Toronto by foot, streetcar, & ferry

 

The Holiday Inn on King is right down the street from  the Rogers Center (former Skydome) and the CN Tower.

By staying there we were easily able to walk to the Rogers Center where took in a Blue Jays game and toured the stadium.  My son wasn’t especially interested in the CN Tower and instead insisted that we see some of the city’s other attractions. My son  was especialy interested in checking out the Toronto City Airport.

One of the cool things about the Toronto City airport is that you check in with your ticket at a gate that leads you to a ferry that takes you to the airplanes. My son was disappointed that we couldn’t take the ferry because we didn’t have a ticket, but his mood brightened when he looked out onto the water and saw two ferries taking people to Toronto Island. That, he decided, would be our next destination.

We started to walk from the Airport to the Ferry along the waterfront, but it was a long walk, and there was no continuous waterfront walkway from the Airport to the Ferry so we decided to go by cab.  The cab dropped us right at the ferry. The ferry ride to  Toronto Island Park gave us a chance to view the planes taking off and landing at the airport as well as the opening of the roof at the Rogers Center from the water. The island itself was awesome! It  has beautiful pathways with benches along with water,  amusements for kids, a lovely garden,  a beach,  snack stands, and my son’s favorite – a view of the airport.  We loved it so much, we visited it it twice.