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Toast of the town: Toronto’s best brunch spots

One of the best things about the weekend is going out for brunch, and Toronto is a brunch lover’s dream...

One of the best things about the weekend is going out for brunch, and Toronto is a brunch lover’s dream. From soft, fluffy hotcakes oozing with maple syrup to eggs Benedict cooked to perfection, there’s a dish and a place for every set of taste buds. Here are just a few of our top brunch spots in Toronto...

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Move over Maple: cannabis is the new leaf in Canada

With recreational cannabis use set to become legal in Canada on October 17, globetrotting connoisseurs are eager to get high in the Great White North...

With recreational cannabis use set to become legal in Canada on October 17, globetrotting connoisseurs are eager to get high in the Great White North. But what does legalization mean for Canada tourism? And if you choose to partake, how can you do so legally, safely and responsibility? Sounds like it’s time for the 4-1-1 on a 420 trip to Canada...

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Higher ground: the 10 best coffee shops in Toronto

Toronto’s vibrant coffee scene is bustling with dozens of independent cafés and other places to perk up...

Toronto’s vibrant coffee scene is bustling with dozens of independent cafés and other places to perk up. Whether you’re looking for cool places to shoot for the ’Gram or sipping your way through the city, you’re bound to fall in love with several Toronto coffee shops. Here are 10 of our favorites you should check out when you need a caffeine fix...

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Tastes of Ontario: Exploring Canada’s culinary capital

You don’t have to look too far for thrilling cuisine or a decent drink in the vast wonderland of Ontario...

You don’t have to look too far for thrilling cuisine or a decent drink in the vast wonderland of Ontario. Toronto is the world’s most multicultural city, with its residents speaking some 140 languages; there’s no surer sign of that diversity than its dynamic food scene. Whether you want to eat Jamaican, Korean, or Ukrainian, this hunger-sating metropolis has it all...

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Exploring the real-life locales from the 2018 Oscars

A stylized vision of Baltimore. The colorful Land of the Dead. The ‘Midwest of California’. These are just a few of the places audiences were transported to in the films slated to be honored at the 90th Academy Awards. Not satisfied with merely viewing these locales on the silver screen? Read on for our guide to the places that inspired these films, as well a few filming locations you can visit in-person...

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Meet a traveller: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Youthful. Charismatic. Adventurous. Not words strongly associated with high-profile politicians, but they’re often used to describe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

Youthful. Charismatic. Adventurous. Not words strongly associated with high-profile politicians, but they’re often used to describe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. From demonstrating his yoga skills in public with a tricky ‘peacock’ pose to playing hide-and-seek with his toddler in Canada’s House of Commons, Trudeau has dared to be different...

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Canada turns 150: top 10 places to celebrate the sesquicentennial

Canadians know how to throw a party. An annual calendar laced with festivals and holidays has given them plenty of practice for the Big One – the country’s sesquicentennial...

Canadians know how to throw a party. An annual calendar laced with festivals and holidays has given them plenty of practice for the Big One – the country’s sesquicentennial. With 150 years under its belt as a nation, Canadians are already planning some of the biggest July 1st Canada Day celebrations the country has ever seen. Canada celebrates 150 years of confederation in 2017 © Yanis Ourabah / Getty The coming year is filling with warm-up events as impatient revellers begin the countdown...

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Seven reasons to visit Toronto now

Toronto can sometimes feel like it's second or third fiddle to Canada's other major cities. It isn't as pretty as its West Coast cousin Vancouver, and it doesn't have the same je ne sais quoi as Montréal. But with the attention brought by the Pan American Games in 2015, more people are thinking of T-Dot as one of Canada's best destinations. There are plenty of reasons to visit this eclectic, weird city, and here are seven attractions that capture why we love Toronto...

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Lonely Planet's top 10 Toronto hotspots

A jigsaw puzzle of distinctly flavored neighborhoods, Toronto only really makes sense when you view it as a whole...

A jigsaw puzzle of distinctly flavored neighborhoods, Toronto only really makes sense when you view it as a whole. But who wants to do that? Half the fun of being here is pretending you’re eating noodles in Macau, wandering along a leafy Dublin backstreet or sipping ouzo in Athens. This is a city that takes the best of world cultures and delivers it to you in compact, neighborhood-sized pieces. Graze from ’hood to ’hood, focusing on the parts without trying to define the whole...

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One day in Toronto's coolest neighbourhood

The creation of a cool new area often follows the same pattern: property prices rise, immigrant-industrial enclave in a big city suddenly looks like a good option, arty types adopt the area, gentrification kicks in and voilà, a hip neighborhood is born. With the rent in surrounding areas going up in the 1990s, that's exactly what happened to Toronto’s West Queen West, a two-kilometre strip that runs along Queen West between Bathurst St and Gladstone Ave...

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First time Toronto: the best neighborhoods and sites

Toronto is one of the planet’s most ethnically diverse cities – a vibrant, harmonious convergence of histories and cultures...

Toronto is one of the planet’s most ethnically diverse cities – a vibrant, harmonious convergence of histories and cultures. Jubilant locals, united by a love for their city, defy harsh winters, an aging public transit system and traffic mayhem, and they all get along pretty well. Take a page from their book, leave your troubles on the plane and arrive ready to explore the flavors and aromas of Toronto’s myriad friendly neighborhoods...

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A perfect day in Toronto

Facing off against New York State, far across the slate-grey waters of Lake Ontario, Toronto walks the line between American cultural osmosis and staunch Canadian independence...

Facing off against New York State, far across the slate-grey waters of Lake Ontario, Toronto walks the line between American cultural osmosis and staunch Canadian independence. Masters of this balancing act, Torontonians shift between both worlds with verve, tolerance and open-mindedness. Spend a day here and you’ll soon discover that, like these paired cultures, the essential highlights of ‘T.O.’ are both self-evident and subtle...

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Toronto’s Kensington Market: a loveable hodgepodge

The antics in Bellevue Square Park tell you all you need to know about Kensington Market...

The antics in Bellevue Square Park tell you all you need to know about Kensington Market. Yes, there’s a swing set, but it’s literally child’s play compared to the bongo drumming circles, tightrope walking, fire hula-hooping and occasional boomerang tossing that keep the big kids busy. Anything goes in this eccentric – some say just plain weird - neighbourhood...

Toronto travel tips & articles

Toast of the town: Toronto’s best brunch spots

Move over Maple: cannabis is the new leaf in Canada

Higher ground: the 10 best coffee shops in Toronto

Tastes of Ontario: Exploring Canada’s culinary capital

Exploring the real-life locales from the 2018 Oscars

Meet a traveller: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canada turns 150: top 10 places to celebrate the sesquicentennial

Seven reasons to visit Toronto now

Lonely Planet's top 10 Toronto hotspots

One day in Toronto's coolest neighbourhood

First time Toronto: the best neighborhoods and sites

A perfect day in Toronto

Toronto’s Kensington Market: a loveable hodgepodge

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