Six reasons to visit Toronto

Introduction: I can easily find 100 reasons to travel to Toronto. Here are six famous attractions in Toronto, including Toronto Television Tower (CN Tower), Casa Loma, Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Museum of Art, Eaton Center and University of Toronto. These six top attractions have become the source of six reasons to travel to Toronto.

Six reasons to travel to Toronto

1. Toronto Television Tower (CN Tower)

Toronto Television Tower is the tallest man-made building in the world. It was built in 1975 and has held the world height record for more than 30 years. Its total height is 553 meters. There are six glass observation elevators that go directly to the "observation floor" on the 113th floor, where you can go around in a circle and overlook the city. It is said that it is also a good place to watch the sunrise and sunset. If you want to get to the top of the tower, you need to transfer to a small elevator and go up to the 33rd floor. Standing on a glass floor of about 10 square meters on the tower and looking down at the 113th floor, you can test your courage and it also has a lot of fun. I suggest that people with weak hearts should not get tested. I dared to stand on the glass floor, but I didn't dare to look down.

The annual tower hiking fundraising event attracts a large number of people who have not had the opportunity to conquer the world's tallest mountain to conquer the world's tallest building on foot. My summit achievement was 26 minutes and 42 seconds, which is average. There are many fast runners. The achievements of each donor are recorded on their own commemorative T-shirt. It is estimated that it is difficult for ordinary tourists to encounter this opportunity to conquer the world.

2. Casa Loma Castle

Casa Loma Castle is a striking building in the city center. It is the earliest castle in Canada. It's like going back in time, and you can deeply feel the elegance and magnificence of European castles. It was once the private residence of Sir Henry Pilat, a famous Canadian financier, industrialist and military strategist. Later it was used as a hotel and nightclub, but they were unable to cope with property taxes. After the government took over, it was partly a school, partly a museum, and also a nursing home for veterans. All plans could not cope with the huge expenses of this mansion. The government had planned to demolish it. Later, the K Club (Kiwanis Club) suggested that Casa Loma be opened to the public and operated by the K Club, making it a famous tourist spot in Toronto. After 1937, Casa Loma became a government property, operated by the K Club, and opened to the public as a tourist attraction. Although tourists are now charged a certain amount of admission fees, the daily expenses of the castle still rely on social donations and a large amount of voluntary labor to maintain. I often work voluntarily at Casa Loma and won the "Service Labor Award". The medal hanging in a room on the second floor may be regarded as recognition of the contribution that I and many unknown and enthusiastic service workers who have not won the award have made to Toronto's famous attractions.

3. Royal Ontario Museum (Royal Ontario Museum)

The Royal Ontario Museum is located in a relatively downtown area, with a traffic thoroughfare at the door. The interior of the museum’s roof is decorated with a special The pattern combined with the curved roof is very special. The new exhibition hall to be built in 2006 is even more unique.

I really don’t dare to compliment the design of this new museum. It looks even more exaggerated than the art museum.

What is displayed there is not only art, but also creatures and dinosaurs. Some people say that instead of calling it a museum, it is better to call it an "education hall" because there will be explanations next to the animal specimens, explaining how these animals are persecuted by humans, what kind of environmental crises are caused by human activities, etc.

It is said that it has the largest collection of Chinese cultural relics among overseas museums. In the Chinese exhibition hall, I saw so many Chinese cultural relics being shipped abroad. While Chinese visitors admire the wisdom of their ancestors, they will also feel a little bit ashamed and angry.

What is surprising is that the museum contains the entire tomb of Zu Dashou, a first-rank minister in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Recently, Ming and Qing historical TV series are popular in China, and Zu Dashou's name has returned to the lives of ordinary people again with the TV series. Who knew that his entire tomb was dug up and sent to overseas exhibitions as specimens of Ming tombs for people to appreciate? Two stone squares, a pair of stone figures, a pair of stone tigers, and a high-arched tomb. People feel like they are in a cemetery in the wild. Although the museum designated Zu Dashou's tomb as a Ming tomb, he actually died in the early Qing Dynasty. Whether it is a Ming tomb or a Qing tomb may be controversial.

4. Art Gallery of Ontario (Art Gallery of Ontario)

My interest in the Art Gallery of Ontario comes from this building called the Desktop Building. This is one of the main buildings of the Ontario College of Art and Design behind the Art Gallery. It is an office platform erected in the air without affecting the normal use of the original underground building.

This art center, founded in 1900, is currently the eighth largest art center in North America. It has an exhibition area of ??nearly 50,000 square meters and more than 40,000 art exhibits. It receives more than 200,000 tourists every year.

The new museum of art was built in 2007. During the architectural design evaluation stage of the new museum in 2003, visitors could visit all the exhibits in the museum for free as long as they were willing to evaluate the design of the new museum. This fully mobilized the enthusiasm of tourists to care about the construction of the exhibition hall.

