Many folks are not aware that Toronto's Pearson International Airport (YYZ) offers lots of cheap flights to Europe. Folks in the Midwest may consider Toronto a viable option to Chicago or Detroit. Combine a day in Toronto before or after your flight to get some extra vacation out of your vacation. Plus, Toronto is several hundred miles east of ORD and DTW, which means shorter flight across the pond - Toronto to Reykjavik is less than 6 hours, Dublin is 6.5 hours, London is < 7 hours.
Numerous airlines, including:
- British Airways, Air Canada, Air France, KLM, Westjet, Aer Lingus, Air Transat, LOT, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, WOW Air, and Icelandair
fly nonstop from Toronto to several European cities including:
- Dublin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Munich, Paris, Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Vienna, Brussels, Warsaw, Istanbul, and Reykjavik.
- LINK (Wikipedia) - nonstop flights from Toronto to Europe, listed by airline and city
Here are some sample roundtrip airfares from Toronto for various dates; prices as low as the following:
- Weds Nov 23 - Sun Nov 27 - long weekend over Thanksgiving. Reykjavik $388, London $420, Paris $438, Copenhagen $441. LINK
- Sun Nov 27 - Mon Dec 5 - 8 day trip. Reykjavik $320, Amsterdam $355, Paris $381, Dublin $419, Copenhagen $419, Oslo $426, Bordeaux $435, Rome $446. LINK
- Thur Feb 23 - Sun Mar 5 - 10-day midwinter break trip. Reykjavik $267!, London $342, Amsterdam $398, Copenhagen $407, Helsinki $413, Paris $414, Rome $433. LINK
- Weds Mar 23 - Sun Apr 2 - 10-day Spring break trip. Reykjavik $282!, Paris $375, Stockholm $381, Amsterdam $419, Madrid $427, Rome $440. LINK
- Mon May 1 - Sun May 14 - 14-day late spring trip. Reykjavik $381, Paris $375, Marseille $447, Rome $453, Barcelona $452. LINK
Approximate Drive Time to YYZ:
- Rochester NY 2:30
- Detroit 3:30
- Syracuse NY 3:45
- Cleveland 4:30
- Grand Rapids 5:30
