Start from 83 curated places around Toronto, CA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Alo
Toronto's most acclaimed fine-dining restaurant, a French-leaning tasting-menu room above Spadina with a view down the avenue. It's the city's special-occasion benchmark and books out weeks ahead.
Canoe
A refined Canadian restaurant on the 54th floor of a downtown tower, pairing regional ingredients with one of the best skyline-and-lake views in the country. It's the spot for a celebratory dinner with a sense of place.
Trails & outdoors
Toronto Islands Loop
A flat, car-free loop across the island chain with beaches, lagoons, and continuous skyline views over the harbor. It's the city's most scenic easy walk or bike, reached by a short ferry.
Scarborough Bluffs (Bluffer's Park)
A dramatic stretch of 90-meter clay cliffs along Lake Ontario in the east, with a waterfront trail at their base connecting beaches and a marina. The layered cliff faces are a striking, almost otherworldly sight.
Things to do
Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum, blending world cultures and natural history behind a dramatic crystal-shaped glass addition. The dinosaurs, the Egyptian galleries, and the bat cave make it a sprawling all-ages day.
Art Gallery of Ontario
A major art museum with a Frank Gehry-designed interior, strong in Canadian art, the Group of Seven, and Indigenous work alongside global masters. The serpentine wood staircase is a landmark in itself.
Landmarks & sights
CN Tower
The 553-meter telecommunications tower that defines the skyline, with a glass-floor lookout and a revolving restaurant near the top. On a clear day the view stretches across the lake to Niagara's mist.
St. Lawrence Market
A historic covered market in Old Town packed with food stalls, butchers, cheesemongers, and the legendary peameal-bacon sandwich. It's the city's great food hall and a perfect grazing morning.