Ontario
- Resort type: City resort
- Landscape: Mountains, Canyon, Broadleaf Forest, Lakes, Plain, Riverside, Coniferous Forest, Hills, Bay Coast
- What to do: Culinary Tourism, Golf, Natural Parks & Reserves, Casinos, Wellness Tourism, Historical & Architectural Monuments, Gliding & Paragliding, Amusement Parks, Yachting & Sailing, Rafting & Kayaking, Surfing, Windsurfing & Kitesurfing, Thermal & Mineral Springs, Festivals & Carnivals, Nightlife, Zoos
Ontario is a Canadian province with the total area of over 1.000.000 square kilometres situated close to the American border in the central part of the country. It borders Quebec and Manitoba. The administrative centre is Toronto. On the territory of the province, there is the capital of the country Ottawa.
Ontario will satisfy both the lovers of city entertainments and resorts. In Toronto, you will find such amusement parks, as Paramount Canada’s Wonderland, Playdium and Ontario Place, a Zoo, Don Valley golf club, Fox Theater, Carlton Cinemas and a lot of nightclubs.
The lovers of the excursion tourism will want to stay in Ottawa. There they will see such historical and architectural monuments as Rideau Hall, Parliament Hill, Royal Canadian Mint, Laurier House. The tourists can also go to Church of the Holy Trinity, Todmorden Mills, Fort York and Sharon Temple.
Those who prefer the beach holidays can go to Wasaga Beach on the Huron Lake. The shallow waters of the lake get warm very quickly and that is why the beach is popular with the families with children. Silver Beach on the Erie lake is also a very popular place.
The extreme tourism is well-developed in Ontario. The active tourists can try their hand at paragliding, hang-gliding, lake kiting and windsurfing, sailing, rafting, kayaking, parachuting or navigating a plane.
Travelling across the region, you can participate Toronto International Film Festival, Ottawa Wine, Food Festival, Toronto Summer Music Festival and Ottawa International Busker Festival.
The wellness tourists stay in Carlsbad Springs resort which is famous for its mineral sources and sulphur baths.
The ecological tourists choose this region because of its numerous natural sights. For example, Barron Canyon, Peche Island and Pukaskwa National Park.
The foodies will definitely enjoy their meals in such restaurants as Canoe, Scaramouche and Seven Lives.