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We will be in Toronto for two days in June. We are staying at the Marriott Eaton Center. We want to visit the CN center and the harbor. Will there be any kind of boating at the harbor? Can we walk there from the Marriott? Any other suggestions?

Attractions - sorry about that

yes you can walk there - prob 20 - 30 mins or so.

not really sure what you mean about boating in the harbour? you can rent sail / power boats on your own if you want. there are also lots of charter / sightseeing boats you can take rides on, and there are ferry's to take you over to Toronto Island - lots to do over there.

if you meant boating ie: to watch, there are sailboat races most weeknights in the harbour at the various yacht clubs on the island.

as for attractions:

stuff:
CN Tower

Hockey Hall of Fame

Royal Ontario Museum

Gardiner Sculpture Museum

Bata Show Museum

St. Lawrence Market (closed sunday's)

Sky Dome / Rogers Center (Blue Jays Game)

Catch a show at one of the theatres or an opera at the new four seasons center - www.mirvish.com


Shopping:

Eaton Center - chain stores etc...

Trendy Queen St. West

Fancy Yorkville


Eating:

lots of ethnic restaurants

lots of al fresco dining if you get good weather

lots of high end and casual restaurants - if you want suggestions let me know tastes / price range etc...

JMWF
Yes, that is the information I wanted regarding boating. We want to see Toronto from the water and if the weather is nice, to be ON the water.

What is the St. Lawrence Market? Sounds interesting.

We were thinking of lunch at the revolving restaurant in the CN tower, good idea?

We love to walk ethnic neighborhoods. Maybe dinner at a Greek restaurant? Is al fresco dining, outside dining? We would love that.

Thanks!

"We love to walk ethnic neighborhoods. Maybe dinner at a Greek restaurant? Is al fresco dining, outside dining? We would love that."

If you like Greek food you should visit the "Danforth" neighbourhood. It is very easy to get to by subway from the Marriott (about 20 mins.) Take the subway the Chester station. By June all of the restaurants on the Danforth will have their patios open.

st lawrence market is a large indoor / outdoor market with vendors selling, meats, cheeses, produce, seafood, and many other misc. items. there are also lots of good food stands to grab a quick, but tasty bite - and there are some great restaurants in that area as well.

i honestly can't comment on the revolving restaurant at the tower - haven't been there since they re-did it. i've heard it is much better (the food used to be terrible) albeit expensive. if it were me, i'd go up the tower for the view and eat lunch at one of the many other toronto restaurants...

al fresco is outside dining - some great spots with patio's include:

allan's - gastropub on the danforth (greek area) - other good greek spots too, but allan's has an incredible patio out back.

michelle's brasserie - french brasserie in yorkville with a nice patio in a courtyard behind the four seasons

select bistro - beautiful spot on wellington (quiet street) close to CN tower, with a pretty good view of the tower - french bistro with amazing wine list

lee - famous chef susur lee's (iron chef america, top 50 restaurant in the world, etc...) less expensive spot on king west (very hip) - great food and great patio. not super expensive, but not cheap.

jamie kennedy at the gardnier - great patio overlooking downtown and the royal ontario museum. great food, pretty good prices.

can't really help with greek food, haven't spent too much time on the danforth other than at allen's.

as for ethnic neighbourhood's don't miss kengisnton market area (chinatown on spadina) some great spots and 'interesting' people.

Thank you nohumers and JMWF I will print out your recommendations and I thank you.

Regarding the CN Tower, I don't think it's such a terrible idea to have lunch up there. They have prix fixe menus available for $45, which isn't bad considering the cost of just going up is around $25.

The official website is at www.cntower.ca