Ontario Hotels

On Jan 30, 6:53*pm, (Ed Treijs) wrote:
In article ,

Lee wrote:
I decided to go ahead and book the (strangely named) Saucy Willow Inn
at Coboconk. We will stay there three nights on the 3rd, 4th & 5th
September. Next is to plan a route cross-country from Coboconk towards
Ottawa

There are three possible routes.

You can go up highway 35 to highway 60, drive east through Algonquin Park,
follow 60 through the small Canadian shield towns to Renfrew, and then
southeast to Ottawa via 17/417. *Longest route but you also get to see
Algonquin Park.

You could make your way down to highway 7, which runs all the way to Ottawa
and is pretty scenic between about Marmora and Tweed. You could use this route
to check out Lindsay and Peterborough, although this will slow you down. *(You
could avoid Lindsay and Peterborough by driving through Fenelon Falls and
Bobcaygeon, but getting down to 7 from around Buckhorn will take some
navigation.)

Or you can go to Buckhorn as above, and then take highway 28 up to Bancroft
and follow 28/41/132 to Renfrew, then to Ottawa via 17/417.

The simplest and most scenic route is the 35/60/17 combination, but it's also
a full day's drive.

The southern route via 7 lets you look at Lindsay (sometimes aka Kawartha
Lakes) and Peterborough, and in eastern Ontario Tweed (a nice mid-size town)
and Carleton Place (larger, largely commuter town).

All three routes spend quite a bit of time in Candian shield country.

and to find a nice play to stay either in or near Ottawa. I've
looked at the Lord Elgin that has been suggested above and that is
currently on my short list but I need some others to compare. I don't
mind staying half an hour outside of the city, preferably on the West
or South side. If anyone has suggestions of a pleasant route that is
not hugely off track then I would like to hear about it, same goes for
places to visit on the way. I've found a couple of nice places in
Perth, what is that area like?

Perth is a nice historic town. *It's a considerable drive from Ottawa, though;
count on at least a hour one-way.

There are historic towns along the Rideau River/canal system where I'm sure
you can get a very nice hotel or B&B. *I haven't lived in Ottawa for years, so
maybe someone else can make better suggestions, or search on "Rideau canal".
Merrickville is supposed to be very nice.
For example, look athttp://www.rideau-info.com/canal/accom-inns.html

Kanata is a ready-made suburb, I imagine kind of like Milton Keynes. I wouldn't
stay there for vacation (and I don't think it's an interesting place to live,
either). *Stittsville has obviously grown into a bedroom town; you may care
to live there, but it isn't a vacation destination. I'd stick to Ottawa or the
Rideau towns.

Many thanks for your comments on the routes and on the towns in
Ottawa.

I have just come accross what looks like a fantastic place to stay!
The Gasthaus Switzerland Inn (http://
www.gasthausswitzerlandinn.com/) , in downtown Ottawa. It looks to
have a great central location and a honeymoon suite to die for.
Anybody come accross this place before? It's not cheap, $800 for three
nights, but I've kind of given up on my budget and accepted that you
only have a honeymoon once. We're not talking way over budget, we have
the money so why not make the most of it. So far we're spending about
$900 for the first three nights, $450 for the second three nights,
that one I mentioned above is $800 and we will then look for a
relatively cheap place to stay on the North Coast of Lake Ontario for
2 nights before heading to Toronto for our final 2 nights.