A late morning bus to Elora, a cedar chalet market that costs nothing to walk into, and a stop that ends after dark, which is when the whole thing is worth looking at. No parking, no drive home.
The bus leaves from 34 Asquith Avenue, just north of Yonge and Bloor.
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Choose your own adventure: we drop you off, and the bus picks you up in the same spot.
A short, flat walk on even ground, at your own pace.
One stop, in the village, and everything is within a few blocks of it.
We pick you up
Just north of the Yonge and Bloor subway stop. Come up the Asquith exit and look for the bus.
Elora built its market out of custom cedar chalets and ran it straight through the downtown, so you are not walking round a car park full of white tents. You are walking a limestone village with the shops still open behind the huts. You go in under the Hallway of Lights on Mill Street West, across from the pedestrian bridge, and the chalets carry on from there. Free to enter, all ages, all season, which is unusual for a Christmas market this size and means the only thing your day costs is whatever you decide to buy. The whole thing is flat pavement and a few blocks end to end.
Good to know:
We drop you back
The bus returns to the same place it left from, so you go home the way you came.
This is our estimated return time, not a guarantee. Traffic can change it and some trips do run late, so please leave yourself some room afterwards rather than booking something tight against it.
An outdoor market, on a street, after dark, in November.
There is no admission to the Elora Christmas Market, for any age, at any point in the season. Your Parkbus ticket buys the ride there and back. Bring money for food, drink and whatever comes out of the chalets with you, and nothing for a gate.
This is an outdoor market in Ontario in the last week of November, and you will be moving slowly, stopping often and standing in a queue for hot chocolate. That is much colder than a hike. Proper coat, hat, gloves, warm socks and boots that do not mind slush. The fire tables help, and so do the shops, but the market itself is a street.
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The market is free for all ages, every day of the season. Your ticket is the ride, and what you spend in the village is up to you.
Late November gets dark before five. The stop runs past that on purpose, because 88,000 lights are not much to look at in the afternoon.
It is a small village on narrow streets with one big paid lot and a pedestrian bridge. The bus puts you in the middle of it instead.
Both legs in the dark at one end, after a day on your feet. That is the part we take off you.
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Took a day trip to Algonquin Park with Parkbus. They pick up on Asquith Ave. in the Bloor/Yonge area and have a quick break stop at the Onroute Barrie. All stops enable guests ample time to explore the destination. This is a highly a good idea trip for those that appreciate spending time in nature minus distractions.OnAir48444 · Tripadvisor · Oct 2025
Booked in minutes, had an unreal day in Algonquin, and was home by dinner.Cameron · Happy Parkbus customer
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