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CN Tower
The obligatory start to a Toronto visit is to take your place in the queue at the foot of the minaret-thin CN Tower (daily: Jan-April 9am-10pm; May-Dec daily 8am-11pm; $16; www.towerer.ca ), which tapers to a point 553.33m above the waterfront just off Front Street West. Tourists are whisked up its outside in leg-liquefying glass-fronted elevators and the first port of call is the indoor and outdoor viewing platforms of the 346m Lookout Level . From here, it's another 100m to the cramped Sky Pod (an extra $5.50) and views as far as Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
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The obligatory start to a Toronto visit is to take your place in the queue at the foot of the minaret-thin CN Tower (daily: Jan-April 9am-10pm; May-Dec daily 8am-11pm; $16; www.towerer.ca ), which tapers to a point 553.33m above the waterfront just off Front Street West. Tourists are whisked up its outside in leg-liquefying glass-fronted elevators and the first port of call is the indoor and outdoor viewing platforms of the 346m Lookout Level . From here, it's another 100m to the cramped Sky Pod (an extra $5.50) and views as far as Niagara Falls and Buffalo.
Skydome
Next door to the CN Tower is the SkyDome , home to two major Toronto sports teams - the Blue Jays baseball team and the Argonauts of Canadian Football fame. The stadium seats 53,000 and is also used for special events and concerts. Opened in 1989, it was the first stadium in the world to have a fully retractable roof - it only takes twenty minutes to cover the stadium's eight acres of turf and terrace. It was an extraordinary feat of engineering (four gigantic roof panels mounted on rail tracks)
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Next door to the CN Tower is the SkyDome , home to two major Toronto sports teams - the Blue Jays baseball team and the Argonauts of Canadian Football fame. The stadium seats 53,000 and is also used for special events and concerts. Opened in 1989, it was the first stadium in the world to have a fully retractable roof - it only takes twenty minutes to cover the stadium's eight acres of turf and terrace. It was an extraordinary feat of engineering (four gigantic roof panels mounted on rail tracks)
Yorkville
Yorkville , just above Bloor between Yonge and Avenue Road, was "alternative" in the 1960s, with appearances by figureheads of the counterculture like Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell. Today, the alternative jive of the place is long gone, and the district holds some of Toronto's most expensive clothing shops and art galleries, as well as several good bars and restaurants.
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Yorkville , just above Bloor between Yonge and Avenue Road, was "alternative" in the 1960s, with appearances by figureheads of the counterculture like Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell. Today, the alternative jive of the place is long gone, and the district holds some of Toronto's most expensive clothing shops and art galleries, as well as several good bars and restaurants.