Day Trips from Vaughan

Ontario

Toronto

CN Tower, St. Lawrence Market, Distillery — back for dinner.

40m drive TTC · Car

Morning
Toronto Islands
Outdoors · Harbourfront
Ferry over for bike rides, hidden beaches and skyline picnics.
Lunch
Pai Northern Thai
Thai · $$ · Entertainment District
Lively, chili-fueled, packed nightly.
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Afternoon
Distillery District
Culture · Old Town
Cobblestone galleries, patios and pop-up markets year-round.
Coffee + go
Alo
French tasting · $$$$ · Spadina
One last bite before the drive back — Top of Canada's 100 — book a month out.
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Home by dinner
Back to Vaughan
Leave by 4–5pm and you're back in Vaughan in time for dinner. Beat the worst of the return traffic.

Ontario

The falls, wine country, back by dinner.

1h 30m drive Car only

Morning
Horseshoe Falls
Outdoors · Niagara Parkway
168,000 m³/min plunging — Table Rock for the closest legal look.
Lunch
Restaurant Pearl Morissette
Tasting menu · $$$$ · Jordan Station (wine route)
Top 10 in Canada — hyper-seasonal tasting menu in a vineyard.
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Afternoon
Hornblower Niagara Cruise
Family · Falls base
Boat right into the mist of the Horseshoe.
Coffee + go
AG Inspired Cuisine
Farm-to-table · $$$ · Sterling Inn
One last bite before the drive back — Quiet escape from the tourist strip — locavore plates.
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Home by dinner
Back to Vaughan
Leave by 4–5pm and you're back in Vaughan in time for dinner. Beat the worst of the return traffic.

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