Toronto
Yorkville / Bloor-Yonge
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Toronto's luxury quarter — Bloor Street West's "Mink Mile," the ROM, Yorkville restaurants and TIFF's celebrity hotels.
Yorkville evolved from a 1960s hippie hotspot (Joni Mitchell and Neil Young scene) into the city's luxury shopping and dining quarter. Bloor Street between Avenue Road and Yonge — the "Mink Mile" — is the Canadian equivalent of Fifth Avenue with Chanel, Cartier, Holt Renfrew and Tiffany flagships. The Royal Ontario Museum and Gardiner Museum anchor the cultural end. TIFF puts up its A-list at the Four Seasons, Hazelton Hotel and Park Hyatt during the September festival.
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What you gain
- ↑Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and Gardiner Museum within 200m of each other
- ↑TIFF celebrity-spotting at the Four Seasons and Hazelton Hotel in September
- ↑Bloor-Yonge subway interchange — most connected station in the city
What you sacrifice
- ↓Most expensive hotels and restaurants in Toronto — Four Seasons rooms from CA$1000
- ↓Bloor Street street-life thinner than King West or Queen West
Best for
Avoid if
Other Toronto neighbourhoods
University of Toronto's neighbourhood — Victorian houses, bookshops, Bloor Street cafes and the original Honest Ed's site.
Pedestrian Sundays, vintage shops, cheap pho on Spadina — Toronto's most multicultural and most affordable neighbourhood for food.
The tourist core — CN Tower, Ripley's Aquarium, Rogers Centre, Harbourfront and Union Station all within a 15-minute walk.
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