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My Toronto

Toronto’s top travel bloggers share their own tips and secrets to make a visit to Toronto extraordinary. Check back often for new posts and insider tips every few days.
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It’s Show Time

by Ilona Kauremszky

Long hot summer days in T.O. are best enjoyed outdoors with crowds so big you’d swear Joni Mitchell or Harry Connick Jr. were in the house.

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Toronto Bar Bites

by Gizelle Lau

So you’re looking for a fun night on the town? Here are some great spots for some of the best cocktails, drinks and bar bites in Toronto.

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Top 5 Things To Do in Toronto

by Arienne Parzei

Every time I come back to Toronto after being away for a period of time, I’m reminded why I love this city so much.

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Going back in time: Toronto’s Historic Distillery District

by Cristina Cantarelli

Built in the 1830s, the Distillery District has the most well-preserved collection of Victorian architecture in North America.

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Around the World in a Day

by Kristen Sarah

Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world and the place I call home. I love the fact that I can experience every culture on any given day and everything is within a short subway ride away from each other.

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Toronto’s Street Art

by Kate Pocock

Visitors can now see fantastic art murals sprayed onto buildings, attend gallery openings with local street artists in attendance, and get a feel for ethnic culture through murals in certain ’hoods.

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Toronto Green Spots

by Maureen Littlejohn

From parks to ravines to leafy hiking, biking trails, there are many verdant respites in Toronto where you can reconnect with nature.

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From Love Beads to Lamborghinis

by Carol Perehudoff

Welcome to Toronto’s glamourhood of Yorkville. Like a well-maintained Real Housewife, Yorkville is a beauty that refuses to age – though she’s not averse to a few nips and tucks.

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Ontario Road Trip: Hamilton

Ontario Road Trip: Hamilton

Local travel bloggers share their own favourite hidden gems and unique finds from across the province on these great Ontario Road Trips.

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Indian Charm in Toronto

by Karin Ronde

Indian food in Toronto is extremely good, and as the restaurants are so spread out through the downtown core and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), it’s fairly easy to find a great place to tuck into your favourite dish.

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My Toronto: Kensington Market

by Natalie Taylor

Like many locals in Toronto, we all have our spots. For me, the concentration of those spots –especially in the summer–is in Kensington Market. Kensington Market is my “spot.”

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Toronto Islands: A Travel Junkie’s Escape

by Jennifer Merrick

Toronto Islands are a chain of 18 small islands, 600 acres in all, and just a 15-minute ferry ride from downtown.

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Ontario Road Trip: Prince Edward County

Ontario Road Trip: Price Edward County

Local travel bloggers share their own favourite hidden gems and unique finds from across the province on these great Ontario Road Trips.

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Free Family Escapes in Toronto

by Corinne McDermott

A bonus of this city is you don’t always need to take your wallet with you when visiting kid-friendly spots that are good for everyone.

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Art Immersion in Toronto

by Toby Saltzman

Pardon me for gushing, but what I love best about my city, Toronto, is that it’s a cultural treasure trove of global proportions.

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Fun, Film and Family in Toronto

by Heather Greenwood Davis

The TIFF Bell Lightbox is a place where everyone can find something to enlighten and entertain no matter their age.

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The Scents and Sensibility of Parliament Street

by Doug O’Neill

I like to think that I’ve developed a good nose for great neighbourhoods. What lures me to the stretch of Parliament Street between Gerrard and Wellesley in the heart of Toronto’s Cabbagetown is a heady mix of smells.

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Ontario Road Trip: St. Catharines

Ontario Road Trip: St. Catharines

Local travel bloggers share their own favourite hidden gems and unique finds from across the province on these great Ontario Road Trips.

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Adventure in Toronto

by Seattle Dredge

As an adventure travel blogger, I am constantly getting into all kinds of crazy adventures on the road, and I soon forget that there are just as many adventure activities available to me at home in Toronto.

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Quirky and Cool Toronto

by Lucy Izon

When you are wandering down the downtown core, check out some of the cool and quirky sites that make Toronto so cool.

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Saint Anne’s for Canadian Art and the Scent of Chocolate

by Isobel Warren

The sun dazzles through stained glass windows, enhancing the altar’s golden glow from Saint Anne’s Anglican Church, one of Toronto’s most beautiful and historic places of worship.

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Catching Blue Jays Fever

by Adrian Brijbassi

In 2013, the Toronto Blue Jays are in a position they haven’t been for two decades: They enter the season as World Series favourites. Anyone coming to the city will want to make it a priority to get a ticket to the hottest show in town.

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Taste your way through Toronto’s Little India

by Tanya Enberg

If you’re a foodie with a love for authentic Indian or Pakistani cuisine, the Gerrard Indian Bazaar — an east end Toronto enclave — is where to find it.

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Getting the Dirt on Fort York

by Anne Martin

History and archaeology – that’s what attracts me to Fort York and the reason why I put it at the top of my list of “Must See’s” for Toronto. Cocooned by condos, railway lines and expressways, it’s a historical oasis…

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An Earth-Lover’s Haven

by Margaret Swaine

Amidst Toronto’s network of ravines and forests, Evergreen Brick Works is a former quarry and brick plant that was converted into a year-round community environmental centre.

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Welcome to Leslieville

by Ayngelina Brogan

Although Toronto’s East end is often closer than some of the more popular West neighbourhoods there is a bit of a mental block, especially as you need to cross the bridge to visit Riverside and Leslieville.

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My Huge, Private and Secret Garden

by Barbara Kingstone

When in Toronto, go west travellers and head directly to High Park Gardens in our ethnic-centric city. The variety of greenery is stunning and not manicured to death and the zoo is charming.

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Yonge Street – My Ambassador to Toronto

by Waheeda Harris

When this city celebrates, it’s always been about Yonge Street, from spontaneous street parties in the early ‘90s World Series victories by the Toronto Blue Jays to last summer’s Celebrate Yonge.

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The Must-Eats of Toronto’s Historic St. Lawrence Market

by Lisa Ng

Wear your stretchy pants and bring your appetite as you graze your way through the St. Lawrence Market, National Geographic’s top food market.

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Nostalgia, Toronto style

by Mariellen Ward

Being a fourth-generation Torontonian in this famously multicultural, new-world city makes me a rarity. Many local landmarks have become the stuff of family legend.

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Toronto’s Top 15 Eats: On and Off the Radar

by Andrew Dobson

My favourite restaurants throughout the city’s many colourful neighbourhoods showcase our newest culinary fascinations as well as tried, tested and true kitchen champions.