Visit Toronto, Canada

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Toronto, Canada is one of the top financial centers in the world, the most populous city in Canada and a major focal point for arts and entertainment. The city’s most distinguishable landmark is the CN Tower, rising 553 meters from the center of the downtown area and offering an “Edge Walk” that allows for the adrenalin filled extreme experience of the highest hands-free walk on a structure in the world with incredible views of the city and Lake Ontario. Toronto is home to the Maple Leafs professional hockey team in the National Hockey League, the Blue Jays baseball team from Major League Baseball and the Raptors, a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association along with other professional sports teams. The home field for the Blue Jays is the Rogers Centre, which offers tours of the facility in addition to staging the 81 regular season home games each year. The Rogers Centre boasts the world’s first fully retractable roof on a sports stadium. It covers 8 acres and can be retracted or closed in less than 20 minutes. The cultural scene in Toronto is manifested in the more than fifty ballet and dance companies, six opera companies, two symphony orchestras and collection of theatres that call the city home. One of the largest zoos in the world, The Toronto Zoo, may be found in the city with over 5,000 resident animals and the metropolis provides numerous museums and art galleries that are worthy of your attention, including the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, The Royal Ontario Museum, The Art Gallery of Ontario and a museum dedicated to the history of footwear, The Bata Shoe Museum. Celebrities are known to make frequent appearances at the renowned Toronto International Film Festival and the city is home to many other festivals and celebrations staged throughout the year. A truly metropolitan city with major attractions and a scenic lakeside location, Toronto, Canada offers the type of getaway of which dreams are made. If the many attractions of Toronto appeal to your desire for a big city experience then start making plans to visit this beautiful city today.

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