Welcome to Urban Tranquility Bed and Breakfast. As they say in Spanish "mi casa es tu casa." Our gleefully decorated 1950s bungalow is the perfect place to base your vacation or business visit to Toronto and the surrounding area. While we are just a seven minute walk from the subway station at Yonge and Sheppard, our home is hidden away in a quiet, peaceful neighbourhood that would surprise you.

While the back yard makes for a nice area to relax amongst the gardens on a warm summer’s evening, we’re sure you will find our cozy home gives you a warm embrace on winter’s cool nights. Depending on the timing of your visit, you may see grapes, plums apples, pears, or cherries in our yard.

If you’re arriving by car, you’ll be happy to know we’re just a couple minutes easy access off Highway 401. You can park your car here, forget about traffic, and explore the city by subway and on foot. Also it’s easy to hop back onto the 401 to explore places near Toronto.

When you arrive at Urban Tranquility you will notice our street is lined with huge maple and oak trees that must be over 100 years old. This is somewhat unique to our street. Glendora Avenue used to be an old farm laneway back when the area was a village known as Lansing (then Willowdale, then North York, then Toronto). The giant trees remind us of our street's heritage.

Joseph and Oliver Bales, sons of the John Bales family famous in this area, were the property's original owners. A hotel near the beginning of Glendora Ave. known as the Golden Lion was the staging point for William Lyon McKenzie in his Rebellion of 1837.

David Gibson, a distinguished land surveyor, was another leader in this community. Like most of his neighbours, Gibson participated in the ill-fated Toronto Rebellion of 1837. He was thus charged with high treason and escaped to the United States were he found employment as the First Assistant Engineer on the building of the Erie Canal. Gibson returned to his Yonge Street farm in 1851, after being pardoned for his role in the Rebellion. He then helped to establish the "Willow Dale" post office, named after the many willow trees that once graced this district. Members of the Gibson family were still living in Gibson House in the 1920's when the residential subdivision of Willowdale began to take place. The Gibson House, circa 1851, is still standing in its original location at 5172 Yonge Street and is now a historic museum.