ONE-STOP SHOPPING and massage treatments? Covent Garden Market has dozens of businesses under one high, airy roof, and is open daily from. The majority of the businesses are on the main floor, but if you get tired of carrying your organic vegetables or take-out sushi, head upstairs to Carpe Diem (519-672-3000) and have your aching muscles kneaded.

After a massage, keep shopping at for local produce or ethnic foods, from shawarmas to burek to tabouli. If you prefer creating your own exotic meals at home, stop by Thai Delight for hard-to-find items like lime leaves and coconut milk. There’s also an expansive tea shop with over 60 types of leaves, several gift shops and sugar shacks selling everything from fudge to colourful cupcakes.

A large courtyard near the west entrance of the market serves as an ice skating rink in the winter, a farmers’ market in the summer and randomly as a performance or exhibit space. And before taking in a concert or Ontario Hockey League hockey game across the street at the impressive multipurpose John Labatt Centre (johnlabattcentre.com), stop in at one of the market’s restaurants, Chancey Smith’s (chanceysmiths.com), where you might just want to have the delicious cheesecake twice!

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