Where to stay · Toronto, Canada
Where to stay in Toronto
6 areas worth booking in Toronto, sorted by the budget each one actually suits — what the neighborhood feels like, and what a night there costs.
Budget — best areas
≈ $45 / nightA car-free pocket of independent shops, vintage stores and global street food. The most characterful cheap eats in the city, wedged between Chinatown and Little Italy.
Victorian houses, bookshops and cheap international eats around the University of Toronto. Relaxed, residential and well-connected.
Budget picks to book
Mid-range — best areas
≈ $150 / nightThe dense heart of the city: CN Tower, Rogers Centre, theatres and the weatherproof PATH network. Stay here to walk to almost everything, though it empties out on weekends.
A pedestrianised Victorian industrial quarter of red-brick warehouses, now full of galleries, cafés and the city's best Christmas market.
A long strip of indie boutiques, galleries and bars. West Queen West — the 'Art & Design District' — gets grittier and cooler the further west you walk.
Mid-range picks to book
Luxury — best areas
≈ $400 / nightToronto's luxury quarter: designer flagships, fine dining and the city's grandest hotels, all a block from the ROM museum.
Luxury picks to book
Now pick the hotel
The Toronto guide carries the full shortlist for each tier, with why each hotel is on it.