self-guided audio walks · ottawa
Parliament’s fires, the canal’s locks, two centuries of breakfast.
Nearly two hundred landmarks, each with a narrated story. Most people give the capital an afternoon and see the buildings from the outside. Walk it with Roava and the stories find you — landmark by landmark, from wherever you happen to be standing.
your first three stories in Ottawa are free · one-time city pass, no subscription
what you get in ottawa
A guide who knows where to send you next.
Most audio guides read you the plaque. Every Roava story is researched, written and produced the way a great guide tells it — because that is what it is.
Parliament and the locks, yes — and the market’s two hundred years of stubborn barrow sellers, Sparks Street’s storefronts, the basilica’s tin spires. Nearly two hundred places, all of them within walking distance of each other.
Every candidate is scored before a word is written: is there a story here you would cross the street for, or just a plaque? It earns its minutes or it is cut.
Narrated in English with a synced transcript, one landmark at a time. No group, no umbrella, no schedule to fall behind — linger, detour, stop for coffee, pick it up tomorrow.
photo: shankar s. · CC BYstops in ottawa
Nearly two hundred places. One at a time.
A few of the places the guide sends you to, and the reason each one is worth standing in. Ask for history, or markets, or anything at all — it picks what is worth the walk from where you are.
historicphoto: Saffron Blaze · CC BY-SAParliament Hill
Gothic spires, a catastrophic fire, and the lawn where a nation gathers to argue.
historicphoto: Robert Linsdell · CC BYThe Ottawa Locks
The hand-cut shortcut that made Ottawa possible — a staircase made of water.
markets & squaresphoto: Jcart1534 · CC BY-SAByWard Market
Maple syrup, stubborn barrow sellers, and two hundred years of breakfast.
three free, then one pass
Hear three stories before you decide.
Your first three landmark stories in Ottawa are free — full length, start to finish. No card, no trial running down while you are still deciding whether you like it.
When you want the rest, one pass unlocks Ottawa. One payment, not a subscription — and nothing on this page expires if you come back next spring.
photo: Robert Linsdell · CC BYYour walk is waiting.
Start anywhere downtown. The guide offers you three places worth walking to, the story begins when you arrive, and the capital stops being a set of buildings you photographed from the road.