Toronto travel guides & articles

All 9 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Toronto — newest first.

Standing Above Toronto at the CN Tower Without the Queue

Tours & tickets

Standing Above Toronto at the CN Tower Without the Queue

What the ride up gets you, which ticket tier is worth paying for, and how to spend the hour before and after your timed slot.

Toronto's Financial District Towers and Tunnels in October

Tours & tickets

Toronto's Financial District Towers and Tunnels in October

A free, eight-block architecture walk through Bay Street's bank towers, the banking halls you can sometimes get into, and the PATH tunnels that make it work in October rain.

No Car Required: The Hidden City Under Toronto's Streets

No Car Required: The Hidden City Under Toronto's Streets

A calm, end-to-end walk through Toronto's PATH — 29 kilometres of underground walkway linking malls, food halls, a hockey shrine, an arena and Union Station, no coat and no car required.

Into the Ravines: Toronto's Wild Country Below Street Level

Into the Ravines: Toronto's Wild Country Below Street Level

A calm, walkable guide to the wooded river valleys that run beneath Toronto's street grid — where to start, how to link them by transit, and which suit a crowd versus a quiet pair.

The Scarborough Bluffs: Toronto's White Cliffs and the Beach the City Keeps to Itself

The Scarborough Bluffs: Toronto's White Cliffs and the Beach the City Keeps to Itself

A walking guide to the 15km of pale cliffs east of downtown Toronto — the lookouts, the beach beneath them, the trails, the marina, and where to eat with the lake in view.

The Aga Khan Museum: Toronto's Quietest Masterpiece and the Islamic Art That Found a Home Here

The Aga Khan Museum: Toronto's Quietest Masterpiece and the Islamic Art That Found a Home Here

Inside Toronto's Aga Khan Museum — the 1,000-year Islamic art collection, Fumihiko Maki's light-tuned building, the park and Ismaili Centre next door, and exactly how to plan the visit in 2026.

Island Time: Toronto's Ferry Ride to Another Country

Island Time: Toronto's Ferry Ride to Another Country

A calm, walk-it-in-order guide to the Toronto Islands — the fifteen-minute crossing, the car-free lanes, the beaches, and the skyline you came for.

How the Raptors Rewired a Night Out in Toronto

How the Raptors Rewired a Night Out in Toronto

Seven years after the championship, the basketball calendar still decides where Toronto drinks: an app-ballot fan zone one night, a 4:30am plate of nachos the next.

The Creeks Still Running Under Toronto's Pavement

The Creeks Still Running Under Toronto's Pavement

A walking route through the valleys, quarry craters and buried bridges left by the hundred-odd streams Toronto piped away, plus the one river mouth it is now digging back out.