Toronto
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To discover, to understand, to wonder, and enjoy oneself, to marvel…So many entertaining opportunities to be enjoyed by the WHOLE FAMILY and which can be reached from your hotel in Toronto.
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Yonge Street in the north of Toronto, is the longest road in the world and stretches over 1,900 km, from the bank of lake Ontario to Lake Superior.
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It is the height to which you can climb in the CN Tower whose total height however is 533 meters. You will then get a unique view on Toronto!
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With a little more than 4.7 million inhabitants, Toronto, the capital of Ontario, is the biggest city in Canada.
Kids’voyage’s special treats
This huge amusement park mixes different worlds, for example. Adventure Island, Go Zone, and Soak City. A magical place designed and improved over the years with one goal in mind: the joy of families in general and children in particular! The list of surprises waiting for you there is truly impressive and to get the details, there is just one thing to do: go there!... 955, Boulevard Lakeshore, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 314 9900
Every day from 10 am. For more details on opening times phone the park.
Ontario Science Centre
The children’s favourite! Toronto’s Science Centre, an impressive scientific display that is totally interactive, tries to make science more easily accessible to children! Space, the living earth, the brain and its functions, the Hall of the Human Body, the Hall of Sport… so many entertaining exhibitions in which children are the main participants. A special mention must be made of the Hall of Comunications, where children will be able, thanks to a computer, to communicate with a chimp! To stimulate and sharpen children’s curiosity is a good purpose for a family visit.
770 Don Mills Road, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 696 1000
Every day from 10 am to 5 pm.
Canada's Wonderland
Thrills for the grown-ups and great memories for the young ones! The Wonderland, as its name indicates is THE amusement park with its roller coasters, its rides and aqua games, its dodgems, its incredible carousels… A park where children will meet their favourite heroes, Scooby Doo, Dora the Explorer, Tomb Raider, and SpongeBob, to share marvellous adventures. It has more than 200 games and rides waiting for you and the family!
9580 Jane Street, Vaughan, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 905 832 7000
Every day from 10 am from May to October.
Museums & Exhibitions
Royal Ontario Museum
This museum is one of the largest in North America. Superbly endowed, it is the cultural place to go to with the children. Indeed, on the second floor devoted to natural history, you have dinosaurs, birds and the thrilling bat cave. After these thrills, children will be able to try their hands at entertaining experiments based on their senses of hearing and touch, and they will turn into budding Indiana Jones joining in archaeological excavations! Other interactive presentations can also be shared with the family in the gallery named Dynamic Earth! A must.
100, Queen’s Park, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 586 8000
Every day from 10 am to 5.30 pm and on Fridays until 9.30 pm.
The Bata Shoe Museum
Located in a building that is shaped like… a shoebox, it is impossible to go to Toronto without visiting this unique museum! In fact, children and parents will have a lot of fun discovering this incredible collection presented on four levels and containing more than 12,000 shoes! Stories and anecdotes abound with these shoes (from clogs to trainers!) from all historical eras and of all shapes (some are truly incredible!) The Musuem is as interesting as it is original. The world is…at your feet!
327, rue Bloor Ouest, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 979 7799
Every day from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sunday from Midday.
The Hockey Hall of Fame
Hockey is Canada’s major sport, and its temple is in Toronto! It’s an opportunity for children and their parents to share a great experience in this place where everything is possible. After admiring the collections describing the history of hockey and the Stanley Cup, its most famous trophy, the whole family will be launched… into the heart of the game! The Toronto HHF lets youngsters take the place of the goal-keeper to stop the shots of Wayne Gretzky, one of the legends of the sport! Just one thing among others which are just as much fun, interactive and original!
Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge Street, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 360 7765
Every day from 9.30 am.
Some good places for a family meal
This has become a real institution since its opening in 1959. This restaurant owes its reputation to its delicious seasoning - whose secret is closely guarded – on the numerous meats it offers.
7 Elm Street, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 597 0335
Every day
Le Papillon – the Butterfly
Salads, soups, pancakes, meat, fish.. Le Papillon offers a typically Franco-Canadian cuisine. The atmosphere and the warm welcome make it one of the most popular places in the city.
16, Church Street, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 363 3773
Every day from midday to 2.30 pm and from 5 pm to 10 pm.
Le Restaurant 360
Located in the CN Tower at an altitude of 351 m, this restaurant, that revolves on its axis, is a good opportunity to enjoy the breathtaking panorama of the city of Toronto.
301 Front Street West, Toronto – Tel. : (+1) 416 362 5411
Every day.
KIDS' VOYAGE travel guides and NOVOTEL hotels in Toronto wish you an excellent stay.
Zoos, aquariums, parks and gardens
Close to 300 hectares of fun for the family. Toronto Zoo, with its 5,000 animals representing almost 500 species, is one of the largest in the world. It is divided into six geographical regions, and children will go joyfully from piranhas to beavers, from white Siberian tigers to the tropical forest with gorillas… On top of that, in the summer children can visit in a “zoomobile” with their parents. But this zoo has other attractions which are great for children. They will be able to go to the Discovery Zone with its interactive experiments with wild animals, or even Splash Island, an aqua-park that covers more than two hectares… And there are many other surprises in store!
361A Old Finch Avenue, Scarborough – Tel. : (+1) 416 392 5929
Every day from 9 am.
High Park
With a little more than 160 hectares, High Park is the largest in Toronto. Located to the west of the city, it is an ideal place for families. Areas are large enough to enjoy open air games to the fullest. This park is also an opportunity, much to the joy of children, to meet along a footpath or close to a pond with its squirrels or ducks and other animals.
1873 Bloor Street, Toronto
Every day
The Franklin Children’s Garden
Located on Centre Island, one of Toronto’s islands, this garden is an opportunity for young children to meet one of their favourite heroes: Franklin the Turtle! Specially designed for children, the activities offered are numerous and varied, with always the same idea in mind: to make children better understand nature while having fun. Follow trails to discover flowers and trees, learn gardening, observe turtles, frogs and birds, and go on a treasure hunt trailing the bronze statues of Franklin and his friends… Simply marvellous!
Centre Island, Toronto - Tel. : (+1) 416 560 8276