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| - An estate located in Toronto, you can drop yourself off here via tour bus or car (not really located close to a public transit station, sadly), and take a tour of the grounds, including some very nice manicured gardens in the non-winter months, and wander through several floors of art, history, and collected items from the house's prior inhabitants.
Check out little secret passages and the view of Toronto from the upper windows. The Library, the rooftop (sometimes closed) and the uppermost servant's quarters where a rifle collection now is housed are among the highlights here.
If it were only closer to anything else in Toronto... it's quite a ways away from the major public transit stops, unfortunately, which makes it hard for people who aren't in a car or on a tour bus. Kids may get bored after the first floor or so... this is hardly the most accessible otherwise, keep an eye on the kids so they don't destroy anything. Slightly expensive, but the fees are hopefully mostly used for restoration and maintenance.
Not quite a substitute for European manors and castles, but a good tour of what people can do with a few million dollars and a dream. Too bad most of the internal furniture has been long gone and sold.
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