Toronto itinerary: 1 to 7 days
Plans for one to seven days in Toronto, day by day: the CN Tower and Rogers Centre, the Toronto Islands and the Royal Ontario Museum first, then Casa Loma, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Distillery District, Cabbagetown and the theatre district as you add days. Every stop has a typical visit length.
How long do you have?
Map: 3 days
Toronto in 1 day
Day 1
Rogers Centre
The stadium with a retractable roof at the foot of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
CN Tower
The 553-metre communications tower with observation decks, a glass floor and a revolving restaurant high above the city.
Toronto Eaton Centre
A large downtown shopping mall under a long glass-vaulted roof, between Yonge Street and Bay Street.
Toronto in 2 days
Day 1
Rogers Centre
The stadium with a retractable roof at the foot of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
CN Tower
The 553-metre communications tower with observation decks, a glass floor and a revolving restaurant high above the city.
Toronto Eaton Centre
A large downtown shopping mall under a long glass-vaulted roof, between Yonge Street and Bay Street.
Day 2
Toronto Islands
A chain of car-free islands in Lake Ontario, reached by ferry, with beaches, bike paths and views back to the skyline.
Air Canada Centre
The downtown arena, now called Scotiabank Arena, home of the Maple Leafs hockey and Raptors basketball teams.
Toronto in 3 days
Day 1
BMO Field
The open-air stadium at Exhibition Place, home of the Toronto FC soccer club and the Toronto Argonauts football team.
Rogers Centre
The stadium with a retractable roof at the foot of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
Air Canada Centre
The downtown arena, now called Scotiabank Arena, home of the Maple Leafs hockey and Raptors basketball teams.
Day 2
Chinatown, Toronto
One of North America's largest Chinatowns, along Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West, packed with shops, bakeries and restaurants.
Ontario Legislative Building
The pink sandstone Romanesque Revival home of Ontario's provincial parliament, at the centre of Queen's Park, with public tours.
Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, with dinosaur galleries and a crystal-shaped modern extension.
Yorkville, Toronto
A former village turned upscale district of boutiques, galleries and restaurants just north of Bloor Street.
Casa Loma
A Gothic Revival mansion with towers, secret passages and gardens, built for financier Sir Henry Pellatt in the 1910s.
Day 3
Toronto Islands
A chain of car-free islands in Lake Ontario, reached by ferry, with beaches, bike paths and views back to the skyline.
CN Tower
The 553-metre communications tower with observation decks, a glass floor and a revolving restaurant high above the city.
Toronto in 4 days
Day 1
BMO Field
The open-air stadium at Exhibition Place, home of the Toronto FC soccer club and the Toronto Argonauts football team.
Rogers Centre
The stadium with a retractable roof at the foot of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
Air Canada Centre
The downtown arena, now called Scotiabank Arena, home of the Maple Leafs hockey and Raptors basketball teams.
Day 2
Ontario Legislative Building
The pink sandstone Romanesque Revival home of Ontario's provincial parliament, at the centre of Queen's Park, with public tours.
Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, with dinosaur galleries and a crystal-shaped modern extension.
Yorkville, Toronto
A former village turned upscale district of boutiques, galleries and restaurants just north of Bloor Street.
Casa Loma
A Gothic Revival mansion with towers, secret passages and gardens, built for financier Sir Henry Pellatt in the 1910s.
Day 3
Toronto Islands
A chain of car-free islands in Lake Ontario, reached by ferry, with beaches, bike paths and views back to the skyline.
CN Tower
The 553-metre communications tower with observation decks, a glass floor and a revolving restaurant high above the city.
Day 4
Canada's Walk of Fame
Sidewalk stars honouring famous Canadians in music, film, sport and science, along King Street West in the Entertainment District.
Nathan Phillips Square
The plaza in front of Toronto's curved modernist City Hall, with the Toronto sign, a reflecting pool and a winter skating rink.
Toronto Eaton Centre
A large downtown shopping mall under a long glass-vaulted roof, between Yonge Street and Bay Street.
Sankofa Square
The busy open square at Yonge and Dundas, surrounded by billboards and screens, renamed in 2024.
Cabbagetown, Toronto
A residential neighbourhood east of downtown with one of North America's largest areas of preserved Victorian houses.
Toronto in 5 days
Day 1
BMO Field
The open-air stadium at Exhibition Place, home of the Toronto FC soccer club and the Toronto Argonauts football team.
Rogers Centre
The stadium with a retractable roof at the foot of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
CN Tower
The 553-metre communications tower with observation decks, a glass floor and a revolving restaurant high above the city.
Day 2
Toronto Islands
A chain of car-free islands in Lake Ontario, reached by ferry, with beaches, bike paths and views back to the skyline.
Air Canada Centre
The downtown arena, now called Scotiabank Arena, home of the Maple Leafs hockey and Raptors basketball teams.
Art Gallery of Ontario
One of North America's largest art museums, with Canadian and European art in a building remodelled by Frank Gehry.
Day 3
Chinatown, Toronto
One of North America's largest Chinatowns, along Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West, packed with shops, bakeries and restaurants.
