Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #11 in Toronto, Canada

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 67 m

Experience Toronto in Canada in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in TorontoIndividual Sights in Toronto

Sight 1: Gardiner Museum

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Gardiner MuseumSmart Destinations from Boston, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0

The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is a ceramics museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is situated within University of Toronto's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto. The 4,299.2-square-metre (46,276 sq ft) museum building was designed by Keith Wagland, with further expansions and renovations done by KPMB Architects.

Wikipedia: Gardiner Museum (EN), Website, Opening Hours

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Royal Ontario Museum

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Royal Ontario Museum

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making it the most-visited museum in Canada. It is north of Queen's Park, in the University of Toronto district, with its main entrance on Bloor Street West. Museum subway station is named after it and, since a 2008 renovation, is decorated to resemble the ROM's collection at the platform level; Museum station's northwestern entrance directly serves the museum.

Wikipedia: Royal Ontario Museum (EN), Website

580 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Bata Shoe Museum

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The Bata Shoe Museum (BSM) is a museum of footwear and calceology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum's building is situated near the northwest of the University of Toronto's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto. The 3,665-square-metre (39,450 sq ft) museum building was designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects, with Raymond Moriyama as the lead architect.

Wikipedia: Bata Shoe Museum (EN), Website

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Saint Thomas's Anglican Church

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St. Thomas's Church, Huron Street is a parish of the Anglican Church of Canada in Toronto, Ontario. One of the earliest Anglo-Catholic congregations in Canada, it was established in 1874, moving twice before settling into its present building, adjacent to the Annex on the western edge of the University of Toronto's downtown campus.

Wikipedia: St. Thomas's Anglican Church (Toronto) (EN), Website

435 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: St. Thomas Aquinas Church

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St. Thomas Aquinas Church or Newman Chapel is a Roman Catholic church within the St. George campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1926-1927 as a chapel for the Newman Centre next door. In 1995, it became a quasi-parish church. It is situated on the corner of Hoskin Avenue and St. George Street in Toronto, next to Massey College.

Wikipedia: St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Toronto (EN)

513 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Knox Presbyterian Church

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Knox Presbyterian Church The original uploader was SimonP at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Knox Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Wikipedia: Knox Presbyterian Church (Toronto) (EN)

377 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: First Narayever Congregation

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First Narayever Congregation is a traditional-egalitarian synagogue located at 187 Brunswick Avenue, in the Harbord Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest Jewish congregation in downtown Toronto. It was founded by the Jewish immigrants from Narayiv, western Ukraine, hence the Yiddish name "Narayever".

Wikipedia: First Narayever Congregation (EN), Website

483 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Trinity-St. Paul's United Church

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Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts is a church belonging to the United Church of Canada in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 427 Bloor Street West, just west of Spadina Avenue in the city's downtown core. The church is formed of a mix of three different former congregations and houses a fourth independent congregation within its building.

Wikipedia: Trinity-St. Paul's United Church (EN), Website

613 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

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St. Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated close to Bathurst Street in the Mirvish Village area in Downtown Toronto. Until June 2015, it was administered by the Paulist Fathers and was their only presence in Canada. Since then, it has been administered by the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Toronto (EN)

827 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 10: Congregation Shaarei Tzedec

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Shaarei Tzedec Congregation is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 397 Markham Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Wikipedia: Shaarei Tzedec (EN)

416 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: College Street United Church

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College Street United Church The original uploader was SimonP at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 3.0

College Street United Church is a United Church of Canada church at the corner of College and Bathurst Streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of 1990 the church is part of the same structure as The Channel Club Condo at 456 College Street.

Wikipedia: College Street United Church (EN)

790 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 12: St. Francis of Assisi Church

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Saint Francis of Assisi is a Roman Catholic church founded in 1902 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the west end neighbourhood of Little Italy and Trinity-Bellwoods and within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto.

Wikipedia: St. Francis of Assisi, Toronto (EN)

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