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What to see and what to do in Canada?

Ottawa

Canada’s capital city is also called the Silicon Valley of the North. Situated on the Ottawa River, the city of Ottawa is famous for its waterways. It houses the grand Ottawa River, the in a hurry, fast paced Gatineau and the placid, serene Rideau. It’s the Rideau Canal’s virtue that Ottawa shot to fame. The world’s largest skating rink in winter, it is also used as a waterway transport in summer. In its history of struggle and triumph, it’s been a lone witness. While in the city, take a look at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square, the Carleton University, the Laurentian Mountains and the neo-gothic stylized buildings like the Parliament Hall. And, what’s the most peculiar place to visit in Ottawa – Museums. Call it the Mecca for Museums, as everything has been revered a special place here. Arm yourself with knowledge as you go on a museum spree.

Canada Aviation Museum
Who doesn’t wanna fly high, who doesn’t wanna soar in the deep, blue sky ? Yeah.. that’s the feeling you get by watching 115 full-size replicas of aeroplanes. Planes of all generations are remodeled here; it’s your Passage to the highflying vintage era.

Canada Science and Technology Museum
Have a knack for scientific things..? Then, bring out the geek inside you by enjoying at this fun-filled museum. Hitch a ride on a steam locomotive, or just mess up in the Krazy kitchen. The choice is yours, as the technology of decision-making lies in your hands.

Canada Museum of civilization
Learn about the country in detail as you are captivated by the arrival of the Vikings, then the history of today’s Canada. A children’s museum, a postal museum along with an Imax theatre keeps you roaming at this place for a long time. A must visit for young and old alike.

Canada Museum of Nature
Mother Nature will be overwhelmed as at least people are making an effort to understand her. How life started, how man evolved, why dinosaurs got extinct, how do their fossils look like, how to preserve birds and mammals by taxidermy and to take a close look at the creepy crawlies. All this and more at the Nature Museum.

Canada War Museum
A museum dedicated to the braves who colored the soil with their blood. The exhibits on display speak a language of its own – with all the weaponry and uniform’s et al.

National Gallery of Canada
Want to find 800 exhibits of Canadian art out of a total of 1000 works? Then, look no further as this granite crystal palace is your destination. A scenic view of the Parliament Hall and a stroll in the garden laden with the flowerbeds and the tree groves, visit the gallery for its sheer exuberance.

Bytown Museum and Market
Greeted by tradition, this oldest brick building in Ottawa was home to Lieutenant Colonel By, whose relics are on display. As for the market, it’s quite a varied place for your nose and tongue, as maple syrup, fresh fruits and veggies intoxicate your senses.

Laurier House
Built in 1878, this brick home was a resident to two great Canadian Prime Ministers. Now, a historic site it’s filled with the mementos of both the people and their memories.

Hull Chelsea Wakefield Steam train
Embark on a half-day excursion to the scenic countryside on Canada’s oldest operating steam locomotive. Treat yourself to the placid background away from the hustle of the city. Its relaxation mode for your vacation mood.

Montreal

Montreal has 50% French and 50% English speaking people making it a diverse and unique city setting. If you enjoy nightclubs you will love Montreal. Montreal has a European feel to it. Montreal has the world’s tallest inclined tower and was host to the 1976 Summer Olympics. The best time to visit Montreal is during the summer when the city is alive and is in festival mode.

Casino de Montreal
This casino is a 24/7 extravaganza of gambling, food and drink massive it is ranked top 10 in the World for the amount of gaming equipment available. A hot favorite among the tourist, huge crowds come to visit the casino from all over the world as it is considered one of the world’s finest.

Mount Royal
The look from the top of the Mount Royal make the urban walk worth, the top of Mount Royal is divided between the park and two large cemeteries, one can check out the view of downtown Montreal and other magnificent views from the top.

Notre-Dame Basilica (Basilique Notre-Dame)
Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica share the name with the Paris’s monument but they don’t have much in common, the Church was built in 1656 and is widely known as Montreal’s oldest and well preserved catholic church.

Toronto

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fifth largest city in North America. Toronto this city is a great place to live as well as to visit. The people here provide the best reliable service. The city enthralls endless imaginations to the people. The city is one of the clean and peaceful cities in the world. The city also has various museums and also the CN tower which is a prominent landmark in the city.

