Bob got to some of these while I was gathering the URLs...
The CN Tower was the tallest freestanding structure in the world for decades. It's still the tallest tower in Canada. (You don't need to visit it specifically; you will see the CN Tower on the skyline if you visit Toronto.)
http://www.cntower.ca/intro.html
The Royal York Hotel - Toronto's "Grand Old Hotel" - is worth a look, and worth photographing if you like architecture. Rooms are pricey.
http://www.fairmont.com/royal-york-toronto/
You've probably already seen Nathan Phillips Square - or, at least, Toronto City Hall - without knowing it.
![[Image: cityhall-jets_medium_180wide.jpg]](http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Facilities%20Management/Shared%20Content/Facilities/Articles%20&%20Teasers/cityhall-jets_medium_180wide.jpg)
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/conte ... d60f89RCRD
Massey Hall is Canada's equivalent to Carnegie Hall.
http://www.masseyhall.com/
Queen's Park is where the Government of Ontario has its sessions. If you're into that sort of thing, you might want to take the guided tour of the building.
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/home.do
The Royal Ontario Museum ("the ROM") has a reputation of being one of Ontario's finest museums. They're north of Queen's Park.
http://www.rom.on.ca/en
Have you ever had okonomiyaki? Okonomi House is inexpensive (it's practicially on the grounds of the University of Toronto) and it's only a few city blocks east of Queen's Park and the ROM.
http://www.google.ca/maps/place/Okonom ... -79.387161
The Art Gallery of Ontario has a collection that rivals (and, in some fields, outshines) the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
http://www.ago.net/
You've seen Casa Loma if you've seen the X-Men movies.
http://www.casaloma.ca/
The "distillery district" has become an upscale shopping district. There's only one distillery left in the "distillery district" - and the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company brews sake. (We're so multicultural.)
http://ontariosake.com/
The Ontario Science Centre can be fun, depending on what the special show is at the time you visit.
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/
Oh, and one shibboleth:
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
The CN Tower was the tallest freestanding structure in the world for decades. It's still the tallest tower in Canada. (You don't need to visit it specifically; you will see the CN Tower on the skyline if you visit Toronto.)
http://www.cntower.ca/intro.html
The Royal York Hotel - Toronto's "Grand Old Hotel" - is worth a look, and worth photographing if you like architecture. Rooms are pricey.
http://www.fairmont.com/royal-york-toronto/
You've probably already seen Nathan Phillips Square - or, at least, Toronto City Hall - without knowing it.
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/conte ... d60f89RCRD
Massey Hall is Canada's equivalent to Carnegie Hall.
http://www.masseyhall.com/
Queen's Park is where the Government of Ontario has its sessions. If you're into that sort of thing, you might want to take the guided tour of the building.
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/home.do
The Royal Ontario Museum ("the ROM") has a reputation of being one of Ontario's finest museums. They're north of Queen's Park.
http://www.rom.on.ca/en
Have you ever had okonomiyaki? Okonomi House is inexpensive (it's practicially on the grounds of the University of Toronto) and it's only a few city blocks east of Queen's Park and the ROM.
http://www.google.ca/maps/place/Okonom ... -79.387161
The Art Gallery of Ontario has a collection that rivals (and, in some fields, outshines) the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
http://www.ago.net/
You've seen Casa Loma if you've seen the X-Men movies.
http://www.casaloma.ca/
The "distillery district" has become an upscale shopping district. There's only one distillery left in the "distillery district" - and the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company brews sake. (We're so multicultural.)
http://ontariosake.com/
The Ontario Science Centre can be fun, depending on what the special show is at the time you visit.
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/
Oh, and one shibboleth:
Bob Schroeck Wrote:* Rogers Centre, formerly the Skydome,Only visitors to T.O. who don't know any better call the SkyDome "the Rogers Centre". Everyone else calls it the SkyDome.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012