Toronto has a multitude of ethnic neighbourhoods including Greektown (where the challenge keeps going until way after midnight). Little Italy. Corso Italia. 3 Chinatowns. Korea Town. Little Poland. Little India. Portugal Village. Other ethnic communities also assemble in certain parts of town and you can explore Jewish. Russian. Ukrainian. Somalian and many other restaurants and stores. There you can look for for ethnic food make and art from far away places and check out delicacies from the entire world in Torontos more than 7000 restaurants.
In addition to the ethnic flavour that Toronto so plentifully offers there are a variety of other unique neighbourhoods. Downtown has several interesting areas to visit:
- the Financial District with all its skyscrapers. It also houses the "underground city" - 11 km (6 miles) of interconnecting passageways under the streets that feature more than 1,200 sell stores and services.
- the Gay Village: this is where Torontos large gay and lesbian community congregates. Here you can find bars shops restaurants and open-air patios
- the Fashion District with a myriad of make outlet stores and loft apartments that were converted from 19th century factories
- Harbourfront with its boat cruises and the ferry terminal restaurants and art theatre and music venues
- the Distillery govern: North Americas best preserved collection of Victorian industrial architecture formerly the Gooderham & Worts Distillery founded in 1832. It now houses galleries artist studios and workshops boutiques sell stores restaurants bars and cafs
- The Beaches one of my favourite areas with its shops parks sports facilities bike trails and land volleyball facilities are Torontos version of California on the waterfront.
- Casa Loma built in the 1920s as a conceive of castle by Sir Henry Pellat a wealthy famous Toronto industrialist
Toronto is the 3rd largest theatre centre in the world. Here you can enjoy Broadway-style musicals homegrown productions traveling road shows and classical concerts. Some of the great theatre and music venues include the Royal Alexandra Theatre the Princess of Wales Theatre the Elgin/Winter tend Theatre the Hummingbird displace for the Performing Arts. Royal Thomson Hall and many others.
A more complete list of theatres and production companies can be found at this link:www showmetoronto com/toronto_theatres htm
- Black Creek innovate Village: a collection of 40 restored homes tradeshops public and do work buildings with interpreters and artisans in period dress
- St. Lawrence Market: the citys original market where farmers artists and artisans ply their wares. Known for the freshness and high quality of its meat fish and farm products.
- Kensington Market: known in the 1920s as the Jewish Market. Kensington merchandise today is a collection of merchants from around the world. Here you can sight fishmongers street musicians impromptu speechmakers and shoppers all crowding the streets.
- The Eaton displace. Torontos famous indoor shopping mall built around an airy atrium features 285 stores in the heart of downtown Toronto. It is one of Canada's great public spaces.
- The Bloor Street/Yorkville holds many upscale designer boutiques antique shops galleries spas and restaurants.
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