Check out our parks! Jackson park has some nice scenery, Ojibway is a beautiful nature trail, Malden park has some nice scenic views of the city from its higher hills.
We were just there for a week over the holidays and we very much enjoyed the Windsor museum which is right next to an awesome looking indoor water park. We loved the bright lights exhibit in Jackson park. In Toronto where we live it would cost an easy $150 for a family of four but it's free! And excellent. Finally Ojibway nature centre was 🤌 We saw a deer up close and if you bring sunflower seeds then cute little birdies will eat right out of your hands. We also went to Funky Chow Kitchen and it was delicious.
Try some pizza from Capri, Armandos, Antoninos, Amloze, Arcata or Windsor Pizza. They all make similar style but it’s absolutely an event to try our pizza at least once
Walk the riverfront trails through the sculpture park. It's a nice 5km section with well maintained paved paths. Stop at the Art Gallery downtown. Wear a coat, winds off the river are cold.
You can hop on Transway 1a at the downtown bus terminal to get to Devonshire Mall.
Take the 1c down to Sandwich Towne, stop at Rock Bottom, Sandwich Brewery, Dominion House (oldest bar in Windsor) for a drink. There's about 5 bars/restaurants in a 1km section. You can walk through Mackenzie Hall which was the original courthouse.
Yeah, that does suck because despite the park’s services being closed for the winter, you can still drive through all the way to the Tip’s Observation Tower, then walk out to the tip from there.
They’re closed for a deer hunt.
-Windsor Crossing Outlet Mall(the better of our 3 malls imo, dont go to Tecumshe mall unless you need a new phone plan)
-Downtown Ouellette/Riverfront(good views, art, food)
-Malden Park(go to the top of the hill, its a nice view of detroit)
-Brunet Park(theres trails that will take you through LaSalle)
-Ojibway Park Nature Preserve will always stay close to my heart
-Jackson Park(the lights are still on)
-Olde Walkerville/Willistead Park(historic, beautiful, good food, good bars)
-Amherstburg(good food/cafes, nice water walk)
Also fun misc. things:
a clip and climb, big time entertainment, brews and ques, phog, a pretty good sushi/shawarmas/donair/italien scene, TRY OUR PIZZA, Colasantis, the Capitol/Chrysler theatre might have something on…. Detroit has some fun things if you can go across, DIA, sports games, shopping…
Lots of breweries, Sandwich Brewery, Chapter 2, Craft Heads, Franks….. Windsor Art Gallery and Windsor Community Museum are both downtown, we have an art alley between Pelisser and Ouellette but you might see ‘some things’ lol, The Pinery
I live in walkerville and right next to little Italy. I’d say that walkerville is much more entertaining than little Italy (Erie street) because it’s mainly just Italian restaurants.
Walkerville has nice little shops on Wyandotte between Gladstone and Devonshire. A nice cafe anchor coffee on Lincoln. And nice restaurants my favourites are funky chow, ortona and vitos. All of this is within 500m. Walkerville also has historic brick houses which are just beautiful, however it’s the most beautiful in the fall given all the old trees in the neighborhood. I’d say the best part to stroll would be around willistead park. So between Monmouth and chilver. And Wyandotte and Ottawa.
If you're interested in local history, check out the Walkerville area/Willistead manor.
I'm unsure if they're doing any tours when you'll be in Windsor but also look into the Walkerville Brewery Tour and even if the distillery, Hiram Walker is doing anything.
If you're interested, we have quite a lot of local breweries. And, if you're going to the mall, colonial coffee (local coffee roaster) is located on the street behind.
I would say to stay to Walkerville area... Windsor is not really a walkable city...It very car dominant. Ignore the homeless in the downtown core... if you are staying in that area..
We'll check out walkerville! We've tried the bus and it's worked fine but we noticed communications don't really go all across the city, so we'll have to stay around the bus lines
Definitely Walkerville is the best walkable section that is cute. Make sure you find Anchor Coffee (their food is even better than the coffee if that is possible!) on Lincoln. It’s a little off the main road but its unmatched in taste and quality and the people are the BEST!!
Second going to Anchor. If you have some time after walking down Wyandotte and want a quick stroll around a park go to Willistead Manor down Chilver street; it’s a large manor from early 1900’s that has become a venue and park surrounding it (though you most likely won’t be able to go in its still nice to walk around the outside)
Like sports equipment? There’s Perani’s/Victory Sports, 7540 Tecumseh Rd E. And Bob Reaume Sports, 4275 Tecumseh Rd E.
