Tips For Exploring A Different Side Of Toronto

There’s no denying that Toronto is a popular destination, but that doesn’t mean you have to follow the same footpath as every other visitor. Make your trip unique with these handpicked experiences that will help you discover a different side to the city.

Toronto is a sprawling city with enough to do to fill up several weeks of vacation time, but whether you’re here for a weekend or live in town, there’s no denying the glamour and excitement of the road less traveled. Discover a side of the city often overlooked by tourists with these top tips. You might end up spending your evenings with sharks after dark, sipping on the perfect pinot on a luxurious wine tour or biking around town.

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Activities

This time we bring the vineyard to you! Skip the trip into wine country and taste local wine in Downtown Toronto.Immerse yourself in a full-sensory wine tasting experience in the cellar of a hip local wine bar on Dundas West. You’ll taste wine alongside a spread of Canadian cheese + house-cured charcuterie. You don’t see that every day.Our team is comprised of local sommeliers who have spent years studying the history of wine, blind-tasting, and obsessing over the nuances of viticulture. You’ll benefit from years of hard work as we pass on this knowledge in a fun, relaxed way.Learn how to taste like a professional, using a grid that will help you identify notable aspects of wine. We’ll discuss the grapes that thrive in Ontario and taste some of our most iconic varietals.It’s a 5-part tutored tasting that’ll have you thinking about wine in a new way, and feeling luxurious.

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Tours

The VIP Wine Tour to Niagara includes return transportation to Toronto in luxury vehicle, guide/chauffeur, visits to four award-winning premium wineries with a visit to Peller Estates for the Greatest Wine Tour – the only tour of its kind in Canada – that includes sampling ice wines in the winery’s ice lounge.The ice lounge is a room completely made out of ice with an ice bar for guests to sample Peller ice wines. The tour also includes samples of regular and seasonal wines at Peller, flights of wine at three other award-winning Niagara On The Lake wineries and a three-course lunch at a local favorite restaurant featuring fresh Mediterranean cuisine.A minimum of two guests are required for each booking. Private tours are also available upon request.

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.