🚂🎄 Enjoy festive train experiences across Ontario this holiday season!
1️⃣ Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train – Last Ontario stops in Kenora area (Dec 3) 🎶
2️⃣ Niemi's Christmas Market – Polar Express, Santa, and festive lights (Nov 15–Dec 21)
3️⃣ Portage Flyer Christmas Train – Santa, caroling, and cocoa in Muskoka (Dec 21)
4️⃣Christmas on the Rails – Vintage streetcar fun in Milton (Dec 7–15)
See the link in our bio for full details. 🚂🎅
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✨ Blue Mountain Village is sparkling with over one million lights this holiday season! ✨
Stroll through the village and follow the Interactive Light Trail around the Mill Pond, where the magic really comes to life. Enjoy fireworks over the pond on Saturday nights, festive tunes on the weekend, a Snowdome Garden, and even a special visit from Santa on a horse-drawn sleigh! 🎅🎆
The holiday fun runs from November 18, 2024–January 7, 2025.
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💫 Create your own love story in the charming town of Niagara-on-the-Lake this holiday season! 💕✨
🎄The Gardens at Pillar and Post transform into a beautiful holiday landscape with the Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Christmas Wonderland stay package. This romantic getaway includes complimentary hot drinks and snacks, holiday movie watching under the stars, access to the ice rinks and more.
🍷Explore the many unique local shops, boutiques, restaurants and wineries. Sample signature wines at 20 local wineries with the Winemakers’ Selection Tasting Pass (valid until December 2024).
💗Take in a magical and romantic musical at the Shaw Festival to bring in the joy and warmth of the festive season.
🏠Stay: Book the Christmas Wonderland stay package includes accommodations at the Shaw Club Hotel or The Charles Hotel, both located close to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s historic Old Town.
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✨🎄 The magic of the season is back! The Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights is lighting up the holidays from November 16, 2024–January 5, 2025! 🌟
With over 3 million twinkling lights along the Niagara Parkway, mesmerizing fireworks, and festive entertainment, this is Canada’s largest free light festival — and it’s the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit! ✨🎆 Don’t forget to snap a photo with Santa and warm up with some hot cocoa while you explore.
Make it a getaway to remember by booking a stay in one of Niagara’s stunning accommodations, with a view of the Falls as your holiday backdrop.
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Discover the charm of rural Ontario with vibrant barn quilts! These painted fabric designs celebrate local history and farming culture. Ready for a road trip to explore the stories behind each piece? Here's how to get started with the Port Hope Historic Barn Quilt Trail:
🌾 Discover 23 heritage barns in urban and rural Port Hope, recognized for their architectural beauty. Use the Interactive Driving Tour on your smartphone for directions and points of interest along the way.
🏡 Stroll through downtown Port Hope, featuring Walton Street—TVO’s pick for the best-preserved Main Street in Ontario!
🍴 Dine at @HotelCarlylePortHope's restaurant, where locally sourced ingredients come together in a menu of contemporary fusion, all set in a stunning 1857 building.
🧳 Stay in style at @HotelCarlylePortHope, a chic boutique retreat in the heart of old Port Hope with 10 beautifully designed suites.
For more Ontario towns with Barn Quilt Trails, check the link in our bio!
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Kakabeka Falls – Das „Niagara des Nordens“
Westlich von Thunder Bay im Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park gelegen, beeindruckt dieser atemberaubende 40 Meter hohe Wasserfall – der zweithöchste in Ontario!
Herbstabenteuer an den Kakabeka Falls:
🌲 Erkunde die Wanderwege – Entdecke den Boardwalk, Mountain Portage und Little Falls für herrliche Herbstansichten der Wasserfälle.
🦌 Wildtiere beobachten – Hirsche, Elche und Weißkopfseeadler sind hier häufig anzutreffen.
📸 Die Schönheit einfangen – Das leuchtende Herbstlaub bietet die perfekte Kulisse für beeindruckende Fotos!
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Kakabeka Falls – the Niagara of the North! Located just west of Thunder Bay in Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park, this stunning 40-metre waterfall is Ontario's second-highest. 🌿💦
Fall adventures at Kakabeka Falls:
🌲 Hike the trails – Explore Boardwalk, Mountain Portage, and Little Falls for stunning fall views of the falls.
🦌 Spot wildlife – Deer, moose, and bald eagles are abundant in the area.
