The Hazelton Hotel
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Worth getting out of bed for
Right here you're in one of the best shopping areas, only a stroll from Hazelton Lanes shopping centre and Holt Renfrew department store. This is also a cultural hub as most of the major museums are within walking distance of the Hazelton Hotel; the Gehry-enhanced Art Gallery of Ontario is at 317 Dundas Street West (+1 416 979 6648; www.ago.net); and Daniel Libeskind's crystal-augmented Royal Ontario Museum is at 100 Queen's Park (+1 416 586 8000; www.rom.on.ca). The world-class ceramics collection at Gardiner Museum is at 111 Queen's Park (+1 416 586 8080; www. gardinermuseum.on.ca). Footwear fetishists should hotfoot it to the Bata Shoe Museum at 327 Bloor St West (+1 416 979 7799; www.batashoemuseum.ca).
Diary
September This month sees the Toronto International Film Festival jamboree roll into town, and many of its movers and shakers make the Hazelton their home for the duration (www.tiff08.ca and www.tiff09.ca).
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