Recent reviews Toronto
[fluffy17, 08/02/2012] we stayed in this hotel last year, after a long flight we arrived to very friendly staff, we were up graded when we asked for a view of the cn tower, the whole stay was a complete joy and we are looking at our next visit.
[hannah_i, 05/07/2011] From the high speed lift / elevator ride, to the revolving restaurant, glass floor and viewing platform - the CN tower is definitely THE attraction in Toronto. The restaurant may be on the pricey side, but with great food & service, it's worth treating yourself to! The glass floor is (of course) extremely safe, but is probably not something for anyone with a fear of heights - definitely a knee-wobbler! I would recommend going in the evening - that way you get to see the day time view, sunset and night sky over the course of your meal and viewing experience!
[simo1984, 21/04/2011] Very nice if you want to visit toronto, or if you have business there.
[AnnikaFlore, 18/03/2011] My Spouse, two friends and I stayed for 6 nights in early February, 2011. We arrived on an overnight flight around 8:00 am & were allowed to store our bags until the check-in time. The neighbourhood has plenty of shops and restaurants. We felt safe on the streets, even at night. The rooms are good sized especially since they are located in downtown. The computer table and fireplace was also nice. The bed was good. Mr. Tahir is very nice & helpful. The 6 nights were very cheap compared to a hotel. Hotels are way overpriced. We got everything we needed here. Free cable TV and internet was very n
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[magdadh, 14/11/2010] Ontario Science Centre is one of the main children-focused attractions in Toronto. Located out of the centre, at 770 Don Mills Road. It's reachable by public transport by taking a subway to Eglington and then a bus to Don Mills Road from Eglington Avenue East. It's about 40 minute's trip from downtown locations.
The entrance to the centre costs 18 CAD per adult (more if a show in the adjoining IMAX cinema is included) but what is inside can easily occupy a family for the best part of the day.
The exhibits star outside the building (not particularly attractive but imaginatively built into a
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[magdadh, 14/11/2010] Toronto's Zoo is one of the biggest in Canada and if zoos are your kind of thing is definitely worth visiting. It's not particularly easy to get to by public transportand if you have somebody who could drive you there it would be a good idea to make use of them (unless you are in eastern part of Toronto in the victinity of the route of no 86 bus).
The zoo takes up over 700 acres and I divided into zones that group together animals from different parts of the world. In addition to normal zoo enclosures and cages there are also six pavilions which are filled not only with animals but also growi
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[magdadh, 14/11/2010] The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is Ontario's and Canada's largest museum, with a collection of more than 6 million items. Unlike museums dedicated to one area of human activity, art or science, ROM is a traditional national museum housing all kinds of objects relating both to humanities and natural sciences. If you imagine British Museum combined with the Natural History Museum you wouldn't be far off.
The museum is located north of Queen's Park and near the area occupied by the University of Toronto, with a dedicated subway station and plenty of public transport.
The building itse
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[magdadh, 09/04/2010] he CN Tower (Canadian National) is a major Toronto landmark and one of the most iconic if perhaps not the most iconic building in Canada.
Built as a television tower in 1975, it is the second tallest free-standing structure in the world at 553m, and quickly gained enormous popularity as an attraction in its own right.
Although the tower as a whole is 553m metres high, the main observation platform and restaurant are located at 346m metres and the so-called Sky-pod 100 metres.
The adult entrance ticket to the tower costs normally around 27 CAD. We visited as a part of our City Pass that a
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[magdadh, 26/03/2010] We have booked our first night in Toronto via LastMinute.com, and after reading many Internet reviews have picked the downtown Toronto Primrose, mostly based on the location and the reasonable price (70 GBP for a room with two double beds).
I was a little bit worried because some of the reviews were rather scathing, but there was no reason for that: the hotel, although nothing particularly special, was perfectly adequate. Considering the price we paid, although Primrose is technically a three star hotel, I will be comparing it to the likes of Travelodge in the UK, and in this comparison th
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[jaygami1986, 14/08/2009] So this next review is about my experience in the CN tower, when I visited Toronto Canada. I had visited a number of big attraction sights in Toronto, but this was one of the one's that a enjoyed extremely. It was fun, exciting, bold and out of this world, it was a plus that I wasn't afraid of heights, so for anyone who does suffer from vertigo, it might be a challenge to visit this place. I had been to Toronto once before, however I was only 8 and thus didn't have the chance to visit the CNN tower only views it from outside. I promised myself that I would come back one day to visit this attra
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[TheDaz, 24/06/2009] Sited in a refurbished building on the original site, the St Lawrence Market lies just outside the Financial District, with a direct view towards the CN Tower via the Flatiron building.
