Alta Vista
Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries according to the Alta Vista Community Association are that part of Alta Vista Ward south of Smyth Road in the north, north of Walkley Road and east of the Rideau River, and west of the "greenspace underneath Haig Drive". However, the name is ambiguous, as there are several sub-neighbourhoods in this area,, as the neighbourhood could refer to the ward as a whole, down to the core Alta Vista area,, centred on Alta Vista Drive.
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Worth seeing in and around Alta Vista
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Carleton University
Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World War II veterans.
3.6 km · university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 02TD Place Stadium
TD Place Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Lansdowne Park, on the southern edge of The Glebe neighbourhood, where Bank Street crosses the Rideau Canal.
2.8 km · outdoor stadium in Ottawa, Canada · Wikipedia - 03Canada Science and Technology Museum
The Canada Science and Technology Museum is a national museum of science and technology in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum has a mandate to preserve and promote the country's scientific and technological heritage.
2.8 km · science museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Saint Paul University
Saint Paul University is a bilingual Catholic university federated with the University of Ottawa since 1965. It is located on Main Street in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, Ontario.
2.9 km · university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Pretoria Bridge
The Pretoria Bridge is a table bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It crosses the Rideau Canal linking the Glebe and Centretown to Old Ottawa East.
3.6 km · table bridge in Ottawa, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Bank Street Bridge
The Bank Street Bridge, officially known as the Bank Street Canal Bridge, is a bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that carries Bank Street over the Rideau Canal. It links the Glebe to Old Ottawa South.
2.8 km · bridge · Wikipedia - 07St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral
St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral is an Antiochian Eastern-Orthodox cathedral in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3.9 km · church in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 08St. Laurent Centre
The St. Laurent Shopping Centre is a shopping mall located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3.8 km · shopping mall in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia - 09Ottawa Stadium
Ottawa Stadium is a baseball stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with a seating capacity of 10,278. The stadium is located in the city's east end near the interchange of Queensway and Vanier Parkway.
3.5 km · Baseball park · Wikipedia - 10Aberdeen Pavilion
The Aberdeen Pavilion is an exhibition hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Overlooking the Rideau Canal, it is located in Lansdowne Park, Ottawa's historic fairgrounds.
2.8 km · exhibition hall in Ottawa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Alta Vista
- Airports
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier (YOW), 8 km · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau (YUL), 149 km · Syracuse Hancock (SYR), 256 km
- Stations
- Ottawa station, 3.1 km · Tremblay station, 3.2 km · Carleton Station, 3.6 km · Mooney's Bay station, 3 km · Greenboro Station, 3.3 km
- Montréal → Alta Vista162 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · C$24–32
- Hamilton → Alta VistaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Quebec → Alta Vista377 km · quickest by air, 6h 9m · C$140–210
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Alta Vista
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Alta Vista. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHowever, there is a tourist-oriented water taxi that runs between Ottawa and Hull for about $6 one way.
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Next door to Alta Vista
Alta Vista is 5 km from Ottawa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Old Ottawa Southneighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada2.6 km
- Heron Gateneighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada1.2 km
- Lees Avenuehuman settlement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada3.7 km