Spadina House
A historic mansion and gardens beside Casa Loma, furnished to show how a wealthy Toronto family lived in the early 20th century.
Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, with dinosaur galleries and a crystal-shaped modern extension.
Gardiner Museum
Canada's national museum of ceramic art, from ancient pottery to contemporary pieces, across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum.
Yorkville, Toronto
A former village turned upscale district of boutiques, galleries and restaurants just north of Bloor Street.
Day 4
Nathan Phillips Square
The plaza in front of Toronto's curved modernist City Hall, with the Toronto sign, a reflecting pool and a winter skating rink.
Toronto Eaton Centre
A large downtown shopping mall under a long glass-vaulted roof, between Yonge Street and Bay Street.
Ed Mirvish Theatre
A 1920 movie palace on Yonge Street, restored as a venue for touring musicals and large stage shows.
Sankofa Square
The busy open square at Yonge and Dundas, surrounded by billboards and screens, renamed in 2024.
Day 5
Ontario Legislative Building
The pink sandstone Romanesque Revival home of Ontario's provincial parliament, at the centre of Queen's Park, with public tours.
Casa Loma
A Gothic Revival mansion with towers, secret passages and gardens, built for financier Sir Henry Pellatt in the 1910s.
Bata Shoe Museum
A museum devoted to footwear, with shoes from thousands of years of history, in a building designed to look like a shoebox.
Toronto in 6 days
Day 1
BMO Field
The open-air stadium at Exhibition Place, home of the Toronto FC soccer club and the Toronto Argonauts football team.
Rogers Centre
The stadium with a retractable roof at the foot of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
CN Tower
The 553-metre communications tower with observation decks, a glass floor and a revolving restaurant high above the city.
Day 2
Toronto Islands
A chain of car-free islands in Lake Ontario, reached by ferry, with beaches, bike paths and views back to the skyline.
Air Canada Centre
The downtown arena, now called Scotiabank Arena, home of the Maple Leafs hockey and Raptors basketball teams.
Art Gallery of Ontario
One of North America's largest art museums, with Canadian and European art in a building remodelled by Frank Gehry.
Day 3
Chinatown, Toronto
One of North America's largest Chinatowns, along Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West, packed with shops, bakeries and restaurants.
Spadina House
A historic mansion and gardens beside Casa Loma, furnished to show how a wealthy Toronto family lived in the early 20th century.
Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, with dinosaur galleries and a crystal-shaped modern extension.
Gardiner Museum
Canada's national museum of ceramic art, from ancient pottery to contemporary pieces, across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum.
Yorkville, Toronto
A former village turned upscale district of boutiques, galleries and restaurants just north of Bloor Street.
Day 4
Nathan Phillips Square
The plaza in front of Toronto's curved modernist City Hall, with the Toronto sign, a reflecting pool and a winter skating rink.
Toronto Eaton Centre
A large downtown shopping mall under a long glass-vaulted roof, between Yonge Street and Bay Street.
Ed Mirvish Theatre
A 1920 movie palace on Yonge Street, restored as a venue for touring musicals and large stage shows.
Sankofa Square
The busy open square at Yonge and Dundas, surrounded by billboards and screens, renamed in 2024.
Day 5
Ontario Legislative Building
The pink sandstone Romanesque Revival home of Ontario's provincial parliament, at the centre of Queen's Park, with public tours.
Casa Loma
A Gothic Revival mansion with towers, secret passages and gardens, built for financier Sir Henry Pellatt in the 1910s.
Bata Shoe Museum
A museum devoted to footwear, with shoes from thousands of years of history, in a building designed to look like a shoebox.
Day 6
Toronto waterfront
The Lake Ontario shoreline close to downtown, with boardwalks, parks, marinas and the Harbourfront Centre.
Distillery District
The Victorian brick buildings of the old Gooderham and Worts distillery, now car-free lanes of galleries, shops and cafés.
Cabbagetown, Toronto
A residential neighbourhood east of downtown with one of North America's largest areas of preserved Victorian houses.
Toronto in 7 days
Day 1
BMO Field
The open-air stadium at Exhibition Place, home of the Toronto FC soccer club and the Toronto Argonauts football team.
Rogers Centre
The stadium with a retractable roof at the foot of the CN Tower, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
CN Tower
The 553-metre communications tower with observation decks, a glass floor and a revolving restaurant high above the city.
Day 2
Toronto Islands
A chain of car-free islands in Lake Ontario, reached by ferry, with beaches, bike paths and views back to the skyline.
Air Canada Centre
The downtown arena, now called Scotiabank Arena, home of the Maple Leafs hockey and Raptors basketball teams.
Ontario Legislative Building
The pink sandstone Romanesque Revival home of Ontario's provincial parliament, at the centre of Queen's Park, with public tours.
Day 3
Chinatown, Toronto
One of North America's largest Chinatowns, along Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West, packed with shops, bakeries and restaurants.
Bata Shoe Museum
A museum devoted to footwear, with shoes from thousands of years of history, in a building designed to look like a shoebox.
Royal Ontario Museum
Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, with dinosaur galleries and a crystal-shaped modern extension.
