| Toronto: The Essential Guide to the Best of the City Contributor(s): Now Magazine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550227459 ISBN-13: 9781550227451 Publisher: ECW Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 Annotation: Approaching Toronto from "NOW Magazine's" unique point-of-view, this comprehensive travel guide covers all of the major areas expected in a travel guide plus sections on the best shopping for goods made by local artisans, designers, independently owned stores, and green shopping destinations, as well as providing comprehensive coverage of Toronto's queer community, sex shops, the laws governing drug use, and an overview of the major festivals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Canada - Ontario (on) |
| Dewey: 917.135 |
| Series: Now City Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.08" W x 8.26" (0.58 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Ontario - Locality - Toronto, Ontario |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ?If anyone knows Toronto, it's NOW Magazine. Having covered the weekly cultural scene for the last 25 years, it is the authority on Canada's biggest city. This comprehensive insider guide features surveys, listings, and overviews of: landmarks and tourist attractions Toronto's best restaurants and bars theatre, music, club scenes, and stage venues family-oriented activities the city's best shopping, emphasizing local artists, designers, and indie stores unique hotspots in, and full-colour maps of, Toronto's diverse neighbourhoods permanent collections in major galleries and museums like the Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum, and the independent gallery scene Toronto's large and well-organized queer community's events, services, and happenings major festivals like the Toronto International Film Festival, Caribana, International Festival of Authors, and Gay Pride the city's parks and paths, including Toronto Island pools, rinks, tennis courts, and other sports facilities green shopping and organic food stops in this leading eco-conscious city sex shops, birth control centres, safe-sex counselling, and other services In a handy, easy-to-carry format, this is one guide that both tourists and residents can capitalize on. |