In The City...
Sports:
The Strathcona Hotel is the perfect hotel for the sports traveller. With the high cost of tickets, why spend a fortune on a hotel room? The Strathcona Hotel's location is ideal for the sports enthusiast.
Check out the event schedules for all the Toronto teams:
Theatre:
The Strathcona Hotel is the best place in the city for convenient access to the best Theatre that Toronto has to offer.
With our central location, and rates to meet every theatre buff's budget, you don't have to sacrifice comfort for front row seats.
Exercise:
Toronto has everything to keep you occupied, if you are into inline skating, jogging, biking or just looking for a nice walk by the lake we can help.
Toronto is at the heart of the 350 km (219 miles) Lake Ontario Waterfront trail. The Toronto stretch, known as the Martin Goodman trail, provides either a leisurely, or intense trek, from the Eastern Beaches to the Western Beaches. Most of the Toronto portion of the path is uninterrupted and well-marked, making it perfect and safe for cycling, inline skating, walking, or jogging.
Other city parks close to the downtown core are:
A downloadable map of all city paths and cycling routes is available Here from the City of Toronto website.
Just across the water lies Center Island a great place to visit for the day. It's a short and inexpensive ferry ride to experience the other side of Toronto with its beautiful parks, trails, and beaches.
Don't forget your clubs! Toronto is also very close to many golf courses. Use this tool to help locate the perfect course for you, Click Here.
Dining:
Looking to go out for dinner? The city of Toronto has an abundance of choices for you. With it's multicultural background Toronto offers a little bit of everything. Travelers won't have to look very far to find authentic homemade Italian dishes, exotic Cantonese fare, or succulent seafood dinners. And, of course, let's not forget good old-fashioned Canadian eateries. Whatever your taste, Toronto's restaurants have some of the most delicious food in the World.
Too many to list here, please use the handy link below to find the perfect place to plan your dinner while in the city.
Shopping:
For the shopping enthusiast, have no worries. The City of Toronto is famous for its great shopping.
The Toronto Eaton Centre is Canada's third largest shopping mall. It houses over 300 shops, services, and restaurants.
Located in the heart of the shopping district, and mere moments from our front doors, is the heart of Toronto's shopping experience. Don't stop there, with many more specialty shops along Queen Street West and Yonge Street. Toronto is a shopping lovers dream.
Shopping areas not to be missed are:
The Eaton Centre
Toronto Shopping at its best.
Hours:
Mon-Fri: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sat: 9:30am - 7:00pm
Sun: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Harbourfront and Queen's Quay Terminal
The Queens Quay Terminal provides much of the shopping and dining portion of the Harbourfront experience. Here you can find more than 50 specialty and one-of-a-kind stores, restaurants, and galleries, all on the waterfront. The complex could be described as a one-stop shopping location.
Hours:
Daily 10:00am - 6:00pm
Underground Shopping Network - PATH
A true labyrinth of shopping. The Underground City Shopping area covers the entire downtown core. With over 15km of subterranean walkways, office complexes, hotels, food courts and countless other amenities.
Enjoy over 20 city blocks of hidden attractions, containing approximately 1,200 stores and services, ranging from "brand-name" stores to unique specialty shops.
Yorkville
Bloor-Yorkville, Toronto's most upscale outdoor shopping area, is in the heart of the city, only minutes from our hotel. It's a fascinating blend of old and new.
Beautifully restored Victorian houses, flower-filled courtyards, an award-winning park, sophisticated streets, and near-hidden lanes are home to 700 shops, restaurants, galleries, and museums.
Kensington Market
Kensingston Market is a haven of fresh fruit, vegetables and dry goods stores. Some of the best local produce and meat shops are in this tight knit community. The seafood, dry goods and dollar stores on Spadina are just a few blocks away.
Kensington Avenue itself also houses several tiny cafes and the best vintage clothing stores in the city.