Gardiner Museum
Canada's national museum of ceramic art, from ancient pottery to contemporary pieces, across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum.
Yorkville, Toronto
A former village turned upscale district of boutiques, galleries and restaurants just north of Bloor Street.
Day 4
Nathan Phillips Square
The plaza in front of Toronto's curved modernist City Hall, with the Toronto sign, a reflecting pool and a winter skating rink.
Toronto Eaton Centre
A large downtown shopping mall under a long glass-vaulted roof, between Yonge Street and Bay Street.
Ed Mirvish Theatre
A 1920 movie palace on Yonge Street, restored as a venue for touring musicals and large stage shows.
Sankofa Square
The busy open square at Yonge and Dundas, surrounded by billboards and screens, renamed in 2024.
Day 5
Art Gallery of Ontario
One of North America's largest art museums, with Canadian and European art in a building remodelled by Frank Gehry.
Casa Loma
A Gothic Revival mansion with towers, secret passages and gardens, built for financier Sir Henry Pellatt in the 1910s.
Spadina House
A historic mansion and gardens beside Casa Loma, furnished to show how a wealthy Toronto family lived in the early 20th century.
Day 6
Toronto waterfront
The Lake Ontario shoreline close to downtown, with boardwalks, parks, marinas and the Harbourfront Centre.
Distillery District
The Victorian brick buildings of the old Gooderham and Worts distillery, now car-free lanes of galleries, shops and cafés.
Cabbagetown, Toronto
A residential neighbourhood east of downtown with one of North America's largest areas of preserved Victorian houses.
Day 7
Princess of Wales Theatre
A 2,000-seat theatre on King Street West, opened in 1993 for large-scale musicals.
Royal Alexandra Theatre
A Beaux-Arts theatre from 1907 on King Street West, one of the oldest continuously operating theatres in North America.
Canada's Walk of Fame
Sidewalk stars honouring famous Canadians in music, film, sport and science, along King Street West in the Entertainment District.
Roy Thomson Hall
A round, glass-clad concert hall in the Entertainment District, home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Watch: Toronto in 3 days
A one-minute look at the plan: every stop, day by day, with the map.
When to go to Toronto
June to September is the best time to visit Toronto, with warm weather for the waterfront, Toronto Islands and patios. The Toronto International Film Festival in September fills hotels, and autumn colours peak in early to mid-October. Winter, from December to March, is cold and snowy, though the PATH underground walkway helps in the downtown core.
Plan the rest of your trip
- Where to stay: hotels in Toronto on Booking.com or Trip.com
- Skip-the-line tickets: museums and sights in Toronto on Tiqets
- Tours and day trips: things to do in Toronto on GetYourGuide or on Viator
- From the airport: a private transfer in Toronto with Kiwitaxi
- Data on arrival: an eSIM for Canada from Airalo
- Last day: leave your bags in Toronto with Radical Storage and keep sightseeing
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Tips for Toronto
- Book CN Tower tickets online for a timed entry, and save it for a clear day for the view.
- Ferries to the Toronto Islands leave from the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal at the foot of Bay Street; queues get long on summer weekends.
- Pay on the subway, streetcars and buses with a PRESTO card or a contactless bank card or phone.
- The Art Gallery of Ontario closes on Mondays; plan neighbourhoods and parks for that day.
- PATH, an underground network of walkways, links much of downtown and is handy in winter or rain.
Make it your own
Open the guide in Andiamo Places to see every stop on a map with walking directions, move places between days, check opening hours for your dates, and add your own finds. After the trip, your photos become a journal and, if you like, a printed photo book.
Guides are made with the help of AI and public sources such as Wikipedia, and may contain errors. Opening hours and prices change, so check before you go. Spotted a wrong photo, a pin in the wrong place, a missing stop or a better one? Write to andiamotravelapp@gmail.com: the e-mail opens with this guide filled in.
Photo credits
- Air Canada Centre: Paperfire, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Art Gallery of Ontario: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0
- BMO Field: Abazz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bata Shoe Museum: Eberhard J. Wormer, CC BY-SA 3.0
- CN Tower: Wladyslaw, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cabbagetown, Toronto: Alain Rouiller, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Canada's Walk of Fame: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Casa Loma: Priscilla Jordão from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chinatown, Toronto: ぐら(Gura), CC BY-SA 1.0
- Distillery District: Geo Swan stitched by Marku1988 This image was created with Hugin ., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ed Mirvish Theatre: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0
- Gardiner Museum: Smart Destinations from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Nathan Phillips Square: Taxiarchos228, CC BY 3.0
- Ontario Legislative Building: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Princess of Wales Theatre: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rogers Centre: Rrburke and Taxiarchos228, CC BY 3.0
- Roy Thomson Hall: Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Royal Alexandra Theatre: The ledge, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Royal Ontario Museum: Maksim Sokolov (Maxergon), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sankofa Square: Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Spadina House: Maksim Sokolov (Maxergon), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Toronto Eaton Centre: Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0
- Toronto Islands: Yinan Chen, Public Domain
- Toronto waterfront: Pkvan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yorkville, Toronto: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0
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