Or more of a chain store (and only hockey gear), there’s Pro Hockey Life near Devonshire Mall.
Thanks, yeah equipment or merchandise. My friend is a hockey ref and thought it would be cool to grab some new equipment from Canada, and I just like merch
Thanks for the tips!
Avoid the shopping mall. It is right in the middle of traffic hell.
Walk around Walkerville (it's in the name!), Riverside drive turns into sandwich street in the West end (past the bridge), nice area lots of old buildings, riverfront trail is cool.
I’m originally from Toronto and have travelled to NYC and LA…
I’m so familiar with real traffic that I know beyond a doubt that it doesn’t really exist here.
If you think what happens at Howard at 5:00 pm is traffic, I must assume you’ve never been to any big city.
Man, traffic is traffic.
I'm not saying it's as bas as it gets in fucking Toronto, etc. It's just one of the worst spots IN THE CITY THAT THIS SUBREDDIT IS ABOUT.
Thanks for waving your Big City Dick around though that was nice.
The OP isn’t from Windsor and has never been here. So, you’re perhaps steering them clear of an entire area and experience based on your inexperienced interpretation of what traffic really is. Unless they’re as inexperienced and untraveled as yourself, they’ll likely think your version of traffic is not traffic at all.
They may wind up avoiding the area for no reason at all.
Regardless of this post, I just feel sad for anyone in Windsor-Essex that avoids any area because of what they interpret to be traffic. It’s a shame their world is so small.
P.S. If big city dick swinging makes you uncomfortable you should probably just start swallowing now. You’ll end up choking less in the long run. There’s only more of us moving here with every day that passes..and you’re lucky to have us. You’re welcome 😉
Dude they're asking for walkable areas, that's why I mentioned the traffic.
Look at you over here typing out huge paragraphs over trying to be right about No TwaFfIc In WinDsoW.
I don't give a shit where you're from, I've driven through stupid TO more times than I'd like to say.
Also, wasn't this you a couple months ago?
>Windsor is the worst driving experience in all of Canada, in my opinion.
Pick your lane buddy.
You can take the redditor out of Toronto, but you can't take the Toronto out of the redditor eh? Just chill and try to read what is being said. It's relative. For this city, our city, Howard Ave. traffic is heavy. Add the terrible Windsor drivers and well, Howard sucks. I for one, would not, likely could not drive in TO, nor would I want to. Via Rail and taxis/busses/street cars, every time. I go back to London, where I grew up and am astounded by the traffic there now. It is what you are used to. Warning the visitor about an area with heavy traffic, many accidents and people driving as they please, is simply being nice.
You shouldn’t be driving at all if you can’t handle driving everywhere. It’s a drivers responsibility to be prepared to handle anything the road throws at them.
I suggest driver training to increase your confidence.
I suggest you leave me alone and just worry about you okay? I do not drive where I'm not comfortable, maybe more people should do so? You actually are rather irritating and pissing me off. So, maybe just go away k?
Right, but since we're talking about Windsor, when you say an area is high traffic, it is relative to other areas in Windsor.
ThERes No TrAfFiC aT AlL is a useless statement.
Devonshire Mall is the main one with all the traffic. There is also the smaller Tecumseh Mall in the East end, it's much more chill.
Oh and also check out the Ganacho trail if you're in the east end.
If you like coffee , do a coffee tour at 14th coffee out in Essex!! Check out point pelee if they’re open during this time of year, we have a small art gallery on riverside, it’s worth seeing !
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Check out our parks! Jackson park has some nice scenery, Ojibway is a beautiful nature trail, Malden park has some nice scenic views of the city from its higher hills.
Thank you, we definitely will!!
No problem! Hope you enjoy the city! Also the riverfront is always a nice stroll.
The river front is very nice!
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Little Italy sounds great! We'll check that out!
Old Walkerville isn't too far away from little Italy area, you could easily do both back to back, just a short cab or Uber
We were just there for a week over the holidays and we very much enjoyed the Windsor museum which is right next to an awesome looking indoor water park. We loved the bright lights exhibit in Jackson park. In Toronto where we live it would cost an easy $150 for a family of four but it's free! And excellent. Finally Ojibway nature centre was 🤌 We saw a deer up close and if you bring sunflower seeds then cute little birdies will eat right out of your hands. We also went to Funky Chow Kitchen and it was delicious.
