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CN Tower Toronto
274 Reviews Let the elevator take you to to the top of (what was once) the tallest free standing structure in the world and you'll have a great view of Toronto and Lake Ontario. The CN Tower is 1,815.4 ft feet...
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Stanley Park Vancouver
194 Reviews If you are driving through the park you will most likely drive by Prospect Point, which is a little bit higher up in the park. From up here you have a great view over the Lions Gate Bridge, North...
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Old Montreal Montreal
208 Reviews The only outdoor skating area in Montreal just opened in the Old Port of Montreal. =) If you are courageous enough to bear the cold and want to enjoy the outdoors, this is for you! Bring your whole...
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Place Royale & Le Petit Champlain Quebec
72 Reviews The oldest commercial area in North America ! This is one of the nicest area of town. Pedestrian streets lined up with nice restaurants and shops. The area was in bad shape until the 70s when the...
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Rideau Canal - Skating in Winter Ottawa
21 Reviews Not sure if this should fall under "Must see activity" or "Tourist Trap". I tend to think it's both. The Rideau Canal is one of Ottawa's top attractions and a lot of fun to skate on -- although it's...
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Maid of the Mist Niagara Falls
107 Reviews It's like taking a shower all over again. What am I talking about? Made Of The Mist. What's that? That is the boat which will take you right underneath the falls. This way you can see the American...
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Chinatown Victoria
31 Reviews Victoria's Chinatown was founded in 1858. Although it still covers about 6 blocks, it is estimated that during the Gold Rush, Chinatown accounted for about half of Victoria's entire population and was...
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Peggy's Cove Halifax
21 Reviews This a small rural community and it is a photographer's paradise! I went there during the summer and it was windy and a little cloudy so it is always better to know the condition of the weather to...
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West Edmonton Mall Edmonton
57 Reviews I visited Edmonton when I was a teen around 1987 or so. I can't add anything here that anyone else hasn't already told you about, but for the sake of completeness I will add my experience...
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Downtown Calgary Calgary
40 Reviews Originally a planetarium, the facility has been upgraded to a complete hands-on Science Center. There are numerous exhibits which change frequently and admission includes access to two shows. Check...
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The Forks Winnipeg
27 Reviews It is located in the heart of Winnipeg not far from city center where the mighty river of Assiniboine and Red meets.It is a National Historical Site of Canada and one among the famous in Manitoba...
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Banff Avenue Banff
15 Reviews Don't miss the chance to have a walk on its streets. It is a fairy tale town and you get to have great views and chances are you ran into a bear! Much of what happens in Banff happens on Banff...
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Canadian Club Brand Center Windsor
7 Reviews The Canadian Club Brand Center features an incredible art collection. The center offers tours daily 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. April to December and Fri.Sat.Sun. 11a.m. to 6p.m. January to March. Admission for...
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Moraine Lake/ Valley of Ten Peaks Banff National Park
41 Reviews Of all lakes in the Canadian Rockies, few can match the beauty of this one. Backed by a wall of ten peaks, Moraine Lake is one of the biggest draws of the Canadian Rockies- so on any given summer day,...
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Signal Hill St. John's
22 Reviews Geological Interactive museum located on the road up to Signal hill. Learn about rock formations, world weather, oil drilling , mining etc. Lots of interactive displays, short movies etc. Not for the...
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Athabasca Falls Jasper National Park
37 Reviews The falls are situated in Jasper National Park and on the Upper Athabasca River. The falls are approximately 23 metres high but are more renowned for their force than their height. There are various...
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Victoria Park London
3 Reviews Victoria Park is 18 acres in downtown London. We walked through it a few times. As advertised, there are a lot of squirrels hanging about -- and the mandatory statues and war monuments. We saw the...
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1000 Islands Kingston
21 Reviews We made a long approach to Kingston on the 100-km (62-mile) Loyalist Parkway, which starts near Trenton and takes a scenic route along the Lake Ontario coast via the isthmus of Prince Edward. It was a...
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Old Charlottetown Charlottetown
4 Reviews This is a pedestrian street in downtown Charlottetown, close to the main attractions in town, such as the Confederation Centre, Province House, Peake's Quay, etc. There are small restaurants,...
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Lake Louise./Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
29 Reviews Lake Louise is a glacial lake situated in Banff National Park. The lake is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939) who was related to Queen Victoria and the wife of Canada's Govenor...
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Anne of Green Gables Prince Edward Island
14 Reviews This is what you would expect when Disney World merges with Anne of Green Gables. The 'town' consists of a few blocks of buildings, only a few of which are from the period, which house stores,...
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Chinatown Toronto
52 Reviews The main Chinatown area of Toronto centres around Spadina and Dundas St. W. and the neighbouring streets south of Dundas for the most part. There are lots and lots of interesting little shops and...
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Grouse Mountain Vancouver
77 Reviews Grouse Mountain is a great place to visit when you are in Vancouver. You can go for a visit of a couple of hours, but you can easily spent a whole day up here. If you visit in the summer there are...
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Mont-Royal Montreal
103 Reviews Its a long but mostly manageable climb up to Mont Royal (not a mountain, just 692 feet high) and a good first thing to do in the city. There are great views of the city from up here as well as a nice...
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Montmorency Falls Quebec
33 Reviews Montmorency is a 20 min drive from Quebec City. At 84 meters, Montmorency falls was beautiful but not as Spellbinding as Niagara. We had 2 options - to drive or take cable car to the top of the...
