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Accommodation

Accommodations are available at the playing site:
Westin Harbour Castle, One Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Room rates

Until June 30, the Westin Harbour Castle offers chess players daily rates during the event as follows:

  • $99 Single or Double
  • $129 Triple
  • $159 Quad

Add 13% tax.

You can also obtain this rate if you wish to extend your stay immediately before or after the 48th Canadian Open Chess Championship 2011.

Before

Players competing in this event may wish to arrive early in Toronto:

World Open
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
June 28 - July 4

Eastern Ontario Open
Ottawa, Ontario
June 30 - July 3

Canadian Youth Chess Championships
Richmond Hill, Ontario
July 6-9

The Westin's rate is available to players in the 2011 Canadian Youth Chess Championships (CYCC) in Richmond Hill, which immediately preceeds our event.

After

Players competing in this event may wish to depart late from Toronto:

Quebec Open
Montreal, Quebec
July 23-30

 

Directions to the Westin Harbour Castle

From the airport

Limousine, taxi, hotel bus and public transit are all available at Pearson International Airport.


By train or GO commuter bus

From Union Station, walk south on Bay Street to the end.

 

By car 

Parking is available at the site; at public and private parking lots on Queen's Quay; on neighbourhood side-streets; and at certain public transit stations.


From the Greyhound / Coach Canada bus terminal

Take the Number 6 public transit bus south on Bay Street.


By public transit

Take the subway to Union Station. Go upstairs on the side which gives access to the streetcars. Take any streetcar one stop to the Ferry Docks. Cross the tracks and go upstairs. Walk in the direction you are facing (south) to the corner, turn left, and walk around the building to the Convention Level entrance. The tournament site is just inside.

Tourism

Please visit Tourism Toronto.

 

Quick links

  • Air Canada Centre
  • Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Canon Theatre
  • Casa Loma
  • City of Toronto - City Hall, PATH underground shopping, parks, Discovery Walks, Toronto Islands, public art, heritage buildings
  • CN Tower
  • Design Exchange
  • The Distillery Historic District
  • Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Gardiner Museum - ceramics
  • Harbourfront Centre - Queens Quay West
  • Hockey Hall of Fame
  • Mirvish Theatres - Chess - The Musical
  • National Film Board - free films
  • Ontario College of Art & Design
  • Ontario Place
  • Ontario Science Centre
  • Queen's Park
  • Redpath Sugar Museum - Queens Quay East
  • Rogers Centre
  • Royal Ontario Museum
  • Roy Thomson Hall / Massey Hall
  • Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Textile Museum of Canada
  • Toronto Blue Jays - Major League Baseball
  • Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club
  • Toronto Public Library - special collections
  • Toronto Zoo
  • University of Toronto

 

Business Improvement Areas

  • Cabbagetown
  • Chinatown
  • Greektown on the Danforth
  • Kensington Market
  • Little India
  • Little Italy
  • Little Portugal

 

 

Niagara Falls

The city of Niagara Falls is about 1.5 hours from downtown Toronto by tour bus, car, train, bus or Casino bus (adults only).

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