DK Travel : Toronto : Places of interest

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Harbourfront

The kid-friendly attractions and events at this lakefront center ensure it’s always busy. Kids especially love watching artisans at work in York Quay Centre’s Craft Studio, the ice-skating rink (see Skating), and open-air concerts.
Hillebrand Estates Winery

Along with estate tours and tastings, Hillebrand hosts specialty events, such as wine country cycling tours (May to October) and an icewine festival (January).
Hockey Hall of Fame

Hockey fans will be fascinated by the memorabilia on view at this museum dedicated to Canada’s favorite sport. Everything from masks personalized by goalies to hand-carved skates from the 1840s reflect the history of the game. Have your photo taken with the iconic Stanley Cup, then test your skill at the game at the interactive exhibits (see Hockey Hall of Fame).
Hockey Hall of Fame

Budding hockey stars can test their skill whacking pucks and guarding goal at this shrine to the sport, which houses more hockey memorabilia than you can shake a stick at (see Hockey Hall of Fame).
Inniskillin Wines

One of Ontario’s oldest quality vineyards, established in 1975 and famous for its icewines, has guided and self-guided tours. The shop and tasting bar are in a 1920s barn.
Jackson-Triggs Vinters

One of the most technologically advanced facilities in the region. Tours and tastings.
Kensington Market

This funky neighborhood, in a small pocket west of Spadina, is the heart of multicultural Toronto – a place where vendors from almost every corner of the globe have set up shop. Spilling out into the narrow sidewalks are stores selling an array of fruits, vegetables, and bulk dry goods, while music blasts from open doors and loudspeakers. Pedestrians jostle with cyclists and traffic moves at a snail’s pace, everyone vying for their inch of street space, particularly on Saturdays when the area is at its liveliest best. Leave the car behind and wander through the streets, soaking up the atmosphere, perhaps checking out the price of live lobster at a fish vendor’s or browsing through trinkets and secondhand clothes in the many eclectic stores at the south end of Kensington Avenue (see Kensington Market).
Leslieville

One of the newer areas of Toronto to take shape as a destination, what this district lacks in architectural richness it makes up for in character. Along Queen St E between Carlaw Ave and Leslie St, secondhand furniture, housewares, and vintage stores offer 1960s and 1970s bric-a-brac, though you might have to compete with the set designers from the nearby film studios for the object of your desire. Casual cafés are perfect for weekend brunches and several good restaurants have opened up here.
Lick’s

Excellent burgers and fries; 25 flavors of ice cream.
Little India

The festive spirit of the market bazaars of the Indian subcontinent is alive and well – even during Toronto’s cold winter – on Gerrard St E between Greenwood Ave and Coxwell Ave. Shops sell colorful saris, street vendors cook up tantalizing takeaway, and restaurants serve excellent Indian fare, from vegetarian masala dosa to halwa , a carrot-based sweet.