An hour-by-hour itinerary — CN Tower · Distillery District · Kensington Market · Niagara Falls — with a full CAD budget. Built for first-timers who want to DIY by TTC and skip the tour.
These three days are grouped by zone — Day 1 covers Downtown landmarks, Day 2 is food and culture in Kensington + Markham, and Day 3 is a Niagara Falls day trip. Perfect for a first Toronto visit, all by TTC, GO Train, Uber and a day tour — no rental car needed.
Each stop lists how to get there and an approximate cost. Prices in CAD (CAD 1 ≈ THB 27). Adjust timings as you like — everything links via TTC subway, GO Train, Uber and the Niagara day tour.
Drop your bags at the hotel (luggage storage if your room isn't ready) and stroll Yonge-Dundas Square in the heart of the city — Toronto's answer to Times Square with its big LED billboards.
The 553m tower: head to the Main Observation Deck and the Glass Floor, looking straight down 342m. Allow 1.5–2 hours. Book a timed ticket via Klook to skip the line.
🎟️ Book CN Tower in advance →Try the peameal bacon sandwich at Carousel Bakery inside St. Lawrence Market — once named the world's best food market by National Geographic.
A pedestrian-only Victorian district from 1837, once the largest distillery in the British Empire — now galleries, restaurants and cafes. Free to wander and photograph.
Walk the Lake Ontario waterfront or take the 10-minute ferry to Toronto Islands for the postcard skyline shot at sunset.
Toronto's best restaurant-and-bar strip. Pick Khao San Road (Thai), Buca (Italian) or Banh Mi Boys (Vietnamese fusion) depending on budget.
A multicultural neighbourhood of vintage shops, indie cafes, Latin American grocers and street art — a designated National Historic Site. Walk from Augusta Ave to Baldwin St.
Walk to the adjacent Spadina Chinatown — Mother's Dumplings (northern Chinese), Rol San (dim sum), or Tortas in Kensington for Mexican.
A major art museum redesigned by Frank Gehry, with 95,000+ works focused on the Group of Seven (Canadian painters) and Indigenous art.
Take the GO Train from Union Station to Unionville/Markham (40 min) — the deepest Asian food scene in the Greater Toronto Area, with large Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwanese communities.
Try Haidilao (Sichuan hotpot), Dolo (Cantonese dim sum), or the Pacific Mall food court for bubble tea and dumplings — the largest Asian mall in North America.
Check out and leave bags with the hotel. A day tour with pickup from Downtown is easier than the GO Bus (1.5 hr) — most bundle the Hornblower boat and Niagara-on-the-Lake into one package.
🎟️ Book Niagara day trip →North America's largest waterfall by flow — Horseshoe Falls is 57m tall and 670m wide. Walk to the Table Rock Welcome Centre for the closest view.
The red boat takes you closest to Horseshoe Falls — you will get wet (ponchos provided), 20 minutes. Season runs May–Nov. The US-side equivalent is Maid of the Mist.
A neon strip with a wax museum, the 53m SkyWheel and restaurants on the upper floors of the Sheraton with panoramic falls views.
An English-Victorian town 30 minutes from the falls — taste Icewine at Inniskillin or Peller Estates, a uniquely Canadian wine you'll struggle to find elsewhere.
Return to the city, collect your bags, and have a final dinner near Eaton Centre / Yonge-Dundas — Smoke's Poutinerie (poutine) or a classic Tim Hortons before you head on.
Based on the plan above — excludes flights and personal shopping. Hotel assumes a double room (split by 2). CAD 1 ≈ THB 27.
* CAD 1,300–1,800 ≈ THB 35,000–48,500 per person — varies with hotel tier. Summer (Jun–Aug) has the highest hotel prices; budget travellers can save ~30% with hostels or Airbnb. Excludes flights and souvenirs. CAD 1 ≈ THB 27 (May 2026).
Click a pin to see which day each stop belongs to.
This plan stays Downtown both nights — within a 10-minute walk of Union Station and the TTC, convenient in every direction, with prices compared across 3 sites.