Casa Loma is a beautiful, ornate full size castle built by Sir Henry Pellant and completed in 1914. Overlooking Toronto Canada—the castle is situated on 5 acres of land— taking 300 men, 3 years to build. It was the largest private residence in Canada and it is steeped in history. Unfortunately due to changes in their financial circumstances Sir Henry and his lovely wife Lady Mary were only able to live in their spectacular home for 10 years.
Beauty, grandeur and opulence are displayed in every room. No expense was spared on the creation of this historic building and it is a true testament to its owner and Edwardian times. Our visit was at Christmas and they were celebrating 100 years of Christmas at Casa Loma—including traditional carolers. It is the most impressive home I have ever seen.
Possibly our favourite part of exploring this amazing castle complete with its secret tunnels was having traditional hot chocolate and our first s’mores on the balcony. We were in heaven. The only thing that would have improved our day was if there was snow on the ground. You win some, you lose some.
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What a fabulous time of year to go. Even without snow, I can imagine it would be pretty cold then.
It was cold but not freezing. Temperatures were about 5-8 degrees much warmer than usual. Definitely a great day.
Castles… One of my favorite parts of history!!! Beautiful photos!
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Wow! Beautiful! I love castles!!
It was the first I’d ever been in. It is spectacular. If I ever return to Toronto I would go again and soak in the beautiful history.
It is lovely isn’t it? I went years ago when a friend came to visit Canada… very impressive.
What an interesting place to visit. Was that you’re first time having smores? How exciting! If you’d like to make them at home, it’s easy: https://cynthiamvoss.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/toaster-oven-smores/
Yes it was. Thanks for the link although our problem is Australia is that we don’t have a similar biscuit to grahams crackers. They seem to be unique.
Oh, right, I didn’t think of that. I bet you could get good smores by using McVitie’s Digestives, if you can get those. I love them and always think of them as “fancy, expensive Graham crackers” 🙂 They are richer and not as dry/crumbly but have a similar flavor. Those would be gourmet smores haha.