Guidebook for Ottawa

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Guidebook for Ottawa

Food Scene

African niche food! Get grilled chicken to your spicyness level with rice, plantains and salad! A must have, super friendly service!
19 moradores locais recomendam
Pili Pili Grilled Chicken
205 Dalhousie St
19 moradores locais recomendam
African niche food! Get grilled chicken to your spicyness level with rice, plantains and salad! A must have, super friendly service!
Super cute bakery, famously known baker from Venezuela makes macaroons, including their famous "Pokemon" macaroon, Pikachu! This bakery grew popular since their opening in the past year here in Ottawa. http://www.macaronscanada.com/about-us-3/
9 moradores locais recomendam
Quelque Chose Pâtisserie
274 Montréal Rd
9 moradores locais recomendam
Super cute bakery, famously known baker from Venezuela makes macaroons, including their famous "Pokemon" macaroon, Pikachu! This bakery grew popular since their opening in the past year here in Ottawa. http://www.macaronscanada.com/about-us-3/
Famous restaurant in Ottawa secretly located in the Byward Market, runs 24hours and has a breakfast menu all day! Big plates and fast service! If you're looking to taste canadian breakfast, here is the place! (They only take cash and Visa, there is an ATM onsite!)
37 moradores locais recomendam
Zak's Diner
14 Byward Market Square
37 moradores locais recomendam
Famous restaurant in Ottawa secretly located in the Byward Market, runs 24hours and has a breakfast menu all day! Big plates and fast service! If you're looking to taste canadian breakfast, here is the place! (They only take cash and Visa, there is an ATM onsite!)
Famous Beaver Tails renown here in Ottawa for a sweet Canadian treat made with dough and dipped in brown sugar and cinnamon! They also have other toppings!
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BeaverTails Byward Market
69 George St
59 moradores locais recomendam
Famous Beaver Tails renown here in Ottawa for a sweet Canadian treat made with dough and dipped in brown sugar and cinnamon! They also have other toppings!
Taste El-Salvadorean Cuisine, my husband and I go here for their "Popusas" made of cornflour and stuffed with cheese, or meat and cheese, served with a tomato dipping sauce. They also serve other Salvadorean cuisine plates, a must try! The owner is very friendly and loves to chat with her customers! Open until 7pm, 8pm on Fridays.
Tukan
85 Montréal Rd
Taste El-Salvadorean Cuisine, my husband and I go here for their "Popusas" made of cornflour and stuffed with cheese, or meat and cheese, served with a tomato dipping sauce. They also serve other Salvadorean cuisine plates, a must try! The owner is very friendly and loves to chat with her customers! Open until 7pm, 8pm on Fridays.

Getting Around

#12 Bus stop going to downtown. Cost is 3.65 per ride
Montréal / Granville
#12 Bus stop going to downtown. Cost is 3.65 per ride
Take #5 Direction St-Laurent, until the last stop (St-Laurent Centre), for shopping or tourist
Montfort / Granville station
Take #5 Direction St-Laurent, until the last stop (St-Laurent Centre), for shopping or tourist
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario / General Hospital (on same campus) is a 15 min Uber ride, usually costs from 10-15$ one way
CHEO Foundation
415 Smyth Rd
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario / General Hospital (on same campus) is a 15 min Uber ride, usually costs from 10-15$ one way
Greyhound Bus Station where you can travel to other cities located at 265 Catherine St. Usually 10-15$ Uber ride. You can also take the city bus, if you search on Google Maps they will give you a few options.
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Greyhound Canada
265 Catherine St
25 moradores locais recomendam
Greyhound Bus Station where you can travel to other cities located at 265 Catherine St. Usually 10-15$ Uber ride. You can also take the city bus, if you search on Google Maps they will give you a few options.

Essentials

10 minute walk from the appartment with all services like banks, coffee shop (Tim Horton's), Pizza, Shawarma (Lebanese chicken wrap), pharmacy (Shopper's Drug Mart) etc.
13 moradores locais recomendam
Hess' Your Independent Grocer
596 Montréal Rd
13 moradores locais recomendam
10 minute walk from the appartment with all services like banks, coffee shop (Tim Horton's), Pizza, Shawarma (Lebanese chicken wrap), pharmacy (Shopper's Drug Mart) etc.
Pharmacy 5 minute walk, sells bus tickets also.
12 moradores locais recomendam
Jean Coutu
262 Montréal Rd
12 moradores locais recomendam
Pharmacy 5 minute walk, sells bus tickets also.
Pharmacy 5-10 min walk, for all your essentials, also sells grocery items (& Refrigerated items), sells bus tickets also.
108 moradores locais recomendam
Shoppers Drug Mart
174 Bank St
108 moradores locais recomendam
Pharmacy 5-10 min walk, for all your essentials, also sells grocery items (& Refrigerated items), sells bus tickets also.

Entertainment & Activities

Theatre with more than 20 movie rooms. Take bus #12 on opposite side of street direction to Blair Station. Get off at City Park drive.
36 moradores locais recomendam
Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa
2385 City Park Dr
36 moradores locais recomendam
Theatre with more than 20 movie rooms. Take bus #12 on opposite side of street direction to Blair Station. Get off at City Park drive.
Rideau Canal, famously known to the be the longest skating rink in the world according to UNESCO, spans on 7.8 km of ice skating. You can go there to rent skates also if you did not bring any. There is a deposit fee which is returned to you once you return the skates. A MUST DO!
69 moradores locais recomendam
Rideau Canal (ice conditions)
69 moradores locais recomendam
Rideau Canal, famously known to the be the longest skating rink in the world according to UNESCO, spans on 7.8 km of ice skating. You can go there to rent skates also if you did not bring any. There is a deposit fee which is returned to you once you return the skates. A MUST DO!

Shopping

149 moradores locais recomendam
St Laurent
1200 St. Laurent Blvd
149 moradores locais recomendam
Recently listed in Cadillac Fairview Malls, as they have high end stores such as Simons, BCBG Maxmaria, Victoria's Secret, Sephora, Eddie Bauer etc.
589 moradores locais recomendam
Rideau Centre
589 moradores locais recomendam
Recently listed in Cadillac Fairview Malls, as they have high end stores such as Simons, BCBG Maxmaria, Victoria's Secret, Sephora, Eddie Bauer etc.

Arts & Culture

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240 McLeod St
240 McLeod Street
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Museu Canadense da História
100 Rue Laurier
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Galeria Nacional do Canadá
380 Sussex Dr
552 moradores locais recomendam
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Museu do Espaço e da Aviação do Canadá
11 Aviation Pkwy
99 moradores locais recomendam

Parks & Nature

Various access points along the canal. Paved for biking, running or roller blading, or just a nice walk on a sunny day!
259 moradores locais recomendam
Canal Rideau - patrimônio histórico
1 Second Avenue
259 moradores locais recomendam
Various access points along the canal. Paved for biking, running or roller blading, or just a nice walk on a sunny day!