TTown Robin

Toledo has had an unfounded, poor reputation for much too long, no thanks to John Denver’s “Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio”…I would be so happy to hear a new song that would immortalize our city rather than give listeners a vision or opinion of our city that simply is not true.. There is SO much to do here! We have wonderful weather for the most part, each of the four seasons are showcased nicely each year, with all the colors you imagine. Many the damaging storms seem to miss us here within the city limits.

Like our Mayor or not, with Mr. Finkbeiner’s leadership, our hard-working city laborers and staff have transformed our downtown area into a tourist mecca, full of theaters, a brand new baseball stadium, an arena for concerts, circuses, and shows. We have plenty of places you can walk to safely, weekday or weekend, downtown and suburbs. The restaurants are wonderful, including the coffee shops, jazz clubs, rock music clubs, clubs for alternative entertainment, and a dance club or two.

Toledo’s TARTA offers inexpensive, dependable, clean public transportation. Our museums, from the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), our breathtaking, unique Art Museum and adjacent brand new Glass Museum, not to mention the Firefighters and smaller collections of historical finds are showcased in our wonderful libraries and many galleries here. There are free attractions and costly society events, a little this and that for every interest and budget. We offer all the historical feel of the “old towne” Toledo with eateries and architecture to tell the stories of our heritage, apart from and within the summer festivals for Polish, Greek, Irish, Mexican, Hungarian (and more) influences.

The Maumee River that runs alongside the downtown area, allows us to celebrate summer near the docks with the "Rally’s By The River, that showcase local talent and famous name entertainment during the holidays. The fireworks will be spectacular with the new Veterans Memorial Skyway Bridge and the impending new Marina district being built in the background!

With all this and much much more to offer, we are ready to face the future and welcome visitors with pride, just as we always have been. I strongly recommend that you add Toledo to your travel wish list!

It’s been a while but if you need info I could dig it up. We stayed at a little hotel there, but before we did, we drove as far as we could till the road ended then walked for an hour all the way to the tip of the island, and found the most beautiful seashells and sand dollars I have ever seen. This trip was before all the recent hurricanes – back around 1982 or 83.

I heard the boat, “the Laughing Gull” was damaged back during Hurricane Ivan.I hope it’s back up and ready for rental by the time i go back. it was THEBESTADVENTURE I EVERHAD. A sack of oysters, bathing suit, net to get sand dollars, beer, and a honey to share it with, along with a 76 degree day was a dream come true. The dolphins raced the boat and we got stuck on a dane and had to bask in the sun till the tide came in, but that was just fine with us!