📸 Capture the beauty – The vibrant fall foliage makes for the perfect photo backdrop!
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With over 600 canoes, kayaks and other paddled watercraft, and over 1,000 related artifacts, the @cndncanoemuseum's collection is one of a kind. Items in the collection hail from around the country, coast to coast! 🛶🇨🇦
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Get ready for a spooky good time in Elora & Fergus this October! The 2024 Monster Month is here, and downtown Elora transforms into a haunted wonderland with spooky sculptures, glowing lanterns, and creepy decorations.
🎃👹 Join the fun with events like trick-or-treating at the Elora Mill, the Monster March Parade, a Pumpkin Walk, and the Monster Mash Bash by Riverfest Elora. Don’t miss out on the scariest month of the year!
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Get the whole family into the spirit with these exciting Halloween activities and events for kids.
🎃 Storyboo, Storybook Gardens | @OntSouthwest
Storybook Gardens is transformed into StoryBOO! where children are welcome to Trick-or-Treat throughout the park in their favourite costumes.
🗓️ Select dates between October 11-30, 2024
🎃Kreepy Kortright | @VisitYDH
Get into the spooky spirit at Kortright Centre for Conservation. The outdoor Halloween-themed event includes forest walks to learn about animals active at night and seasonal activities. Tune in for the mysterious stories, campfires and marvel at the haunted house. Tickets can be purchased online.
🗓️Dates: October 18–20 and 24–27, 2024
🎃The Great Pumpkin Trail | @HeartofOntario
Follow the glow of jack-o-lanterns along the Great Pumpkin Trail at the Royal Botanical Gardens. In addition to live entertainment, Halloween treats and activities, guests can enjoy the mini midway exhibition with rides and inflatables.
🗓️ Dates: October 18–20 and 25–27, 2024
🎃Toddlers’ Halloween Hunt | @OttawaTourism
Ottawa’s underground war bunker transforms into a Halloween-themed adventure for toddlers to explore. Snap pictures of kids in their favourite costumes as they navigate the tunnels for treats.
🗓️ Dates: October 23–25, 2024
See more kid-friendly Halloween experiences at the link in our bio.
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Ontario's yearly fall fairs are a big part of rural life. When summer turns to fall, communities all over Ontario get together to celebrate the harvest and agricultural life with events, displays, and activities.
Catch upcoming these fall fairs:
🍂Erin Fall Fair
The Erin Fall Fair celebrates its 174th year at the Erin Fairgrounds on the main street of Erin.
Dubbed “Ontario’s preview to the Royal Winter Fair,” the event includes home crafts, animal exhibits, agricultural competitions and a midway full of rides. There’s also great food, activities for kids, truck and tractor pulls and a giant pumpkin contest.
🗓️When: October 11–14, 2024
🍂Orillia Fall Fair
The Orillia Fall Fair, now in its 174th year, offers urban visitors an opportunity to experience rural life in Ontario up close.
The Orillia & District Agricultural Society hosts the event at the Orillia Fairgrounds. Events include a tractor pull, demolition derby and a junior fair with activities and competitions for kids.
When: October 18–20, 2024
🍂Blue Mountain Apple Harvest Festival
Celebrate this year’s apple harvest in Ontario’s largest apple-growing region.
Blue Mountain’s Apple Harvest Festival features live music, hiking among the fall colours, cider tasting and AGORA: Path of Light, an interactive lighting installation based on the five elements of air, space, earth, water and fire.
🗓️When: October 12–14, 2024
🍂 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is the largest combined indoor agricultural fair and international equestrian competition in the world.
Over 100 years old, the fair takes over Toronto’s Exhibition Place. It hosts the Royal Horse Show, with over 1,000 competitors and $1,000,000 in prize money, agricultural competitions, and food vendors selling everything from comfort foods to gourmet meals.
🗓️When: November 1–10, 2024
📍Bobcaygeon Fall Fair | @PerfectWknds
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Exploring Hamilton in a day: from the waterfront 🌊 to sipping craft brews 🍻 and enjoying delicious bites 🍔.
📍Start at the Hamilton Waterfront
📍Fuel up at Electric Diner
📍Get your caffeine fix at Detour Coffee
📍Taste your way through Fairweather Brewing Co. and Grain & Grit Beer Co.,
📍Dine at Quatrefoil, a @michelinguide restaurant
📍Wander at the Royal Botanical Gardens 🌸
📍Tourism Hamilton
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