The Nutshell Tour
This three-hour walking tour shows you how Toronto evolved from a backwater bog to a multicultural, modern city that loves to express itself in music, art and architecture. Start at food-filled St. Lawrence Market and finish in Toronto’s charming Baldwin Village, lined with cafes, restaurants and shops.
Highlights
• How York held its own against American invaders
• Gaze up at the steeple of the tallest Anglican church outside of England – and find out about Toronto’s first second-class citizens
• The story of Toronto’s first whiskey baron and his dirty money at the foot of the city’s most photographed building
• Find out what Canada’s decorated soldiers were doing in Toronto in the winter of 1998
• Get lost in the PATH
• Relax in a green oasis in the heart of the city
• City Halls old and new – how Toronto became modern
• Canadian music legends on Queen Street
• Why a mammoth blue titanium box is wrapped around Toronto’s earliest social parlour
• How a popular Italian café came to have Yiddish writing scrawled on its windows
Schedule: All Year
Times: Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sundays 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Meets: St. Lawrence Market (map)
Ends: Baldwin Street Village – perfect place for lunch or to see the new Art Gallery of Ontario. (map)
Cost: $20 per person. No Credit Cards. Students and Seniors with valid ID, $15.00. Children under 16, $10.
Spot your guide in their Walk T.O. white t-shirt.