Thursday, September 29, 2016

Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Niagara on-the-lake, which is one of the world's seven largest fairytale towns, the world's most beautiful town of the title, the town close to Lake Ontario, located in Niagara Falls sink into Lake Ontario, from Niagara Falls about 25 km.




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Niagara on-the-lake residents are not many, about more than ten thousand people. The lakeside town was once home to the Indian aborigines. These aborigines were migrated from New York after the civil war in the United States.





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Niagara on-the-lake town was the capital of Ontario, the town retains many pioneering times of architecture, 19th century culture and the old town style is also well protected in here, and it formed a unique style town. The main street of the town is called Queen Street, the street is not wide, but on both sides of the house is old, with historical value of the buildings and neatly lined with trees, each with its own characteristics..



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Niagara on-the-lake town, although very small, but perfectly formed, commercial areas, churches, and opera house, everything. The town looks beautiful and classical, quiet and beautiful, with different architectural styles on both sides of the street, it is one of the most beautiful and most complete colonial towns in North America, with a charming leisure style.

Not far from the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, there is also a famous wine-producing areas. To celebrate Valentine's Day, each year the town will be held "wine and roses" activities on
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Valentine's Day to greet guests from all over the place. In this wonderful day, lovers can ride retro-styled wagon roaming in Queen Street of the 18th-century Europe amorous feelings. Enjoy the restaurants and bars on both sides of the street, filled with fragrant roses. To see the national characteristics of the Scottish flower skirt and the British gentleman hat. Lovers can also revel in the picturesque wine and roses, in the layout design of the chocolate shop and jewelry store, or a gentle in the candle light taste food and dessert.


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From 3 April to 28 October each year, the famous Bernard Shaw Festival is held in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries (1856-1950) playwright are the only festival in the world to be staged by George Bernard Shaw. While the Stratford Festival is based on Shakespeare's classic repertoire. But coincidentally, the two equally prestigious World Theater Festival, which held to have a strong English charm of the town, but they are only two or three hours away from the driving distance.