A hub of fresh food, the market houses dozens of stalls run by local traders and producers to bring you the freshest and widest range of foods imaginable. Fruit and veg, meat , fish, cheeses and pulses all vie with deli counters, ethnic eatery stalls and the wares of local craftsmen selling jewellery, fabrics and much more.
There is an upper floor with a gallery overlooking the vaulted market floor, and h
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[ddubs, 20/03/2009] Private residence now.
[tartlette, 20/02/2009] We decided to find and book our accommodation for Toronto before we left the UK and this was one of the places recommended in our guide book. It seemed to tick our boxes of cheap, safe and providing private rooms so we booked it online straight away.
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The address of the hostel is 42 Widmer St., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2E9. We found it quite convenient and did not bother with any public transport (although this is not necessarily recommended as Toronto is huge!). We walked from the train station which took around 15 minutes. It was around 10 minutes walk to the CN Tower and the Roger
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[yummy_mummyx, 29/01/2009] Despite my fear of heights, I wouldnt have missed the opportunity to go up the CN Tower.
The Canadian National Tower in Toronto is still the worlds tallest building standing an impressive 553m high and has the worlds largest revolving restaurant inside although we didnt fancy the idea of eating as we spun round and round! I exaggerate just slightly as it takes 72 minutes for the restaurant to revolves all the way around once.
Tickets were fairly pricey and depend on which parts of the tower you want to access, further up, more expensive. The main viewing deck was high enough for us so we
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[TheDaz, 28/01/2009] A mecca of shopping, the Eaton Centre stands as a cathedral to consumerism, halfway up Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, and spanning from Dundas street at the top end, down to Bay Street where it joins with the Hudson Bay Trading Company store. At once a shopping destination and a place to catch some food or entertainment, the Eaton Centre adds to, rather than detracts from the overall experience of visiting Toronto, drawing in visitors and shoppers alike, and offering protection from the harsh winters outside.
With its sub-floor a part of the vast PATH network, the Eaton Centre rises 6 fl
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[TheDaz, 28/01/2009] Although now officially named after its sponsors, Rogers Telecom, this groundbreaking theatre of sport will still be known to many by its original name, Skydome.
Host to both the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball team, and the Toronto Argonauts Canadian Football team, as well as other concerts and events, this enormous stadium sees action on well over a hundred nights a year. The conversion from Baseball diamond to Football field is achieved through a clever system of retracting seats and moveable pitches, giving great flexibility to a world class destination.
With, at the time, the worlds larg
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[TheDaz, 28/01/2009] The grand façade of this venerable edifice hides a bustling transport interchange. Tens of thousands of commuters arrive and change between suburban and long distance trains, subway and trolleycar services, and as such the station acts as the heart of Torontos transport network, pumping travellers around its well oiled arteries.
The lower concourse is the busy, throbbing hub, replete with fast food eateries catering to the healthy, caffeinated, greasy and sugary needs of the morning commuter, the passageways in between a vibrant throng of moving parts as the city goes about its business. Di
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[TheDaz, 28/01/2009] The worlds longest street (at well over 1800km), Yonge Street marches up from the bottom of the Downtown area at the offices of the Toronto Star newspaper, and cuts a line all the way through to the suburban reaches, changing character as it goes.
To highlight its importance to the heart of Toronto, it is the point at which streets refer to addresses as East or West as they cross Yonge Street.
Specifically referring to the downtown area, as most visitors would gravitate here, it begins by housing one end of the banking cluster that fills downtowns skyline, and then gradually gives way to
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[TheDaz, 05/11/2008] 'Attention! If anyone is more than a little bit scared of heights - please move along, there's nothing but knuckle-stiffening, mind-melting fear to be had here.'
That, I believe, is what the signs on the front of the CN Tower lifts should say. Glass floored and walled I ask you - are they trying to find uses for their defibrillators?!
The Tower, at various points since it's construction in 1976, the World's Tallest building, World's Tallest Free Standing Structure, and now World's Tallest Tower (ask Guinness World Records, it's very confusing) - stands a whopping 553.33m high, on the sho
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[TheDaz, 04/11/2008] A very well placed hotel - just off Yonge / Dundas Square. Plenty of rooms - shame about the 70's decor. Staff polite and helpful, but whole hotel has a tired and worn air.
Good rates considering the location - caters mainly for coach trips and travelling groups in outsized rooms with average facilities.
