Originally opened to the public in 1914, the Royal Ontario Museum has always been a fascinating place to see beautiful and wonderful art treasures of the world, but now the museum itself has become one of Toronto's treasures of architecture with a recent $270 Million renovation by architect ... Read review
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Advantages: A wonderful way to spend the day. Disadvantages: During renovations some of the permanent galleries have been off-limits.
...the public in 1914, the Royal Ontario Museum has always been a fascinating place to see beautiful and wonderful art treasures of the world, but now the museum itself has become one of Toronto's treasures of architecture with a recent $270 Million renovation by architect Daniel Libeskind. Known as the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal (a title bestowed mainly to recognize the main donation by the Chairman of Portland Holdings Inc, Michael Lee-Chin), the "ROM" ... ...the golden up-market shopping band that is Bloor street. Toronto is quite frankly not known for its stunning architecture and more often than not, city council is accused of approving projects that would look better submerged in Lake Ontario rather than erected on the streets of the city. However, both the ROM and the Art Gallery of Ontario have undergone renovation fever, with the ROM coming out on top as a "must see" attraction.
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Advantages: Lots of ghosts, good food, pretty money, a good variety of attractions Disadvantages: Butter tarts and poutine are fattening
...offered by A Taste of the World include "Haunted Yorkville" and "Haunted Kensington, Chinatown & Grange." For more info, see their website at http://www.torontowalksbikes.com. The Elgin & Wintergarden Theatre is also a stop on the "The Haunted Streets of Downtown Toronto" tour.
MUDDY YORK WALKING TOURS
Since this was the second walk I took and put together by another company, there was some overlap in the stories told from the first one. Muddy York conducts two tours, "The Ghosts of the University of Toronto" and "The Haunted Streets of Downtown Toronto." I chose the latter. The rate was $10 per adult and it started at the RoyalOntarioMuseum (a.k.a The ROM) and ended at the MacKenzie House. Fortunately for me, but not my tour guide, Richard, the other group that reserved places that Labor Day evening was a no show. I had my...
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Apparently members of the Royal family stay at this beautiful hotel situated in downtown Toronto and who could blame them?
This hotel is situated on Front Street opposite Grand Union Station and handy for many attractions - see below. It was once... more
We have visited Toronto a couple of times and each time we have stayed at the Sheraton, it really is a fantastic hotel. Both times we have booked through Canadian affair, we have found them to be very effiecient and reasonably priced. They offer flights... more
My first experience of this hotel was back at the end of January 2006. We we're thinking about booking this hotel for one of our stays on our honeymoon in August. I emailed the hotel for some general infomation about the hotel itself, the location for... more
VATICAN INTRODUCTION
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Vatican Museums so called Musei Vaticani in Italian languague, famous for its art and sculptures. It dates back to 16th century.
MY TRIP TO VATICAN
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21.01.2004
