BEST OF NIAGARA FALLS

To use the visit on your own, you should start in Grand Island Bridge, from there will drive about 5 miles to Goat Island, located between the falls on the Canadian side and the American. Not a single island, but a small group of islands connected. There's parking and you can walk to Terrapin Point, Luna Island and Three Sisters Islands. From the first to have an excellent view of the falls "Canadian" known as "Horseshoe" for its horseshoe shape. Sign up here to take good photos and perceive the sound of water.

We drove a couple of miles up the observation tower at Prospect Point. From here you will have a panoramic view of the falls "American". It is best to walk down to the water for which you must pay $ 1 access. This is the way to take the boats "Maid of the Mist" that take you to where the falls drop. Yes, you get wet, but worth it. Protect your camera but do not stop shooting.

Back to the car and another 2 miles to Clifton Hill and Queen Victoria Park. It's simple, just follow the prompts. We are on the Canadian side and you'll notice the natural environment, the flower gardens, the sense of tranquility. It is a very nice place to see the sunset over the falls. There is a sample called "Journey behind the falls" that have access here. I have no information about the price of admission.

A little over a mile away is the Aerocar, a semi-open cab suspended on a cable that crosses over from the waterfalls. It was designed and built by the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo in 1916, and since then is operating. The ride costs about $ 12 per adult.

We continue to Niagara Glen Park (about 10 minutes by car). Here you can park and down to zoom in on the side of the rapids. It is very difficult to drop, but you will have to do it carefully. From the shore powerboats out for walks.

A little farther, and you'll get to watch flowers in the Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric station, which you can visit. But the main reason for everyone to go through here, not seeing the transformers and so on, but the floral clock and the gardens are in full spring and summer.

We drive 15 miles across the border into the U.S. sector, and arrived at Fort Niagara. Crossing the Bridge is by Queenston / Lewiston Bridge. The fort was occupied by Niagara French, British and Americans on. It is a stone fort with an exhibition that tells the story of the land at the beginning of the installation of the colonies in America.

With this visit, you can say you've seen Niagara Falls in full.