Cities of Canada: Ottawa
Ottawa, the old name – Baiton) became the capital of Canada in 1857. This is extremely quiet, clean and calm city, even by Canadian standards.
Sights of Ottawa
The main sights of Ottawa are parliament (you can even visit the meetings of the Canada’s legislature), the tower of the world with 53 bells on it, the picturesque quarter around the indoor market Baiveord, Channel Rido (in winter, turns into the longest rink in the world – 8 km.), The stables of the Royal Police, the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Museum of Science and Technology with the largest telescope of the country, Museum of Modern Photography, Museum of Laurage, Numismatics Museum in the building of Canada, National Center for Arts, National Gallery of Canada, Civilization Museum with a unique exposure on the history of these Lands, Canadian Military Museum, National Museum of Aeronautics, Museum of Nature, Museum of Cartoon and DR.
Exhibition Hall of Ottawa – Baiveord Market, La-Mason du-Cite, Le Malun-Des-Ants and ARTS Court, are known far beyond the country. Lovers of national art can visit Ottawa Sivik Centr, Congress Center and Nepine SportsPleks, where many amazing things and art objects are sold and exhibited.
Music lovers are waiting for pleasant meetings with the orchestra of the National Center for Arts, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and many other musical groups.
Right in the pride draw, magnificent parks spread out, the most famous of which is Gatino Park (35 thousand. ha).
Around Ottawa
In the vicinity of the city is interested in beautiful fortified city Kingston, in which the famous Irish festival, Fort Henry (1812 g.), famous "Thousand islands" On Lake Ontario, Tander Bay on the shore of the lake top (the third largest river port in the world), Fort William on the Kaministika River, 300-meter Mount Nanibiz ("Sliping Jint"), Pukaskaya Reserve, Cute Saint Marie Town with a historic Museum in an old house "Hermatinger", Beautiful region of agave canyons and of course – the famous Niagara Falls.
Reviews and studies of trips
Tulip Festival in Ottawa
They say this year a record number of people visited the event. And we were in Ottawa last year on May 18 and 19. Read more →
Montrealex | May, 2013
Jogging along the capital
There are places that are beautiful from any point of view, and Ottawa is one of them. Ottawa’s heart – cute gothic, in all its glory and in full harmony with the modern world. Read more →
Ottawa – look through the eyes of the traveler
It is difficult to express impressions of the place where he arrived not only for the sake of tourism, but to his native people who arrived in someone else’s country. And, by no means experiencing nostalgia to their true homeland (Ukraine). Trying to put yourself in their place: could live here? make great efforts to join society, comply with laws and ethical rules? learn again and work a lot? – In general, start life from scratch. This question remained for me without answer. Read more →
