Create Your Own Sightseeing Map in Ottawa, Canada

Creating a self-guided walk to explore Ottawa is easy. Choose the attractions that interest you the most, and let our software create a walking route based on your selections. Afterward, retrieve your walk in the GPSmyCity app on your mobile device. The app will guide you from one tour stop to the next as if you had a personal tour guide. Our short tutorial video shows the steps needed to create your walk.

Step 1: Select Attractions

Select "Interface" below to select the 'List' or 'Map' interface. Use "Filter Sights" to filter attractions by category. Maximum 20 sights per walk. If you select the 'Map' interface, click a map pin to view the sight information and select the sight.
Interface*:
Filter Sights*:
Alpha Art Gallery
Animals in War Memorial
Arts Court
Avant-Garde
Babylon Nightclub
Bank Street
Barrymores Music Hall
Beckta Dining & Wine
Billings Bridge Shopping Centre
Billings Estate Museum
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Bridgehead
ByWard Market (must see)
Bytown Museum
Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canadian Children's Museum
Canadian Museum of History (must see)
Canadian Museum of Nature (must see)
Canadian Tulip Festival
Canadian War Museum (must see)
Carleton County Jail
Central Chambers and Bell Block
Christ Church Cathedral
Confederation Building
Connaught Building
Cornerstone Bar and Grill
D'arcy McGee's Irish Pub
Dancing Bear Sculpture
Dow's Lake
Earnscliffe
Fairmont Château Laurier
First Baptist Church
Former Geological Survey of Canada Building
Friday's Roast Beef House
Galerie d'Art Jean-Claude-Bergeron
Garden of Light
Great Canadian Theatre
Heart & Crown
Knox Presbyterian Church
Koyman Galleries
L.A. Pai Art & Jewelry Gallery
Laurier House
Library of Parliament
Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Lower Town
Major's Hill Park (must see)
Maple Leaf Souvenirs
Mayfair Theatre
Mercury Lounge
National Arts Centre
National Gallery of Canada (must see)
National War Memorial
Nepean Museum
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica (must see)
Odyssey Theatre
Office of the Prime Minister Building
Old City Hall
Ottawa Art Gallery
Ottawa Cigar Emporium
Ottawa Little Theater
Ottawa Normal School
Parliament Hill and Buildings (must see)
Peace Tower
Peacekeeping Monument
Pub 101
Rideau Canal National Historic Site (must see)
Rideau Hall (must see)
Rideau Street
Royal Canadian Mint
SAW Gallery
Saint Brigid's Church
Saint Joseph Parish
Saint Patrick's Basilica
Sainte-Anne Catholic Church
Scottish Ontario Chambers
Snow Goose Gallery
Sparks Street
St. Alban's Anglican Church
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral
St. Paul's Eastern United Church
Supreme Court of Canada
The Church of Saint John the Evangelist
The Maman Statue
The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
The Rainbow Bistro
The Three Watchmen
Trattoria Caffe Italia
Valiants Memorial
Wall Space Gallery
Wallack Galleries
War of 1812 Monument
Willson Carbide Mill

Step 2: Select Starting Point

Indicate walk's starting point which can be either one of the selected sights (shown on the map in 'Step 3') or a custom sight of choice, e.g. your hotel or a metro station.
Select One*:
Enter Place Name*:
GPS Coordinates*: Locate the place on map
Choose a Hotel*:
Starting Point*:

Step 3: Create/Update Route

The selected attractions are displayed on the map below.
Your walk is not saved yet. To save it, please proceed to the final 'Step 4' below.

Step 4: Save Your Custom Walk

Enter a name for your custom walk, along with your email address, in the fields below. You will receive the instructions for retrieving your custom walk in the GPSmyCity app by email. The GPSmyCity app offers turn-by-turn travel directions to guide you from one attraction to the next.
Walk Name*:
Email*: