Neighbourhood guide
High Park, Roncesvalles and the west end
The great park, Roncesvalles Avenue and Dundas West.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Fabian Roudra Baroi · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsIn the west end, High Park is the city’s largest park, with Grenadier Pond and the spring cherry blossoms; Roncesvalles Avenue runs down its eastern side with cafés and the Revue Cinema, and Dundas West and the Junction Triangle have MOCA and some of the city’s best neighbourhood restaurants.
Sights
High Park, the Revue Cinema and MOCA Toronto.
Eating and drinking
Enoteca Sociale on Dundas West.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Mykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsStaying
Stay on Queen West.
Come in late April or early May for the blossom.
Our advice: walk down through the park to the lake and take the streetcar back.
Why it's on our list
- Sights
- Eating and drinking
- Staying
What’s nearby
Distances from High Park, Roncesvalles and the west end are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest subway and streetcar stops
- High ParkSubway900 m11 min walk
Key sights
- Casa Loma5.6 kmCycle 28 minCar or taxi 25 min
- Art Gallery of Ontario5.8 kmCycle 29 minCar or taxi 25 min
- Royal Ontario Museum6.0 kmCycle 30 minCar or taxi 26 min
- Island ferries6.2 kmCycle 31 minCar or taxi 27 min
- CN Tower6.2 kmCycle 31 minCar or taxi 27 min
- St. Lawrence Market7.4 kmCycle 37 minCar or taxi 30 min
- Distillery District8.4 kmCycle 42 minCar or taxi 33 min
- Pearson airport14 kmCar or taxi 49 min
Main stations
- St. Andrew6.4 kmCycle 32 minCar or taxi 27 min
- Union Station6.7 kmCycle 34 minCar or taxi 28 min
- Bloor-Yonge6.8 kmCycle 34 minCar or taxi 29 min
Location
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