St. Lawrence Market
92 Front Street East. TTC: Union
Station. Bringing a bit of country to the city, fresh baked goods, specialty
foods and produce make you feel like you're on the farm.
Queen's Quay Terminal (beside
Harbourfront Centre)
TTC: Streetcar from Union or Spadina Stations.
Situated at the foot of Lake Ontario, this upscale retail shopping mall
sells everything from books to lingerie. Queen's Quay Terminal is a
good place for interesting and unique tourist souvenirs. The adjacent
Harbourfront Centre — home of TVA's Annual Vegetarian Food Fair
— hosts cultural activities and music and art festivals, as well
as outdoor craft markets in the summer.
Eaton Centre
290 Yonge Street between Queen
and Dundas Streets. TTC: Dundas or Queen Stations. Toronto's busiest
tourist destination, the Eaton Centre is bordered by two of Canada's
largest department stores and offers a broad selection of fashions for
both men and women. The mall itself has hundreds of retail establishments.
PATH – The Underground
City
Toronto has North America's largest
continuous underground pedestrian system. Over 10 km (6 miles) of subterranean
tunnels wind their way through more than 50 buildings throughout the
downtown area linking underground shopping, services and entertainment.
It runs all the way from the Air Canada Centre and Skydome to the Atrium
on Bay (across from the Bus Terminal at Dundas and Yonge Streets.).
The walkway is marked by the colour coded P-A-T-H signs (east is yellow,
west is orange, north is blue and south is red).
The signs appear on free-standing
outdoor pylons. Door decals identify entrances to the walkway; directional
signs tell which building you are in and the next building you will
be entering. Street names are identified as you walk under them and
some elevators have a small P-A-T-H logo beside the button for the floor
leading to the walkway.
First Canadian Place
TTC: King station. Part of the
city's financial district, this mall serves the food needs of many who
work in the area and is a shopping paradise for discerning business
executives: men's and women's shops, cigars, fine spirits and other
luxury items abound.
Village by the Grange
TTC: St. Andrews station. Shops
and restaurants close to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), off Dundas
between Simcoe and McCaul at 122 Patrick. This is a convenient place
to park for the AGO.
Mirvish Village and the Annex
TTC: Bathurst Station. Located
in the Annex, not far from the University of Toronto, Mirvish Village
has a unique atmosphere with interesting gift and specialty books stores
and, of course, Honest Ed's, a bargain lover's haven that's become a
city institution.
Bloor/Yorkville Shopping Area
TTC: Bay Station. In the last decade,
Bloor Street has truly turned into a Fifth Avenue of the north. Chanel,
Hermes, Cartier, Tiffany's, Versace. Exclusive is the word that best
describes shops of the Bloor/Yorkville area.
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