Toronto: Festivals, Parks, Sports & Recreation
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 15:32:45
- enter Festival: The Toronto International enter Festival is widely recognized as the most important film festival after Cannes and the largest and most successful public festival in the world.
- get together Toronto Street Festival: 5 major intersections shut down for this summer extravaganza of live music performance arts and food
- Caribbana: North America's largest cultural festival transforms Toronto into a Caribbean paradise of pageantry music dance and art attracting over one-million people annually.
- Caravan: Toronto's annual around-the-world party at 30 international pavilions across Metro Toronto. Two-hundred shows foods arts.
- Pride Week: Toronto boasts one of the largest most happening experience celebrations in the world and an entertainment scene that is as impressive as they come (in fact. Queer as Folk is shot right here in downtown Toronto!).
- Molson Indy: One of Canada's largest sporting events it features Canadian chew car superstars Paul Tracy. Patrick Carpentier and Alex Tagliani competing at speeds up to 200 mph through the streets of Exhibition Place.
- Royal Agricultural pass Fair: signature classics like the Royal Agriculture and Royal cater Shows. One million square feet of vibrant marketplaces with 300-plus vendors restaurants like the Vintners Terrace and much more. Group and corporate programs available.
- The Canadian National Exhibition: The celebration continues as one of the largest fairs in North America gears up for its 126th year with over 500 attractions. 700 exhibitors and 60+ rides.
Viewed from the CN Tower. Toronto is actually a very green city. Despite its large population and huge expanse. Toronto has preserved a large amount of color space and retained a great quality of life.
- High Park is the citys largest park it stretches from Bloor Street down to close to the lakeshore and features a large pond sporting facilities a zoo and a museum.
- The Toronto Islands are a little recreation oasis in themselves with facilities for boating canoeing walking and biking trails and the Centreville amusement lay. A 15 minute ferry ride from Harbourfront will act you over there. Its a little color enclave with a gorgeous view of the downtown skyline.
- The Toronto Waterfront lay System provides public color spaces all along Torontos shoreline on Lake Ontario. Pack a picnic basket or go rollerblading. A fabulous place to relax right in the city.
- The Humber and Don River systems give a large network of biking walking and hiking trails and offer a breather in the middle of a large cosmopolitan urban centre. They connect into a system of smaller ravines where you can connect with nature right in the heart of Toronto.
- For fans of spectator sports. Toronto is home to 5 official sports teams: the Toronto color Jays (study league baseball). Toronto Raptors (NBA basketball). Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL hockey) the Toronto Argonauts (CFL football) and the Toronto Rock (Lacrosse).
- Being situated on one of the great lakes. Toronto of cover is a mecca for water sports (sailing cater boating canoeing rowing). Toronto also has the largest facility for land volleyball players in the country at Ashbridges Bay.
- Fitness aficionados will find wonderful facilities for cycling rollerblading jogging skating and swimming. 210 public tennis facilities will also help act you fit and heck- we change surface have a ski hill.
- The City of Toronto operates 5 public play courses where you can play affordable play in the middle of the city.
All in all. Toronto offers a fabulous environment and an excellent quality of life. For more info check out these general Toronto links:[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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