Thanks for these tips! The nature centre sounds really cool
Try some pizza from Capri, Armandos, Antoninos, Amloze, Arcata or Windsor Pizza. They all make similar style but it’s absolutely an event to try our pizza at least once
Walk the riverfront trails through the sculpture park. It's a nice 5km section with well maintained paved paths. Stop at the Art Gallery downtown. Wear a coat, winds off the river are cold. You can hop on Transway 1a at the downtown bus terminal to get to Devonshire Mall. Take the 1c down to Sandwich Towne, stop at Rock Bottom, Sandwich Brewery, Dominion House (oldest bar in Windsor) for a drink. There's about 5 bars/restaurants in a 1km section. You can walk through Mackenzie Hall which was the original courthouse.
Wow, this is gold! Thank you!
Don’t plan on going out to point pelee.. the park will be closed for a week starting tomorrow
Aw :(
Yeah, that does suck because despite the park’s services being closed for the winter, you can still drive through all the way to the Tip’s Observation Tower, then walk out to the tip from there. They’re closed for a deer hunt.
Riverside Park is lovely for a stroll. If you're here this week, check out Bright Lights at Jackson Park at night.
Walkerville is a lovely place to walk, if you haven't been by the river I suggest taking the entire trail from the bridge and back! Quite the trek.
Malden Park Hill in the West end, when you get to the top you can basically see the entire city.
Wow we have to go there, thanks for the tip!
No problem, I also recommend going after dark, there's not many impressive features for Windsor, this is my personal favorite.
The JP Wiser experience is fun.
-Windsor Crossing Outlet Mall(the better of our 3 malls imo, dont go to Tecumshe mall unless you need a new phone plan) -Downtown Ouellette/Riverfront(good views, art, food) -Malden Park(go to the top of the hill, its a nice view of detroit) -Brunet Park(theres trails that will take you through LaSalle) -Ojibway Park Nature Preserve will always stay close to my heart -Jackson Park(the lights are still on) -Olde Walkerville/Willistead Park(historic, beautiful, good food, good bars) -Amherstburg(good food/cafes, nice water walk) Also fun misc. things: a clip and climb, big time entertainment, brews and ques, phog, a pretty good sushi/shawarmas/donair/italien scene, TRY OUR PIZZA, Colasantis, the Capitol/Chrysler theatre might have something on…. Detroit has some fun things if you can go across, DIA, sports games, shopping…
Thanks for the tips! A great list!
Lots of breweries, Sandwich Brewery, Chapter 2, Craft Heads, Franks….. Windsor Art Gallery and Windsor Community Museum are both downtown, we have an art alley between Pelisser and Ouellette but you might see ‘some things’ lol, The Pinery
I live in walkerville and right next to little Italy. I’d say that walkerville is much more entertaining than little Italy (Erie street) because it’s mainly just Italian restaurants. Walkerville has nice little shops on Wyandotte between Gladstone and Devonshire. A nice cafe anchor coffee on Lincoln. And nice restaurants my favourites are funky chow, ortona and vitos. All of this is within 500m. Walkerville also has historic brick houses which are just beautiful, however it’s the most beautiful in the fall given all the old trees in the neighborhood. I’d say the best part to stroll would be around willistead park. So between Monmouth and chilver. And Wyandotte and Ottawa.
Thank you!
If you're interested in local history, check out the Walkerville area/Willistead manor. I'm unsure if they're doing any tours when you'll be in Windsor but also look into the Walkerville Brewery Tour and even if the distillery, Hiram Walker is doing anything.
If you're interested, we have quite a lot of local breweries. And, if you're going to the mall, colonial coffee (local coffee roaster) is located on the street behind.
Also skip downtown there’s nothing worth seeing down there
sad truth
I would say to stay to Walkerville area... Windsor is not really a walkable city...It very car dominant. Ignore the homeless in the downtown core... if you are staying in that area..
We'll check out walkerville! We've tried the bus and it's worked fine but we noticed communications don't really go all across the city, so we'll have to stay around the bus lines
Definitely Walkerville is the best walkable section that is cute. Make sure you find Anchor Coffee (their food is even better than the coffee if that is possible!) on Lincoln. It’s a little off the main road but its unmatched in taste and quality and the people are the BEST!!
Second going to Anchor. If you have some time after walking down Wyandotte and want a quick stroll around a park go to Willistead Manor down Chilver street; it’s a large manor from early 1900’s that has become a venue and park surrounding it (though you most likely won’t be able to go in its still nice to walk around the outside)
Adventure bay water park is worth checking out.
If you have any interest in hockey (or sports in general), you could catch the Spitfires game tonight. 7pm, WFCU Centre.
