You can enjoy a budget vacation in Toronto by lodging in a hostel ideal for youths and students. The savings really add up when you stay in a youth hostel run by experienced budget travellers themselves. Thanks to the youth hostel operated by Friends of Backpackers, you can cover your costs for accommodation, meals and transportation for as little as $40 (Canadian) a day. The youth hostel, located in central Toronto, offers convenient access to the great majority of the city's top attractions.

Toronto is one of the most popular of vacation destinations in North America, and indeed, the international scene. The country's premier metropolis, its foremost centre for banking, education, manufacturing, advertising and communications, it draws millions of leisure and business visitors annually thanks to the impressive quality and diversity of local sights and attractions. The soaring, slender CN Tower is the highest, free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, a vantage point for gaining panoramic views of the city and surrounding region from its heights. The Royal Ontario Museum, without question the most impressive museum in the country, is a family attraction, of serious interest to adults and youngsters alike.

The Metro Toronto Zoo, on the city's outskirts, is ranked as one of the top five in North America, well worth the time taken for a tour. The excellent theatre district rates third to New York and London in the range and quality of its productions. Nathan Phillips Square and its famed City Hall long served as a symbol of a metropolis coming into its own. The Toronto International Film Festival, held each September, is rightly regarded by critics and fans as one of the most important festivals in filmdom's international circuit. Yorkville, a fashionable shopping neighbourhood, is wonderful for window shopping during a summer's evening. The Art Gallery of Ontario, Old Fort York and Casa Loma are among Toronto's other deservedly popular places of interest.

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