OTAWA

TOMAS CAMACHO
ITINERARY

• 8:30 MUSEMS
• 9:30 WEATHER
• 10:30FESTIVAL
• 11:30 LUNCH
• 1:30 A LITTLE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT HILL
MUSEUMS
• START THIS CULTURAL TOUR ENJOYING THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OTTAWA HAS NO LESS THAN 29
MUSEUMS, 12 OF WHICH ARE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL MUSEUMS. THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY,
LONG CALLED THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS, OFFERS AN EXCITING JOURNEY THROUGH TEN
CENTURIES OF CANADIAN HISTORY. THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE AND THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM
ALSO OFFER AN INTERESTING TOUR TO GET TO KNOW THE COUNTRY AND ITS CULTURE. THE CANADIAN
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS PRESERVES RELEVANT AND VARIED COLLECTIONS OF ART, FROM SCULPTURES TO
PRINTS, THROUGH PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MUSEUM, ONE OF THE WELL-
KNOWN CHANDELIERS BY THE ARTIST LOUISE BOURGEOIS STANDS OUT. THIS MASTERFUL BRONZE
SCULPTURE LOOKS DOWN ON VISITORS TO ONE OF CANADA'S OLDEST CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
WEATHER

• MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND 26 ° IN SUMMER AND 0 ° IN WINTER. ON AVERAGE, IT RAINS 7

DAYS A MONTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE CLIMATE OF CANADA IS VARIED AND FOR THE SAME DAY
THERE CAN BE GREAT DIFFERENCES IN THE ATMOSPHERIC WEATHER OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
FESTIVAL
• OTTAWA IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE CITY OF FESTIVALS. AS WITH MONTREAL AND TORONTO, THE CAPITAL
HOSTS NUMEROUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ONE OF THE FESTIVALS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT MISS
IS THE OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL. THIS FESTIVAL, CREATED IN 1980 BY THE MUSICIANS OF THE REGION,
PRESERVES THE FRESHNESS AND SPONTANEITY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS. INNUMERABLE EVENING
CONCERTS ARE IMPROVISED AND THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS DO NOT
HESITATE TO ATTEND THE APPOINTMENT. MANY CELEBRATIONS ARE COMMEMORATED IN THE CAPITAL,
BUT TWO OF THOSE THAT HOLD A SPECIAL AND SYMBOLIC PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
OTTAWA ARE THE TULIP FESTIVAL AND CANADA DAY.
LUNCH
MAIN COURSE DRINKS DESSERT
• SÁNDWICH BOEUF FUMÉ • ICE WINE TREMPETTES

• BRAISED LAMB SHANK • GINGER ALE PECAN PIE

• POUTINE • NORTHERN CANADIAN MOJITO BEAVER TAIL

A LITTLE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT HILL
• PARLIAMENT HILL, PARLIAMENT HILL, THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL EPICENTER OF THE CITY, IS THE TRUE
SYMBOL OF OTTAWA. FROM THE FIRST MORNING, ALTHOUGH EXCLUSIVELY DURING THE SUMMER, YOU CAN
ATTEND THE TRADITIONAL CEREMONY OF THE RELAY OF THE GUARD. ENJOY THE ANGLO-SAXON ATMOSPHERE
THAT REIGNS IN PARLIAMENT HILL AND DISCOVER WHAT PARLIAMENTARY LIFE WAS LIKE IN THE LATE 19TH
CENTURY. VISIT THE CENTER BLOCK BUILDING, WHICH HOUSES THE SENATE HEADQUARTERS, THE LIBRARY
OF PARLIAMENT, AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ADMIRE THE MAGNIFICENT CLOCK ON THE TOWER OF
PEACE. IN WINTER, PARLIAMENT HILL'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS ARE ADORNED WITH A THOUSAND LIGHTS TO
MARK THE HOLIDAYS. TO END THE DAY WITHOUT STRAYING FROM THE ARTS, WHY NOT GO TO THE
ASTROLABE THEATER? TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE!