Top Reasons to Visit Toronto

World-Class Sports Neighbourhood Markets A Shopper's Paradise Waterfront City

No matter what the season, there are hundreds of reasons to travel to Toronto, Canada. Enjoy fabulous theatres, exciting events, outstanding music and amazing attractions. Combine these with some of the world's best dining and sensational shopping, and it's no wonder visitors rave about Toronto.

We’ve listed here a few of our visitors' favourites:

Famous Toronto Attractions. Toronto offers so many attractions, you would need at least three days to see them all! While visiting the InterContinental Toronto Centre hotel, you are steps away from many popular landmarks. Start your city tour with the tallest building in the world, the CN Tower, standing 553M (1,815 ft). The most breathtaking views of Toronto are seen from here. The CN Tower features an observation deck, 36-degree revolving restaurant, motion simulator ride, arcade and movie. Expand your creative side while visiting the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, or the Bata Shoe Museum. The Hockey Hall of Fame celebrates Canada’s national sport, while Casa Loma offers a glimpse of life in a castle. 

• World-Class Sports. Home to five major sports teams, Toronto is a sports fanatic’s paradise. Professional hockey, baseball, basketball, football and lacrosse, and soon soccer, are all here. Toronto is also home to over 80 golf courses, including some of the best in the world. 
• Fabulous Theatres. From blockbuster musicals, including Lord of the Rings, The Lion King and Mamma Mia!, to hundreds of smaller productions, Toronto has earned the reputation of being one of North America's true entertainment towns. Theatre-goers will soon have three more productions to choose from when visiting Toronto: Grease, We Will Rock You and Dirty Dancing.
  There are numerous theatres within walking distance of the hotel including the Princess of Wales, Royal Alexander, Pantages, and Hummingbird.
  World-class symphony, including the renowned Toronto Symphony Orchestra, opera and ballet are also popular.  [Top] 
• Neighbourhood Markets. To truly experience local Toronto, it is essential to visit Kensington Market, the St. Lawrence Market, and the Distillery District. Not only do these attractions provide a real sense of what it's like to live in Canada's largest city, but they also each reflect a different aspect of today's Toronto offering a sense of the multicultural lifestyle, a traditional view of our agricultural past, and the nuances of modern Canada. 
• Toronto’s Top Restaurants. As the world's most ethnically diverse city, Toronto's dining scene is accordingly extensive. Immigrants from the four corners of the world have brought with them their culinary skills and traditions. Toronto's more than 5,000 restaurants reflect the tastes, the cultures and the ingredients available in this most sophisticated of cities.  [Top] 
• Toronto - A Shopper's Paradise. Stroll through Toronto's many friendly neighbourhoods and villages and you are assured of finding the most extraordinary shopping north of New York City. The top shopping districts in Toronto include: Bloor-Yorkville, Eaton Centre, Queen Street, Harbourfront and Front Street East. Toronto's Financial District is walkable, even in inclement weather, because of the “Underground City,” which consists of 11 kilometres (six miles) of interconnecting paths under the streets that feature more than 1,200 retail stores and services. Taking visitors from the CN Tower to the Eaton Centre, the paths connect with five major downtown Toronto hotels, including InterContinental Toronto Centre. 
• Year-round Events. From cool jazz to hot rods, Toronto offers visitors exciting events all the year. Music, movies, street parties, cultural celebrations, parades, fairs and exhibitions will fill a visitor's calendar with days of fun. Some of the more popular events in Toronto include the Formula One (formerly Molson Indy), Caribana and the International Film Festival. With this much fun in one city, the only thing you'll run out of is time.  [Top] 
• Toronto is a Waterfront City. Located on Lake Ontario, Toronto is a waterfront city complete with its own set of idyllic islands. Just a 10-minute ferry ride away, these islands of Canada offer visitors and city dwellers a quiet oasis from the hustle and bustle of downtown Toronto. Rent a bike, Rollerblade, picnic, take in the amusements at Centreville or stroll leisurely along the boardwalk. Back on the mainland, visit the Harbourfront Centre, Ontario Place or enjoy the harbour boat cruise. 
• Getting Here and Getting Around: We're Accessible. Five million Canadians are within an hour's drive of Toronto. Sixty percent of the U.S. population is within an hour's flight of Toronto, Canada. Forty airlines connect Toronto to the rest of the world. VIA Rail and Amtrak bring visitors into the heart of the city each day. In addition, the harbour and the highways link Toronto to surrounding cities. Not only is Toronto easy to find, it's easy to get here. And once here, visitors can explore Toronto on one of North America's finest transportation systems: the TTC. With easy-to-navigate subways, buses and the ever-popular 'Red Rocket' streetcars, seeing Toronto has never been easier.  [Top]