You can also find handcrafted items from local artisans, gift shops for souvenirs, and many cafes and restaurants and boutiques for specialty shopping.
The downtown by ward market also has outdoor entertainment in the summer time from local and out of town buskers. Another location that is popular for visitors staying in downtown ottawa hotels is parliament hill which is only a few minutes walking distance from most downtown hotels, where you can tour the parliament buildings or watch the changing of the guard in the summer months.
Another popular neighborhood for locals, business travellers and visitors to ottawa is the elgin street area where you can shop for things like gifts, clothes, newspapers and magazines, home decor, post cards and more. There are some great night clubs, outdoor cafes, restaurants, coffee shops and pubs as well.
Another reason to stay in downtown ottawa hotels is that you can walk to ottawas downtown festivals like the tulip festival, ottawa jazz festival and ottawa bluesfestival and many more ottawa festivals.
If you are staying downtown you can also take a oc transpo city bus, taxi or shuttle from downtown ottawa to an ottawa senators nhl hockey game or concert at scotia bank place in kanata. If you are coming to ottawa to go to a hockey game or concert you may want to consider staying at one of the kanata hotels.
By staying in a hotel in downtown ottawa you can walk to the scenic rideau canal and enjoy a boat ride, rent a bicycle and travel around scenic ottawa for hours or even days, or if you are here in winter bring your skates and skate on the longest skating rink in the world.
Other attractions available to visitors staying in downtown ottawa hotels are the rideau centre shopping mall with name brand and exclusive boutiques, a food fair with numerous restaurants, a sears store, shoppers drug mart pharmacy, numerous movie theaters, a sit down restaurant, a fitness centre, star bucks and tim Horton coffee shop, and british pub.
Some museums that you can visit while staying in downtown ottawa hotels include the national art gallery, museum of civilization which includes a kids museum, the museum of nature, and the war museum.
While you are visiting ottawa you should consider visiting the national capital info centre downtown ottawa across the street from the parliament buildings where you can get tourist information and free brochures from downtown ottawa hotels and local ottawa tourist attractions. Look for the official Visitor's guide to Ottawa which lists places to stay, where to eat, local attractions and more,
Some of the best attractions in downtown ottawa include bike rentals at the rideau canal where you can rent a bike and ride for miles and miles without riding on any roads along the scenic canal waterway, or you can take a boat tour along the rideau canal, a boat tour on the scenic ottawa river, an ottawa-gatineau splash amphibious tour, double decker bus tours, or a trolley bus tour or bytown trolley tour of the city.
If you like shopping you can find exclusive shops for clothing, home decor, art, furniture and cafes and restaurants along sussex drive. You can also find shops and restaurants on ottawa's sparks street mall or on the bank street promenade.
Some other downtown attractions include boat rides on the ottawa river, chariot rides in the by ward market, double decker bus tours, rideau canal boat tours,
If you like to walk you can visit somerset street west where there are restaurants and the bank street promenade for even more shopping. |
