Hello Guides,
I hope you are all well and enjoying a beautiful Friday (spring is showing its colors more and more each day).
With the temperatures rising here, it is only right that we start our tours to explore Canada better (for those who live here and for those who want to visit).
I would like to leave you with a basic one-day itinerary, a super pleasant day in which my family and I spent a lot of time out and had a lot of fun.
Niagra Falls Canada has many accommodation options, some very expensive and others very cheap (generally the closer you are to the Falls and the Center, the more you will invest, so it is important to do some research). We chose to stay in a house, since we were staying for three days, but there are some very nice hotels that offer breakfast.
To start, we went to have breakfast at Pür&Simple (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ny4XqF8cr2i9PcHz5 ), a super cozy breakfast and lunch restaurant, with great service, great food, and convenience for families with children and people with disabilities. The restaurant has adapted bathrooms with emergency alerts, automatic doors in the bathrooms and at the entrance and exit of the restaurant, adapted toilets and sinks with grab bars, and areas with transcriptions for the visually impaired. They have high chairs for children and changing tables for babies. Unfortunately, they do not have a menu in Braille, but the staff is trained to serve everyone in the best possible way. There is free parking on site, including some areas marked for boarding and disembarking for people with disabilities.
Next, we went for a walk in the butterfly garden (https://maps.app.goo.gl/MRUnW51TQJ1N5TSc8 ), which is located inside the Niagara Botanical Gardens. It is an incredible environment where you can have direct contact with the butterflies, showing the utmost respect and care, allowing them to just land on you, without trying to touch them by force. It is a beautiful walk for people of all ages. In addition, the park has paid parking, with markings for people with disabilities, all the paths in the botanical garden are accessible for walkers and wheelchairs, the entrance and exit doors in the butterfly garden area are automatic, there are bathrooms for disabled guests, and changing rooms for families. The place offers guided tours for disabled guests. Inside the butterfly garden there are ramps for the use of walkers and wheelchairs. The visit is paid per person, and you can stay as long as you want (there is no charge to walk around the botanical garden).
For lunch, we chose Antica Ristorante (https://maps.app.goo.gl/rGdJmbVztitXfapf9 ). An Italian restaurant with pasta and pizza options, where you can watch the pizzas being made on the spot. The restaurant is really cool, with great service from everyone, a host at the entrance to the restaurant to welcome customers, doors that open automatically, a ramp for walkers and wheelchairs, bathrooms adapted for disabled customers and changing tables for babies. Unfortunately, they don’t have menus in Braille, but if you talk to the staff, they are trained to help customers with their choices and explain the items. The restaurant has a private parking lot next door, with spaces marked for disabled customers.
To end the tour, we visited Skylon and then parked our cars in a parking lot in front of the Falls to take some photos. Skylon ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/A27pBQHaXULQPJeA6 ) is an observatory where you can see the entire length of Niagara Falls, including the bridge that forms the border with the United States. The tour is paid (children under 3 years old are free) and there is parking on site, which costs $15 Canadian dollars. At the entrance to the site, there are stairs and access ramps, and the doors open and close automatically. The space has a leisure area with electronic toys in the basement, where you need tokens to play; on the ground floor there is a ticket purchase, a photo area, an elevator to go up to the viewpoint, a souvenir shop and a Starbucks. Going up, there is another souvenir shop and on the top floor a restaurant (which I did not visit). The view is incredible and well worth it. Both in the viewpoint area, on the ground floor and in the basement, there are bathrooms to accommodate families with children and bathrooms adapted for guests with disabilities.
There is no entrance fee to see the Falls, but if you are driving, there are paid parking lots on the streets and private parking lots. In addition, if you want to visit the private areas of the Falls and see the water plants, you can book your tours at the souvenir and restaurant building, which is located in front of the Falls, the Table Rock Center ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/zffcoC2rnzZWgZ1A8 )
And to end the day, we went to eat a delicious Poutine and have a craft beer at Taps Brewhouse (https://maps.app.goo.gl/hKdFcrfKtVr8SPmu5 ). They have several breweries on site and most of the beers are local and some from local breweries. At night, they have live music, and the big screen shows the main sports of the moment. The brewery has free parking, with no designated spaces for disabled customers, but the spaces are quite wide. They have automatic doors and bathrooms adapted for disabled customers and changing tables for children, as well as booster seats for children.
I hope you enjoyed the itinerary and when you do, stop by so I can hear about your trip.
