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City Guide  - Toronto  - Sightseeing
Sightseeing

Like a needle jabbed right in the middle of the city centre, the CN Tower dominates Toronto's skyline and is its most famous attraction. Since its completion in 1976, the tower has attracted company. At its foot stands the Skydome, the world's first retractable dome stadium. Further east is the Air Canada Centre, a brand-new, state-of-the-art hockey and basketball arena; slightly to the north, Toronto City Hall, that gem of modern architecture, and further west, the Art Gallery of Ontario. The medieval-inspired twentieth-century castle, Casa Loma, stands slightly to the north. In the city's west end, the enormous, sweeping patch of green known as High Park unfurls.

Toronto is also known as a city of neighbourhoods. More than any other major North American city, it has a thriving, vital, leafy downtown that keeps home-owners and families from fleeing to the suburbs. The city's most affluent areas are Rosedale and Forest Hill - pleasant for walks and people-watching. Yorkville, a hippy enclave in the 60s, predictably went chi-chi in the 70s, today offering elegant cafés and restaurants, a Prada store and even a postmodern park. Spadina Avenue is home to Toronto's Chinatown, arguably North America's best due to Toronto's enormous Chinese community. Danforth Avenue is home to Greektown. Toronto has the highest population of Italians outside Italy, and many of them have made their homes in Little Italy, in the west of the city centre. Near the University of Toronto, the Annex is a trendy, popular neighbourhood known for its lively nightlife and cultural scene.

Tourist Information

Tourism Toronto
Suite 590, 207 Queens Quay West
Tel: (416) 203 2600. Fax: (416) 203 6753 or (800) 363 1990.
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1730; Sat and Sun 0900-1700 (telephone enquiries only).



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