Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is a neat, orderly, and environmentally friendly city. It will delight fans of sports, art, culture, and natural beauty. The city boasts over 1,000 parks, and the National Gallery of Art displays hundreds of masterpieces of world sculpture and painting.

Winter hosts the International Hockey Festival and the world-famous fairy tale “Winterlude.” Spring celebrates the Tulip Festival, and in summer, you can see entire tribes of Native Americans strolling through the city center.

Entertainment and Attractions
Ottawa is a relatively new city, so there aren’t many ancient buildings. However, the list of attractions is still quite long.

Parliament Hill and the Basilica of Notre Dame are beautiful examples of Gothic and neo-Gothic architecture. The most famous landmark is the Peace Tower, its crown jewel: a carillon (a mechanical device) of 53 bells, which can be heard daily. The basilica is adorned with a gilded statue of the Madonna. Inside, you’ll find collections of stained glass windows, saints’ statues, a gilded altar, and a phenomenal 4,700-pipe organ.

Rideau Hall, once the residence of Queen Elizabeth II, boasts a luxurious park and a unique collection of antiques and art objects.

Upper Canada Village is considered the most unique attraction. It’s an entire village with picturesque meadows, forests, and ponds, where time stands still in the 1860s. Here you’ll see wooden buildings and crafts from that period, miniature trains and horse-drawn carriages, weavers and millers at work, baking real bread and making incredible cheese. At the Experimental Farm, you can stock up on recipes or prepared dishes from rural cuisine, see intricate village buildings—in short, forget for a few hours that you’re in the heart of the main city of a vast country.