Glass floor
Above the drop.
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The symbol of Toronto and of all Canada, a communications and observation tower 553 metres high, completed in 1976, which remained the world's tallest freestanding structure for more than thirty years, rising above the city's waterfront on Lake Ontario. A fast glass lift reaches the main observation level in under a minute, with views stretching for tens of kilometres over the city and the lake, and on clear days as far as the mist of Niagara Falls on the horizon. The level has a glass floor where visitors stand above a drop of more than three hundred metres. Above it is the smaller SkyPod and a revolving restaurant that turns a full circle around the city. For extreme thrill-seekers there is a hands-free walk around the outside of the restaurant roof, harnessed to safety lines, at a dizzying height. A timed ticket is about C$47 per adult before tax, per visitor guides, and booking ahead saves queuing. Just before sunset is the best time, and the tower is lit in changing colours at night.
Above the drop.
A circle of the city.
For the brave.
290 Bremner Boulevard, downtown Toronto
553 metres; it was the world's tallest freestanding structure for more than thirty years.
