Trips To Toronto is an independent guide to the city, written and maintained by Samer Alqaisi. It is part of a network that includes Trips To The World and separate guides to Istanbul, Madrid, New York, Dublin, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Edinburgh, Dubai, Cairo and Sydney.
What this site is trying to be
Toronto is not a city of monuments and does not pretend to be. What it has is neighbourhoods, and the genuinely remarkable thing about it — that half the residents were born somewhere else and 200 languages are spoken — does not photograph.
So this site is as interested in the fact that one TTC tap buys two hours of travel including a return journey, that St Lawrence Market is closed on Mondays and the farmers’ market is Saturday only, and that the 13 per cent tax is added at the till and the tip is not optional — which together add about a quarter to every menu price.
It also gives space to how the city got here. See From the Carrying Place to Half the World.
How it is researched
Opening times, ticket structures and access rules come from the venue’s own source and are dated on the page. Where a price is not shown, it is because it has not been checked recently enough to print.
Toronto changes: the Eglinton Crosstown has been under construction for over a decade with an opening date that has moved repeatedly, the Ontario Science Centre closed abruptly in 2024, and museum free-evening arrangements are revised regularly. Treat anything quoted here as an indication and check at source.
Corrections are made quickly and acknowledged.
How it is funded
Advertising and some affiliate links, mainly hotel and flight search. If you book through one, the site may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
What that does not buy: no hotel, restaurant, tour operator or attraction has paid for a mention or a position here. No sponsored posts, no paid placements, no press trips.
Where something is not worth the money, the page says so — which is why the CN Tower entry advises skipping the SkyPod, and why the eating article says the best Chinese food in the region is in Markham rather than Chinatown.
Photographs
The photographs on this site are not the author’s. They come from Wikimedia Commons under licences permitting reuse, and every one is credited beside the image and again at /credits/.
Corrections and contact
If something here is wrong or out of date — an opening day, a fare, a closure — please say so. Specific corrections with a date or a link are the most useful kind.
The contact form goes to a person, or write to [email protected].