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These spectacular waterfalls are one of the first attractions along the Icefields Parkway when driving from Jasper to Banff in a southernly direction. Surely worthwhile seeing. though the fact that some idiot build a utility road over the canyon leading from the waterfalls was a bit anticlimactic. The way from the falls to the river including photostops and return is roughly 30 minutes.
An impressive collection of Pacific Indian Totem Poles in Victoria/Vancouver Island, right behind the Royal BC Museum and Helmcken House (established 1940). The area is part of the Royal BC Museum (admission to Thunderbird Park is free). The original poles have been replaced in 1992.
Stanley Park - created in 1888 - is the largest park of Vancouver with several attractions that draw the crowds (it`s even bigger than New York`s Central Park!). It features extensive woodland areas with giant Douglas-fir, Western Redcedar, Western Hemlock, and Sitka Spruce trees. These have been partly devastated by a storm in 2006, damaging up to 3000 trees, the effects can still be seen in some places in Stanley Park. An attractive seawall route is open to pedestrians and cyclists and links several attractions of the park; you can also make use of the free trolley bus. Especially worthwhile sights of Stanley Park are the Totem Pole Collection near Brockton Point, the Vancouver Aquarium and the Rose Garden.
One of the biggest attractions of Stanley Park (and Vancouver in general) is an impressive collection of eight Native American totem poles - some painted, some unpainted - near the Brockton cricket field. Interpretative signs explain the history of the totem poles and the significance of the respective carvings and symbols.
Cathedral Grove is the better-known name of the MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island. The main attraction is a wood of giant fir-douglas-trees, some up to 800 years old. The biggest tree here has a diameter of 9 meter! It is impossible not to be overawed by this ensemble of giant trees. A short interpretative hike leads through the impressive wood grove. Cathedral Grove is easy to reach on the central Highway 4, roughly 30 minutes driving distance from Qualicum Beach. A note to photographers: It is rather hard to take photos here, as it is rather dark among the tree giants and they won`t fit on a single picture, so you might try and improvise with your panorama function, if your digital camera has one.
This is a pretty popular hike (though it is rather steep and long), but to be honest, it is not my favourite one in Jasper. If you don`t have much time, I`d rather do the Bald Hills Hike or Lake Kartine. From Banff, you take the Icefields Parkway south until you reach the junction "Mount Edith Cavell"; then you follw a pothole-riddled tar-road for 12 km until you reach the parking lot. Remember the speed limits and avoid the potholes at all costs, they are pretty deep and can cause serious damage to your car. The trailhead starts from the Mt. Edith Cavell parking lot and follows a bleak moraine landscape at the beginning. You can view a glacier and a glacier lake at the start, then the path goes through woodland and finally through alpine meadows. There is a good chance to see pikas or marmots during the first leg of the hike. Roundtrip ca. 3-4 hours. What really buggered me off was that...
The Mount Washington area is the most accessible part of Stratcona National Park on Vancouver Island. From the parking place of the Mount Washington ski resort (follow the signs "Raven Lodge"), the trailhead of Paradise Meadows continues on a boardwalk through woodland and then marshes with beautiful panoramas and great landscape. The hike is rather short (under 1 hour), but the trailheads of other, longer hikes (for example the recommended Sawdust Trail) also start along the Paradise Meadows trail. We saw deer and chipmunks here, and some birds are almost tame.
We only saw a glimpse of Vancouver Island, even though we stayed there for three full days. Do not underestimate the distances on Vancouver Island: From central Qualicum, the distance to either Victoria in the south or Long Beach in the west is about 2 1/2 hours. In fine weather, the ferry crossing from Vancouver to Vancouver island is an attraction in itself. One of the most beautiful boat trips I took so far. We concentrated this time mainly on Mount Washington and Strathona Park which has some beautiful hiking trails, and the capital of Victoria (with the obligatory whale-watching-trip). Though well-frequented, Cathedral Grove is an absolute must-see destination, too (see my detailed Canada tips). Unfortunately we missed on Long Beach and the Pacific Rim National Park, as well as the Butchard Gardens in Victoria.
Canada Place - one of the best-known landmarks of Vancouver - was established during the World Expo of 1986 and is located on the Burrard Inlet waterfront. The architecture roughly resembles a ship under full sail. It is the home of the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, the Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver's World Trade Centre, and the world's first permanent IMAX 3D theatre. It is also an important cruise ship terminal for the region, and you will surely find gigantic cruise ships moored on either side of Canada Place. The best way to see Canada Place and the harbour skyline panorama is by taking the cheap SeaBus-ferry to Lonsdale Quay and back (be sure to get a seat at the back window!).
Wells Gray Park is a Provincial Park in eastern British Columbia worthwhile as a destination in its own right or as an ideal stopover if you travel by car between Vancouver and Jasper. The most common entry point to the park is the city of Clearwater (go to the visitor`s centre there and provide yourself with hiking maps for the park). Hiking, trail-riding and canoeing are possible, and it is not as overrun as parts of Banff and Jasper sometimes are. Major tourist draws are - to name but a few examples - the impressive Helmcken Falls, Murtle River (and the "mushbowl") & Murtle Lake, Spahat Creek, and the Trophy Mountain Meadows.
Residence Inn Toronto Downtown / Entertainment District Toronto
4 Reviews and 508 Opinions I like it really much. Very clean, personnel was very professional, the suites are like a real home...
Opus Hotel Vancouver
5 Reviews and 653 Opinions A contemporary hotel located in the very cosmopolitan Yaletown. Top-notch service from a very...
Le Square Phillips Hotel Montreal
5 Reviews and 696 Opinions The stay was unremarkable. The hotel was drab. Dark, old, office building appearance. Our bedroom...
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