torontotourism Archives - Wandering Wellington County

Make sure you charge your phone, and check that it is working well before your visit. You can capture the most amazing photos of the City, or take a selfie with the Toronto skyline. Take tons of photos if you can, (my phone which was having technical issues at the time, sighh).

Take a backpack with some water and snacks. Or if you are like me and didn’t bring any snacks and beverages with you, check out the new Bistro with food and drinks. We had a chance to sit down at the new bistro and watch the world go around, it was fun. Last time we were there, we dined (burgers) at the 360 restaurant experience, it was great and not too expensive.

Buy an Express Pass for the Elevator – It will cost you $7.00 per person, but it was well worth it. Our wait times went from 1.5hr to 30 minutes. I really liked this option, we thought it was great value.

Go as early as you can, (they suggest before noon is the less busiest time of the day).

Have FUN, walk across the glass bottom floor if you dare! My kids ran across, I was a little nervous and did not. Walk all around the observation decks, both indoors and outdoors. Wear comfortable shoes!

Here is the link to purchase tickets and to check out more information about the CN TOWER, https://www.cntower.ca/en-ca/plan-your-visit/tickets.html Maybe take the new Edgewalk?

Talk soon ~

Nancy

Toronto a City of almost 3 million people, just 1 hour West of Wellington County is a great City to go day tripping. We finally had the opportunity to take the amazing hop on hop off City SightSeeing Toronto bus tour the other day with a friend and our kids.

My 12-year-old daughters dream of riding a double-decker bus had finally come true! We hopped on the last ride of the day at the habourfront pick up point at 249 Queens Quay West.

What a view, if you have never had the opportunity to go on an open air double-decker bus it is highly suggested from my daughter Meaghan! Our travel friend Dawn always takes the bus tours when traveling, and knew the City of Toronto well. It is always great to go with someone who can add their favorite comments about your travels.

The bus departed and we were off! The tour of the City, took us about 2.5 – 3 hours (normally a 2 hour tour), to take the whole tour and it was well worth the ticket price.

It also includes access for 48 hours and a boat tour. The boat tour is so amazing, we set sail from the Toronto Harbourfront around the Toronto Islands. The photos we took from the boat tour on the Serendipity Princess Cruise added to our wonderful memories of our day in the City!

Having taken the tour, which included a commentary it allowed us to walk away with much more knowledge of this amazing City. Here are my 5 things I learned on the tour.

Toronto has 140 ethnic neighbourhoods in the City.
The St. Lawrence Market has been a culinary focal point since, 1803.
The Distillery district has no car access, looks like its own little Village.
John Graves Simcoe moved the capital of Upper Canada to Toronto, which he named York, not wanting an aboriginal name.
The R.O.M. Royal Ontario Museum, only has 5% of their collection on display, with the other 95% at a secret underground location.

We got to see sights and sounds you wouldn’t normally be able to see driving on your own. Such as when the bus stopped we all watched a band play in front of the Eaton’s Center.

It was an amazing way to just sit back and relax and not worry about the crazy rush hour traffic. It was a beautiful warm sunny day, however there was a lovely breeze to keep us cool as we drove along the scenic streets.

We got to see all of the major sites in the City which included a little history about each of the sites. I loved all of the architecture and the different ethnic communities we traveled. Here is the link to the tour, https://citysightseeingtoronto.com/

Talk soon ~

Nancy

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