If you can peel yourself away from the eye-watering sight of the CN Tower and the bumping hipster bars of King West for a couple of days, you can look to explore some of the true gems of south-eastern Canada. There are myriad spots within a few hundred clicks of the Ontario capital, from fairy-tale honeymoon towns haloed in wineries to rugged islands on the St Lawrence River to Francophone cities packed with bistros and beer halls.