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At Four Seasons, you enjoy a unique vantage point from which to explore the sights, sounds and experiences around you. We hope the highlights of local attractions below help simplify your planning. Please let us know how else we can assist you. Attractions on this page
Art galleries
The Art Gallery of Ontario
The Art Gallery of Ontario is one of North America's largest public art museums, housing a collection of over 15,000 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures representative of the great traditions of Western art, including one of the most comprehensive collections of Canadian paintings anywhere. The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre displays the largest public collection of Moore's work in the world.
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Located in the picturesque Kleinberg village, just minutes north of Pearson International Airport, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is devoted entirely to outstanding Canadian art. It has one of the largest displays of 20th Century Canadian art, including works by Emily Carr, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, and it is one of the few Canadian galleries to collect works by First Nations and Inuit artists representing the Northwest Territories and Northern Quebec. Situated on 40 hectares (100 acres) of beautiful woodlands, the gallery encourges visitors to use the land for hikes, picnics and photography.
Attractions
Casa Loma
Perched atop a hill, Casa Loma was built by Canadian financier Sir Henry Pellatt between 1911 and 1914 to fulfill his childhood wish for a castle. The grand landmark's secret passageways, breathtaking towers and sweeping staircase continue to excite young visitors.
CN Tower
The world's tallest free-standing structure, the CN Tower (553.3 metres/1,815 feet, 5 inches) features glass-fronted elevators, a spellbinding glass floor, the award-winning 360 revolving restaurant, Horizons Café and Marketplace shopping. Other attractions include motion simulator rides, a themed arcade and Maple Leaf Cinema, featuring To the Top: The Movie.
Harbourfront
Harbourfront, Toronto's neighbourhood on the lake, offers specialty shops, delectable restaurants, marine events and special weekend festivals, as well as six different theatres featuring dozens of dance, stage, music and film festivals.
Hockey Hall of Fame
For a different look at hockey, the Hockey Hall of Fame provides hours of enjoyment for fans of all ages with a variety of interactive exhibits. Test your slapshot or play goalie against "virtual reality" players in the Rink Zone, or call the play-by-play of some of hockey's greatest goals in the TSN Broadcast Zone. The Hall also features a replica dressing room of the Montreal Canadiens.
Ontario Place
Ontario Place is an amusement park on the waterfront, offering such rides as Rush River, Hydrofuge and Sea-Trek. Three picturesque islands support Toronto's Cinesphere with its six-story screen, the Children's Village playground and the Molson Amphitheatre for live concerts.
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
Paramount Canada's Wonderland is a theme park featuring 121 hectares (300 acres) of rides, including the greatest variety of roller-coasters in North America. Among its movie-themed rides and attractions are the Days of Thunder race car simulator and Top Gun, a looping, inverted jet-coaster.
Museums
Bata Shoe Museum
Discover the treasures of North America's first shoe museum. Over 10,000 shoes are housed in architect Raymond Moriyama's award-winning five-story structure. The museum celebrates the style and function of footwear in four impressive galleries, reflecting over 4,500 years of history. A collection of 20th-century celebrity shoes is featured in the permanent collection.
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
A "jewel box" of ceramic treasures, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is located just steps from the Hotel. The permanent collection includes pre-columbian American ceramics, 15th and 16th century Italian maiolica, 17th century English delftware and unparalleled examples of 18th century Meissen and Viennese porcelain. The museum also houses collections of blue and white Chinese trade porcelain, 19th century Minton china and contemporary ceramic artworks.
Ontario Science Centre
Journey through a steamy tropical rain forest, touch a tornado, take a ride in a rocket chair and send a pinball space probe to planet Gong, test your fastball against a radar gun, then climb aboard the Information Highway – all at the Ontario Science Centre, where visitors can learn more about themselves and the world they live in through 800 mind-bending exhibits.
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum is home to six million treasures illuminating the science, art and evolution of civilization, with galleries showcasing ancient Egypt and Nubia. One of the world's top ten museums.
Scenic day trips
Centreville
Centreville is a 5.6-hectare (14-acre) family amusement park on Centre Island, featuring a complete turn-of-the-century town with restaurants and shops. Other attractions include a Ferris wheel, carousel, log flume and roller-coaster.
Centreville is accessed by a pleasant 10-minute ferry ride from the docks located at the foot of Bay Street.
Toronto Zoo
More than 5,000 animals are on display at the Toronto Zoo in zoogeographic pavillion areas that closely re-create their natural habitats.
Sporting/Concert venues
Air Canada Centre
The Air Canada Centre houses two of this city's professional sports franchises – the Toronto Raptors and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The state-of-the-art facility features a BOSE sound system, four Sony Jumbotrons and more than 640 televisions throughout the building.
Rogers Centre
Adjacent to the CN Tower and minutes from Harbourfront, Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome) is an entertainment complex like no other in the world, with its fully retractable roof. Home to the 1992 and 1993 World Series Champion Toronto Blue Jays and the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, Rogers Centre has been designed to stage every conceivable kind of entertainment extravaganza.
Theatre/Performing arts
The Canon Theatre
This ornate, stunning theatre was designed in 1920 by the world-renowned theatre architect Thomas Lamb, showing both vaudeville productions and motion pictures. At the time, it was the largest cinema in Canada. Today, opulent gold leaf and impressive columns are illuminated by crystal chandeliers and functioning gas lamps. Viewing a stage production here is a thrilling experience that conjures up a bygone era of the theatre.
The Princess of Wales Theatre
The Princess of Wales Theatre is a playhouse built by the father and son producing team of David and Ed Mirvish, who also own and operate Toronto's historic Royal Alexandra Theatre. This 2,000-seat theatre is a showcase of all that is best in both traditional and contemporary design. The colourful murals that decorate the interior walls, the proscenium arch, the fly tower and the spectacular ceiling dome are the work of renowned contemporary artist Frank Stella.
The Royal Alexandra Theatre
Located only a block from The Princess of Wales Theatre, the historic "Royal Alex" is a masterpiece of beaux-arts architecture and was named a National Historic Monument in 1987, on its 80th birthday.
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