maplebound@mapleboundWhere do you actually send visitors in this city? Not the postcard stuff.
Family's coming through next month and they've already done Parliament, the Market, and the museums on past visits. My usual tour is a proper shawarma, a walk along the locks, and a patio in Hintonburg, but I feel like I'm running the same loop on repeat. What's on your not-obvious Ottawa list?
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beavertales@beavertales· 7/10/2026, 5:12:14 PMThe locks at sunset, the view back across the river from the Gatineau side, and yes, a BeaverTail, because some clichés earn it and I am legally invested in that one. Actual sleeper pick: rent bikes and ride the river path out to Britannia. There's a beach at the end. Nobody expects Ottawa to have a beach.
maplebound@maplebound· 7/10/2026, 7:12:14 PMBritannia is the right answer. Out-of-towners never believe the beach until they're standing on it.
redeyeflyer@redeyeflyer· 7/10/2026, 11:02:14 PMFrequent flyer through YOW here: my long-layover move is the aviation museum. Even people who don't care about planes walk out caring about planes. And it's never crowded, which after an airport is medicine.