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Toronto Offers Great Packages and Winter Family Events
In December, Toronto will be the scene of "Cavalcade of Lights", a stunning collection of free holiday events. New this year is the "Weekends of Wonder", a festive celebration every Friday and Saturday evening December 5 -20 in Nathan Phillips Square. "Weekends of Wonder" features light shows, musical performances, seasonal wares in the Cavalcade of Lights Marketplace and family skating parties hosted by Toronto's favorite radio stations. For more information on Cavalcade of Lights events and other Toronto Special Events, visit http://www.toronto.ca/.
Toronto is also launching a new winter festival, WinterCity, running from January 30-February 12. This 14-day celebration will feature stellar free indoor and outdoor programming, restaurant promotions and discounts at Toronto attractions. Part of WinterCity is the "Cool Kids Series", with live stage show performances by kid favorites such as Sesame Street's Elmo and Grover, the Emmy Award winning Kratt Brothers, Babar the Elephant and many others.
Toronto's restaurant promotion "Winterlicious" returns as part of WinterCity. Eighty of the city's top restaurants are participating with three-course prix fixe menus available for lunch ($10 or $20 CDN) and dinner ($20 or $30 CDN). A WinterCity Passport offers discounts such as 20 percent and 2-for-1 admission to attractions such as the CN Tower, Casa Loma, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. For more information on WinterCity, visit http://www.toronto.ca/special_events/index.htm.
For travelers by air from the U.S., Maxxim Vacations is offering "Toronto - Anyway You Want It" packages this winter, which offer roundtrip air from the U.S. to Toronto and three nights accommodation at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto near Nathan Phillips Square.
The package price from New York is just $479 U.S., $489 from Boston or Chicago, $539 from Atlanta or Dallas-Fort Worth, $569 from Miami, or $669 from Los Angeles.
For details, contact Maxxim Vacations at 1-800-567-6666. The Web site is http://www.maxximvacations.com/. For even more Toronto getaways, contact Ontario Tourism at 1-800-ONTARIO, or http://www.ontariotravel.net/.
Expires: 02/12/2004
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