Travelling to Toronto?
Toronto is the most diverse city on the planet, half its residents were born outside Canada, and it eats accordingly: every neighbourhood is a country. Niagara Falls is ninety minutes away, and yes, it earns the trip.
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What to see in Toronto
8 ROUTESOur routes, not a list of everything. Places that have been there for centuries: no opening times or prices, which go stale.
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Toronto in a day
9 hThe CN Tower wasn’t built to look from: it was built because the skyscrapers were blocking the TV signal. It’s a 553-metre aerial with a viewing deck thrown in.The CN Tower · The PATH · St Lawrence Market · Kensington Market · The islands, by ferryRead the full guide - 02
A weekend in Toronto
20 hEnough for the city and for Niagara, ninety minutes away. And to discover you eat better here than in almost any North American city.Saturday: the Distillery District · Saturday: the ROM and the crystal · Saturday night: eating in a different country · Sunday: Niagara · Sunday: Niagara-on-the-LakeRead the full guide - 03
What to see in Toronto
Half the city was born outside Canada, and that’s what there is to see: not a monument, but two hundred origins living in four blocks.The CN Tower · The neighbourhoods · Casa Loma · The Toronto IslandsRead the full guide - 04
Eating in Toronto
“Canadian bacon” isn’t bacon, and poutine isn’t from here. What is from here is being able to eat Tamil, Ethiopian and Korean within one kilometre.Peameal · Scarborough · Poutine, which is from Quebec · The double-doubleRead the full guide - 05
Where to stay in Toronto
The city is enormous and flat, but the subway has two useful lines in a U. Being on that U matters more than which neighbourhood you pick.Downtown · West Queen West and Trinity Bellwoods · The Annex · The Danforth and the eastRead the full guide - 06
Day trips from Toronto
Niagara Falls is moving upstream: it has retreated eleven kilometres since the last ice age, and it continues. The only thing slowing it is the turbines.Niagara Falls · Niagara-on-the-Lake and the wine · Prince Edward County · AlgonquinRead the full guide - 07
From Toronto airport to the centre
If you land at T3, the airport train doesn’t leave from your terminal: you have to take another train first. Nobody tells you, and it’s the first thing you need.The UP Express · Bus 900 and the subwayRead the full guide - 08
Toronto: practical tips
The raccoons here defeated a bin engineered to stop them. It’s a true story and it explains more about this city than it seems.Winter is one of the serious ones · The price isn’t the price · The Maple Leafs and 1967 · Mobile dataRead the full guide
Airport to city centre
2 OPTIONSThe real options, with what actually decides it: which terminal it leaves from and where it drops you. Fares and timetables live with the operator, who keeps them current.
- TrainUP ExpressUnion StationThe airport train leaves every quarter-hour and runs near-direct to Union Station.·Fares and timesMetrolinx
- Bus900 Airport ExpressKiplingThe transit option: express bus to the subway’s western end, then Line 2 into town.·Fares and timesTTC
VIP lounges in Toronto
5Before you fly, or on the layover. Pay per visit, whatever airline.