Your independent guide to Niagara Falls, Ontario
News, attractions, restaurants, stays and events from both sides of the river. No fluff, no sales pitch, updated week by week by people who actually live here.
The latest
Openings, closures, seasonal news and the practical updates that change your visit.
Fireworks return over the Niagara Gorge for the summer season. You do not need a ticket or a restaurant reservation to get a great view. These are the places locals actually stand.
Read moreThe Voyage to the Falls boat tour is back on the water for another season. Here is what the ride is actually like, when to go, and how to skip the worst of the line.
Read moreOne of the oldest attractions in Niagara is also one of the most overlooked. The antique cable car over the whirlpool is worth the short drive up the parkway.
Read moreThings to do
We have done all of these. These are the ones worth your time and money.
A warm glasshouse with hundreds of free flying butterflies, a calm indoor stop up the parkway.
Tunnels and a viewing deck that put you right beside the falling sheet of Horseshoe Falls.
The boat tour into the mist at the foot of Horseshoe Falls, and the single best thing to do on the Canadian side.
Restaurants
From fallsview tables to the quiet rooms locals book for a real dinner.
A quiet, farm to table room inside a boutique inn downtown, away from the tourist strip.
A relaxed fallsview room in a heritage building across from the American Falls, good for lunch.
A slowly rotating dining room 236 metres up, with a full turn of the view over dinner.
On the calendar
Fireworks, festivals and the dates worth planning a trip around.
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Jun 27 Travel guides
Longer reads for first timers, families and anyone chasing wine country.
A realistic two day plan for the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, built around the falls themselves, the gorge, and one easy trip to wine country. Times, costs and the order that actually works.
Read moreA family friendly guide to Niagara Falls, from the boat tour to the butterfly conservatory, with honest notes on cost, walking distances and the meltdown-prone hours.
Read moreTwenty minutes from the falls sits one of Canada's best wine regions. Here is how to spend a day in Niagara-on-the-Lake, which wineries to start with, and how the ice wine actually works.
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