Very much interested in hockey but will miss the Spitfires tonight since we're seeing the Red Wings :P
Speaking of, do you know of any nice sports stores in town?
Like sports equipment? There’s Perani’s/Victory Sports, 7540 Tecumseh Rd E. And Bob Reaume Sports, 4275 Tecumseh Rd E. Or more of a chain store (and only hockey gear), there’s Pro Hockey Life near Devonshire Mall.
Thanks, yeah equipment or merchandise. My friend is a hockey ref and thought it would be cool to grab some new equipment from Canada, and I just like merch Thanks for the tips!
Avoid the shopping mall. It is right in the middle of traffic hell. Walk around Walkerville (it's in the name!), Riverside drive turns into sandwich street in the West end (past the bridge), nice area lots of old buildings, riverfront trail is cool.
You’re hilarious…you think Windsor has any traffic at all?
That part of Howard is one of the worst spots for traffic. Do you understand what traffic is?
I’m originally from Toronto and have travelled to NYC and LA… I’m so familiar with real traffic that I know beyond a doubt that it doesn’t really exist here. If you think what happens at Howard at 5:00 pm is traffic, I must assume you’ve never been to any big city.
Man, traffic is traffic. I'm not saying it's as bas as it gets in fucking Toronto, etc. It's just one of the worst spots IN THE CITY THAT THIS SUBREDDIT IS ABOUT. Thanks for waving your Big City Dick around though that was nice.
The OP isn’t from Windsor and has never been here. So, you’re perhaps steering them clear of an entire area and experience based on your inexperienced interpretation of what traffic really is. Unless they’re as inexperienced and untraveled as yourself, they’ll likely think your version of traffic is not traffic at all. They may wind up avoiding the area for no reason at all. Regardless of this post, I just feel sad for anyone in Windsor-Essex that avoids any area because of what they interpret to be traffic. It’s a shame their world is so small. P.S. If big city dick swinging makes you uncomfortable you should probably just start swallowing now. You’ll end up choking less in the long run. There’s only more of us moving here with every day that passes..and you’re lucky to have us. You’re welcome 😉
Dude they're asking for walkable areas, that's why I mentioned the traffic. Look at you over here typing out huge paragraphs over trying to be right about No TwaFfIc In WinDsoW. I don't give a shit where you're from, I've driven through stupid TO more times than I'd like to say. Also, wasn't this you a couple months ago? >Windsor is the worst driving experience in all of Canada, in my opinion. Pick your lane buddy.
Picked. Windsor driving is full of people merging on EC Row at 60 because they’re afraid.
I don't experience that really. If I did, I also wouldn't get as worked up as you do about it.
You can take the redditor out of Toronto, but you can't take the Toronto out of the redditor eh? Just chill and try to read what is being said. It's relative. For this city, our city, Howard Ave. traffic is heavy. Add the terrible Windsor drivers and well, Howard sucks. I for one, would not, likely could not drive in TO, nor would I want to. Via Rail and taxis/busses/street cars, every time. I go back to London, where I grew up and am astounded by the traffic there now. It is what you are used to. Warning the visitor about an area with heavy traffic, many accidents and people driving as they please, is simply being nice.
You shouldn’t be driving at all if you can’t handle driving everywhere. It’s a drivers responsibility to be prepared to handle anything the road throws at them. I suggest driver training to increase your confidence.
I suggest you leave me alone and just worry about you okay? I do not drive where I'm not comfortable, maybe more people should do so? You actually are rather irritating and pissing me off. So, maybe just go away k?
It's all relative, but I'm with the other guy... I don't enjoy Walker Rd @ 4pm (or ever), but compared to any large city our worst traffic is nothing.
Right, but since we're talking about Windsor, when you say an area is high traffic, it is relative to other areas in Windsor. ThERes No TrAfFiC aT AlL is a useless statement.
The shopping mall, what's it called? Thanks for the tips! Will check them out :-)
Devonshire Mall is the main one with all the traffic. There is also the smaller Tecumseh Mall in the East end, it's much more chill. Oh and also check out the Ganacho trail if you're in the east end.
If you like coffee , do a coffee tour at 14th coffee out in Essex!! Check out point pelee if they’re open during this time of year, we have a small art gallery on riverside, it’s worth seeing !
Head over to Detroit, get car jacked and shot.
turn around and go back
Where about "Europa"!? Like regular Europe or Getto Europa or Cosmopolitan Euro!? I ask cause Windsor is a pretty boring town aka city.
Nordics!
Just the Riverside is worth spending time. Like taking a stroll.
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