Some places you go to in the world don't always match up to how you think they should.
The city of Niagara almost seemed to be oblivious to its greatest tourist attraction until you reach the front where hotels and other touristy things predominate.
Niagara Falls is not in that category, take my word for it, it is spectacular.
Visited in August 07 on a warm but occasionally rainy day. Took a special Grey Line Tour coach which picked us up from our hotel (The Sheraton, in the centre of Toronto) and took us on the 2hr trip along the very busy Queen Elizabeth Way (which is actually named after the Queen Mother, not the current Queen).
Passed a few interesting places although the majority of the trip is uninspiring, Hamilton looked almost neo-punk with its industrial skyline.
The city of Niagara almost seemed to be oblivious to its greatest tourist attraction until you reach the front where hotels and other touristy things predominate.
Apparently the Canadian side is more picturesque than the American side and it certainly was impressive with its flowers, trees and parks.
Had an "all you can eat buffet" at the Sheraton overlooking the falls (all part of the trip).
Went on the Maid Of The Mist with our blue Mackintoshes and this was fantastic, you certainly get wet, in fact you can get very wet.
The rest of the time we spent mooching about taking pictures and looking at the souvenir shops.
On the way back we had a video of the history of Niagara Falls which was extremely factual and I learnt a few things I didn't know.
The floral clock was stopped at, I think we maybe got a bad year because the flowers were not as nice as some years (if you go round the back into the workings of the clock, there are pictures from all the previous clocks back to 1950) but again this was pretty interesting.
We passed through the astonishingly beautiful Niagara On The Lake which must be one of the nicest places to live in the world and ended up at a winery which also had other excellent fresh produce.
Ended up back in Toronto for about 7.30pm.
All in all, a brilliant day out.
A few interesting websites,