The CN Tower
The CN Tower is the world’s tallest building. The tower is 1815 feet and 5 inches high and it is listed in the Guinness books of world records. It contains a restaurant, a gift shop and multiple observation decks. The glass floor level deck which is 1122 feet above the ground gives the pleasure of walking over the cloud. Above this is a Look Out Level desk at 1,136 feet then an excellent 360 Revolving Restaurant at the height of 1,150 feet. The fourth level desk is a Sky pod at an elevation of 1,465 feet and it is the world’s highest public observation gallery

The Toronto Zoo
Toronto Zoo located in the northeast forest region of Toronto is home to more than 5000 animals representing over 460 distinct species. The zoo gives an extremely amazing experience of the wild life. The zoo also features the award-winning African Savanna, an excite water play area Splash Island, a largest indoor Gorilla rain forest and a 750 seat Waterside Theatre for entertaining every one.

Rogers Centre
Rogers Centre a multipurpose stadium in Toronto. It is the home to baseball’s Blue Jays and the first stadium to have a fully-retractable motorized roof, as well as a 348-room hotel attached to it, with 70 rooms overlooking the field. The centre has a museum depicting the memorabilia of Rogers centre of past events concerts etc. Rogers Centre is recognized as one of the world’s premiere entertainment centre.

Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum is a major museum for world culture and natural history. The museum exhibits arts, science and archaeology under one roof. It has more the 40 galleries. The evolution gallery in the museum provides an audiovisual of theories of evolution, and the Dinosaur Collection. It has notable collections of dinosaurs, Near Eastern and African art, East Asian art, European history, and Canadian history. An Ancient Egypt Gallery features several mummies.

Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto is dedicated to the history of ice hockey which will thrill both the fans and non-fans of the hockey. It exhibits featuring memorabilia and NHL trophies. It displays goalie masks, skate and stick collections, great players’ jerseys, video displays of big games. The Hockey Hall of Fame has over 300,000 visitors each year.

Kensington Market
Kensington Market is an area where many Russian, Polish, and Jewish inhabitants set up stalls in front of their houses in the early 1900s. This is a very lively and colorful market where on can get any thing from bread to clothes, cheese to mangoes. One can even buy vantage clothes of various community here. It is one of must place to visit in Toronto.

Quebec

Quebec is the home to the winter carnival and hence winter in Quebec’s is the most spectacular time, Quebec is also by far Canada’s most historical city. Quebec over looks the St. Lawrence River and even though Quebec is quiet historical in nature, it also has all of today’s modern conveniences. The downtown core is full of cobbled streets and a lot of market squares and art vendors. There are also many a sightseeing opportunities available but in Quebec if you don’t speak French communicating with the locals may be a problem as Quebec is 95% French speaking.

Sugar Shack
This is where you can see the maple syrup being filtered and produced The Sugar Shack is where the famous 100% pure maple syrup is made, there are no additives in this production, one can also take part in the process as a family or an individual.

Economeseums
The Economuseums are museums of a different type, these museums focus their displays on the traditional knowledge and techniques of various craftspeople. There are almost 30 of different displays, arranging from handmade paper to stained glass and much more.

Natural splendors
Quebec is also naturally beautiful, it is blessed with lots of natural beauty, there are about 20 different gardens in Quebec. Then there are also Chinese garden, Japanese garden, 30 outdoor gardens, a rose garden and 10 greenhouses. If you love the outdoors and nature, this is the place to rejuvenate your senses and be at one with the natural surroundings.

Vancouver

Vancouver is situated on the Pacific Coast and surrounded by beautiful mountains makes Vancouver one of the wonderful places to visit as well as live. There is constant rain in the winter months so that period should be avoided while traveling. There are different attractions, many blocks of restaurants, theatres, shopping malls, Chinatown, Stanley park all just a walking distance. Many travel here for business, as it has a wide array of businesses. Vancouver is also a great destination foe shopping as it does not lack in it’s variety of malls, there are many different malls to choose from and everything you could want to buy is usually going to be in one of them, transportation is also never a problem with its rail, bus and taxi services.

Gastown
Gastown is the place in Vancouver where the night life is, theer are many a nightclubs, restaurants and great shops here, at night Gastown turns into a great scene, as the many nightclubs are booming with lots of people wanting to have a good time.

HR Macmillan Planetarium
One of the best Planetarium in Canada, there are laser shows, a kids corner, simulator and all kinds of great fun, if one is interested in space or is traveling with kids the planetarium is definitely the place to be

Pacific National Exhibition (Playland)
Pacific National Exhibition is a amusement park that features many rides, daily events and sports hall of fame, there are rides for all ages, and perhaps the most thrilling is the large wooden roller coaster, a must visit if traveling with kids and family.