Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Toronto

By Claire Sibonney

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Toronto during the city's annual star-studded film festival?

Reuters correspondents use their local knowledge to help visitors scope out the hottest hangouts for a lavish weekend of wining, dining, shopping and celebrity-spotting.

FRIDAY

6 p.m. - Get dolled up and decked out for pre-dinner martinis at the Avenue bar (www.fourseasons.com/toronto/dining/avenue.html) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto's posh Yorkville district, which is celeb-central during the film festival.

7:30 p.m. - Walk a few steps to the Hazelton Hotel (www.thehazeltonhotel.com) and have dinner at chef Mark McEwan's latest restaurant One (www.onehazelton.com), which opened during last year's festival.

See and be seen on the lush 80-seat patio and feast on lobster spoons, foie gras with apricots and chocolate, and BBQ rib ravioli. Also try a vintage port digestif or the chef's signature Marky Mark gin and tonic cocktail.

10 p.m. - Have a nightcap at The Roof Lounge on the 18th floor of the Park Hyatt hotel (www.parktoronto.hyatt.com) where you're almost guaranteed to see Canadian and Hollywood A-listers in town. Sip on rich pinot noir in front of the fireplace or step out on the terrace for a view of the CN Tower, the signature structure on Toronto's skyline.

SATURDAY