Toledo (Ohio)
Toledo is a big city in the north of the U.S. state of Ohio, at the western end of the lake.
Toledo | ||
state | Ohio | |
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resident | 287,208 (2010) | |
height | 187 m | |
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background
Toledo is traditionally a center of the glass industry and therefore bears the name "Glass City". In addition, several companies in the automotive and supplier industry are located. Since the 2000s, Toledo has been trying to reinvent itself as a pioneer of the "green" economy, especially solar power.
arrival
By plane
- 1 Toledo Express Airport (Toledo Express Airport, IATA: TOL), 11013 Airport Highway. Tel: +1 419 865 2351.
However, there is a large choice of direct flights from Europe from Detroit airport, some 43 mi north of Toledo.
by train
- 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Train Station, 415 Emerald Ave, Toledo, OH 43604. Tel: +1 800-872-7245. The train station is located on the AMTRAK line of the Capitol Limited line between Washington, D.C. and Chicago and on the Lake Shore Limited line between Chicago and Boston/New York City.
By bus
- Greyhound, 415 Emerald Ave, Toledo, OH 43604, United States (next to the AMTRAK station). Tel: +1 419 248 1477.
- 3 Megabus (University of Toledo Scott Park Campus).
On the street
- the Coming from Detroit (95 km) and going to Dayton (240 km)
- the comes from Cleveland (180 km) and goes to Chicago (390 km)
By ship
The Maumee River comes from Fort Wayne and flows into Lake Erie at Toledo. Toledo has several marinas, allowing access to the towns around the lake.
mobility
sights
- 1 Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe Street (Scottwood Avenue). Tel: +1 419 255-8000, e-mail: [email protected].
- University of Toledo campus
- 2 Ottawa Park
- 3 Thomas Edison Park
- 1701 Front St, Toledo. Tel: +1 419 214 5000. Opened: daily from 10:00 to 17:00. National Museum of the Great Lakes,
- Toledo Firefighters Museum, 918 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo. Tel: +1 419 478 3473. Opened: Sat 12.00 - 16.00.
- 4 Fort Meigs. Fixed from the war of 1812, near Perrysburgh, about 20 km SO from Toledo.
activities
- German-American Festival, 3624 Seaman Road, Oregon, OH. facebook URL used twitter URL used
purchase
- 1 Libbey Glass Factory Outlet, 205 S Erie St, Toledo, OH 43604. Tel: +1 419 254 5000.
- 2 Franklin Park Mall, 5001 Monroe St, Toledo, OH 43623. Tel: +1 419 473 3317.
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Practical information
excursions
- detroit
- Ann Arbor
- from Catawba Island by ferry on several islands in Lake Erie (including put-in-Bay)