (kensingtonbrewingcompany.com) is worth a visit if you’re into craſt beer – its new brewery opened recently at 299 Augusta Avenue. kensington-market.ca


3 LCBO


Head down Spadina Avenue through Chinatown to the LCBO liquor store about 20 minutes away on foot. LCBO stands for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, and these outlets, dotted all over the city, are pretty much the only places where you can buy booze to take home. You could buy a bottle or two in duty-free, but there is a far greater choice in these shops. Your list might include ice wine made from grapes frozen on the vine near Niagara Falls, as well as whiskies such as Canadian Club, Crown Royal, Lot No 40 rye and former professional ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky’s No 99 Red Cask. On July 1, cannabis is expected to be legalised, and the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation (a subsidiary of the LCBO) will be licensed to sell it. lcbo.com


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