5. Toronto Eaton Center (Eaton Center)

Eaton Center is a huge multi-functional comprehensive shopping mall. It is no exaggeration to say that it is huge. Two subway stations in downtown Toronto (Queen Station and Dundas Station) are covered by it. It is a good place for tourists to shop in Toronto. The Eaton Center is a comprehensive commercial building that combines ground and underground buildings. It has several floors above and below ground, and three office buildings of more than 30 floors are built at both ends and in the middle. ***More than 300 merchants have opened stores in this shopping mall, and countless companies have offices in the building.

Toronto Eaton Center has a service center that can provide cash refunds on-site. Foreign tourists can avoid the complicated tax refund application process and directly obtain cash returns of Goods Tax (GST) and Ontario Product Tax (PST) on the spot. ).

A transparent overpass connects the Eaton Center to another shopping paradise, Canada’s oldest and probably largest department store, The Bay. It greatly expands the shopping space for tourists.

6. University of Toronto

I don’t want to brag too much about the University of Toronto, because I am a student of the University of Toronto. If I say too much, I will be suspected of bragging. But there are many facts about the University of Toronto that don’t need to be bragged about. The University of Toronto is Canada's largest university, with more than 60,000 students.

The University of Toronto is almost always ranked first in the annual comprehensive university rankings of the authoritative Canadian magazine "Maclean's". The University of Toronto is a university town composed of more than one hundred buildings. "University Ave.", the widest street in the north-south direction of downtown Toronto, and "College St.", the widest east-west street, are both named because they pass through the University of Toronto vertically or horizontally. The adjacent Royal Ontario Museum was formerly part of the History Department of the University of Toronto and is still the internship base of the History Department. The old and stately Ontario Government Building at the end of "University Avenue" is said to be rented from the University of Toronto for 10 yuan (this is what the students in charge of admissions promotion told me, I hope they are not bragging). The library of the University of Toronto has an extremely rich collection of books, and outsiders can also go in and read them. There are also many Chinese books, ranging from county annals of various counties in China to the latest periodicals and magazines. There are three large bookshelves with books about Mao Zedong. I noticed that the books there were mainly historical books for research, and there were very few sensational books such as scandals and anecdotes.

Six reasons are not enough? Toronto's large and small attractions constitute a "melting pot of world cultures" full of diverse colors. Every street corner has traces of long-term cultural infusion. If you don't come here in this life, What a pity.

Extended reading: Toronto’s travel guide

Itinerary features:

★ 4-day tour of Quebec, Toronto, Ottawa, Thousand Island Lake, Canada

★★ Visit the Olympic Village, take the Thousand Island Cruise, and enjoy Chinese-style snacks

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Method /Steps

Boston-Montreal

Starting from Boston, passing through New Hampshire and Vermont, the beautiful Lake Champlain (Lake Champlain), and entering the Canadian province of Quebec. Visit the Olympic Village and the Olympic Tower, the tallest leaning tower in the world. The tower is about 175 meters high and has an inclination of up to 45 degrees (the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa is only 5 degrees). Take the cable car at the bottom of the tower and rise along the sloping wall to the observation deck to enjoy the distant scenery and have a panoramic view of everything. Then visit St. Joseph's Cathedral and Montreal Natural Ecology Center, and stay overnight in Montreal.

Montreal - Ottawa - Thousand Islands - Toronto

Depart from Montreal and head to Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Visit the Capitol, Peace Tower, and Centennial Flame. Take a Thousand Islands Cruise to see the castles and buildings of different styles on the islands. Then, arrive in Toronto, the largest city in Canada, and return to your hotel in Toronto after dinner.

Toronto (Toronto)

After enjoying the Chinese-style dim sum in Chinatown, go and pay homage to Toronto's landmark building - the CN Tower, which is the tallest independent clock tower in the world. Then abandon the shore and board the ship to enjoy the charming scenery of Toronto Harbor. The natural scenery is breathtakingly beautiful, and the cultural landscape is no less impressive. The brand-new New Town Hall - the "Sky Eye" and the spectacular Parliament House; followed by lunch in the Eaton Centre. In the afternoon visit the unique 19th century Casa Loma castle. After dinner, return to your hotel in Toronto or head to your hotel in Niagara Falls.

Toronto-Niagara Falls Canada-Boston

Visit Niagara Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world. Standing on the shore, you can have an unobstructed view of the Horseshoe Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, and American Falls in the United States on the other side. Let the "Maid of the Mist" cruise ship carry you through the misty rain and thin sand, and experience the experience of "swimming in a painting". Not tasty enough? Then let the 180-degree IMAX movie "The Legend of Niagara Falls" take you through time and space. Climb Skylon Tower, stop at the 360-degree indoor or outdoor observation deck, and take in the panoramic view of the waterfall, which is so beautiful. After enjoying the beautiful scenery, enjoy a delicious dinner, and then return to Boston with unfinished business.

Precautions

1. Pay attention to personal safety and property safety when traveling;

2. When taking transportation, be sure to carry cash, documents or valuables Carry it with you and should not put it in checked luggage;