Brampton

From Wikitravel

Brampton is in Ontario, a province of Canada.

Brampton is part of GTA, [Greater Toronto Area]. It is one of Canada's fastest growing cities and and has a population of ca 400000.


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Get in

From the airport a Limo cost $45, and takes about 30 minutes, all depending on traffic.

From Toronto, Union Station, the Go Transit (http://gotransit.ca) train cost $6 each way and takes 35 minutes.

Get around

Replica at Flying museum
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Replica at Flying museum

See

  • Great War Flying Museum [1] (http://www.greatwarflyingmuseum.com/) at Brampton airport 13691 McLaughlin Road open 11 am-5 pm Sa-Su and holidays, from late May late October. A small museum and a workshop with volunteers that make replicas of WW1 planes from scratch.
  • St Elias Church [2] (http://www.saintelias.com/) 10193 Heritage Road, just north of Hgw 7. A beautiful Ukrainian, catholic wooden church.
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Museum
St. Elias
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St. Elias

Do

  • Brampton Flight Centre [3] (http://www.bramfly.com/), 13691 McLaughlin Road, tel: +1905 8381400. Get a discovery flight lesson for CAD 75 or a sightseeing flight for CAD 180. The centre also have a restaurant: The Flying Pan.

Buy

Eat

Most of the better restaurants seems to make Italian food.

  • Fanzorelli's [4] (http://fanzorellis.701.com/), 50 Queen Street West (downtown) tel: 905-450-9752, . Good Italian food.
  • Rapini's, 184 Main St. tel: 905-455-7071
  • Louisiana Seafood Kitchen and Oyster bar, 1 Steeles East. tel: 905-454-4460. Good food and good atmosphere. This a fun and lively place. On weekends expect live music and dancing.
  • Osso Bucco, 170 Bovaird Dr W, tel: 905-459-3939. Very good Italian food, especially the Osso Bucco.

Drink

  • Tracks Brewpub [5] (http://www.tracksbrewpub.com/) Union Street and Market Sq blv, tel: +1905 4533063. Good beer and good simple food. There is a small outside patio away from any traffic noise.

Sleep

Get out

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