32 Best Hotels in Ontario, Canada

Handsome and intimate, this outpost of the respected InterContinental chain is a two-minute walk from the Yorkville shopping area and directly across from the Royal Ontario Museum's stunning Crystal addition. Art-deco touches enhance the public areas and spacious guest rooms. Orange, white, and brown linens cover cozy beds and pillowtop mattresses; bay windows offer stunning city views. Signatures Restaurant is comfortably classic, and its patio, SkyLounge, offers breezy alfresco dining in season. Relax in the clublike opulence of the Proof Barperfect for snacks, tea, or a cocktail with one of 50 brands of vodka.

Tucked into the Humber River Valley, the Old Mill is the only country inn within the city limits of Toronto. Manicured English gardens and an arched stone bridge flank the 1914 Tudor-style building. Burnished mahogany and cherrywood tables, chairs, and beds (some four-poster) grace guest rooms. Gas fireplaces and large whirlpool tubs invite romance, and each room has a view of the wooded banks of the Humber River Valley. Exposed stone walls and a 50-foot-high solid fir cathedral ceiling define the manor-house restaurant, the Old Mill Dining Room. There's dinner and dancing six nights a week, luncheon buffets, and afternoon tea. It's a 15-minute drive or subway ride from downtown and about 25 minutes by car from the airport.