City of Niagara Falls, ON

- Clifton Hill, Niagara Parkway, Oakes Garden Theatre, Ripley's, Skylon Tower, Hilton, Sheraton, Casino Tower, Floral Clock, Downtown, Outskirts


Just next to the falls and the Niagara Parkway you find Clifton Hill, that is some kind of entertainment street, filled with indoor attractions (mostly museums and rides for kids and teenagers), fastfood chains, video arcades, large neon signs, large billboards in a Vegas kind of style. Here you find Guiness World of Records, Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (with the iconic Empire State Bldg clone), Castle Dracula Wax Museum, The House of Frankenstein, Niagara Skywheel (a tall ferris wheel), Fun Factory, Fudge Factory, Dinosaur Adventure Golf and Movieland Wax Museum. Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum is the famous building that is resembling an Empire State Building that lies down with King Kong on top, complete with a New York cab! All these places look very tacky but it is nice to walk up this hilly road once or twice. At the foot of Clifton Hill is the Niagara Falls Veterans Memorial, dedicated to the 463 residents of Niagara Falls who lost their life in the defense of the USA. In 2002, the Cham Shan Temple was built in the North part of Niagara Falls, facing the river. It is a beautiful buddhist temple in Asian pagoda style. It is a functioning buddhist temple, and open to public. Between Clifton Hills and the falls are Sheraton on the Falls (a large glass high rise building hotel from 2000) Casino Niagara (a large casino with an observation tower), Oakes Garden Theatre, a small tranquil park with a theater, and the larger Queen Victoria Park, where you can escape the hustle and bustle. Hard Rock Café, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hershey's Chocolate World, Waterpark and Planet Hollywood are also very close to Clifton Hill. So the city of Niagara Falls is not only a place where you can view the spectacular falls, it is also the closest you come to Las Vegas in Canada!

The Niagara Parkway and tourist promenade goes parallel with Niagara River. From here you have great views over the falls, at several viewpoint terraces. Along the parkway, that goes high above the river and the falls, you find no less then 3 observation towers, and skyscraper hotels. The North part of the parkway stretches even higher. Hilton, Sheraton, Embassy Suites, Marriott, The Oakes, Fallsview Casino Resort, Tower Hotel, Crowne Plaza, Radisson and Doubletree are all highrise hotels, most of them situated in the South part or at Clifton Hill. Since 2000 many skyscrapers have been built, making the skyline impressive for such a small city. They were built tall to be able to offer great views of the falls. The skyline is visible from the falls, making a nice backdrop. The observation towers, all built in the 60s, are Skylon Tower (159m to the antenna, tallest, built 1965, has panorama elevators on the exterior), Minolta Tower (99m, built 1962) and Casino Tower (108m tall, built 1964). However, Hilton's 58-storey addition from 2009 is Niagara Falls tallest building, even taller then the observation towers (177m).

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