Toronto Tourism

November 4, 2022 1:03 PM

I’ll be spending Veteran’s Day weekend in Toronto visiting my undergrad son — what’s fun touristy Toronto stuff? Is the CN Tower a reasonably entertaining experience, or are the lines and so on too long? This time of year, will the islands be worth going to? Assuming that we are willing to walk any distance imaginable, what would you do for fun in Toronto?
posted by LizardBreath to Travel & Transportation around Old Toronto, ON (9 answers total)

Here are two recent asks from the last month or so, covering similar timing:

First time Toronto visit

Visiting Toronto, this time in November

We took my sister in law and her American husband, who'd never visited Toronto, up the CN Tower a couple of years ago, and they enjoyed it. It's only worth going up on a clear day, though.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:50 PM on November 4, 2022

I wouldn't go to the Toronto Islands in November, it'll just be cold and grey.
If your kiddo is a Harry Potter fan, you could see the Harry Potter musical.
Here's a November entertainment listing.
posted by nouvelle-personne at 1:56 PM on November 4, 2022

The best way in my experience to do the CN Tower is to do the restaurant. Your ride to and fro is included and fast, and you get to luxuriate and take in the whole city. It's a bit pricey, but less than you might think.

The ROM is fantastic.

The other links from mandolin-conspiracy seem to have the rest handled.
posted by Xoder at 2:00 PM on November 4, 2022 [2 favorites]

If you do the cn tower my advice is to look up sunset times for the day you're going and go at whatever time will allow you to see the city by day and by night.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 2:12 PM on November 4, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: I am an idiot who didn’t search for prior questions — I thought I would have remembered seeing them if they were recent. Sorry about that, but thanks for directing me to them.
posted by LizardBreath at 2:12 PM on November 4, 2022

I've always wanted to go to the Bata Shoe museum which is in Toronto.
posted by beccaj at 2:52 PM on November 4, 2022 [2 favorites]

Reel Asian Film Fest is happening that weekend. I'll be seeing my friend Renuka Jeyapalan's first feature, Stay the Night.
posted by dobbs at 2:56 PM on November 4, 2022 [1 favorite]

Bata Shoe Museum is indeed quite cool! I also recommend Casa Loma.
posted by capricorn at 3:01 PM on November 4, 2022 [1 favorite]

I would totally go see the Kent Monkman exhibit at the ROM.
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 5:34 PM on November 4, 2022