karlth

I'll be traveling with my wife and two 3 and 6 year old kids to Toronto next weekend. What we would like to do is to walk through the different neighborhoods and thus getting a feel for the city.

Anything in particular forumers would recommend?

BAK

You could take the Bloor-Danforth subway west to Jane Street (Ride in the front car so the kids can look down the tracks) and then walk east back towward downtown through Bloor West Village -- a great part of town where prosperoud parents and 3 & 6 year olds like to life.

Either get on the subway at Runnymede, or keep walking to High Park (the park, not the subway stop) big playground just into the park, still within sight of Bloor Street.

Saturday morning, go to St. Lawrence Market, at Front and Jarvis.

3&^ year olds love Centreville amusement park on Toronto Island -- take the ferry boat, which is fun in itself. Centreville is designed for little kids, not teenagers.

BAK

SallyCanuck

My kids used to love Ontario Place. Lots of fun for children.

cd

Take the ferry over to the Toronto Islands.

lolly

If you have a car the zoo is fun.

BAK

Further to >What we would like to do is to walk through the different neighborhoods and thus getting a feel for the city.<

You could also go to the east end of the city. Take the 501 Queen Street eastbound streetcar to the Neville Park Loop, which is the end of the line. This gets you to The BEaches neighborhood. GEt off the street car and wander around the water filtration plant (I'm serious) and then head west along the beach for a few blocks until you get to the boardwalk. Keep walking west until boredom overcomes you, and then head north a couple of blocks back to Queen Street, which you will have seen from the streetcar wondows. Walk along Queen Street until you get bored again, and return to downtown via the streetcar.

RICH PEOPLE NEIGHBORHOOD: get yourself to Bloor and Yonge via thesubway, taxi, etc., and then head west on Bloor Street, past the fancy stores. When you get to BElair, where Harry Rosen's mens wear is ont he corner, walk north a block until you dfisvoer a weird park the kids will like. Giant rock in the middle to climb, and wooden sidewalks to walk along.

Prowl around this neighborhood for a while. There's a playground in the school yard along the west side of Bay Street, three blocks north of Bloor.

And there's (maybe, unless it is being turned into condos) a great toy store on Cumberland Avenue, just east of Bay Street. Look for a bear blowing bubbles.

You could also take the Yong subway to eithr Eglinton or Lawrnece and walk around and see two intresting neighborhoods, but both are pretty boring for kids. At least at Lawrence, in the south east corner behind the library, there's a playground.

BAK