Arriving at the corner of King Edward Avenue and Rideau Street in Ottawa's ByWard Market neighbourhood, you meet a dark-clad tower whose angular silhouette cuts against the low-rise Victorian brick surrounding it — a deliberate act of contrast rather than deference. The building, designed by Lemay Architecture, rises roughly 25 storeys in a dark metal and glass curtain wall articulated by recessed horizontal banding, the tower's faceted crown giving it a quietly contemporary identity in a city better known for its neoclassical federal monuments. Le Germain Hotel Ottawa, which opened in 2017 with 142 rooms, is the Groupe Germain brand's expression of considered urban hospitality transplanted from its Montreal and Quebec City roots into the capital. The interiors, developed under Groupe Germain's longtime design direction, carry the brand's signature material language into every room: wide-plank white oak flooring, exposed concrete ceilings left raw and unadorned, warm-toned wood millwork panels backlit at the media wall, and emerald green velvet chaise longues positioned against floor-to-ceiling glazing. Large-format monochrome photographic prints referencing Ottawa's civic landscape anchor the headboard walls, while woven rattan pendant shades and leather-upholstered lounge chairs in cognac give the ground-floor restaurant a relaxed warmth that the concrete columns alone might otherwise resist. The honeycomb-patterned timber screens dividing the dining room introduce a handcrafted counterpoint to the building's otherwise rigorously minimal industrial palette.

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Set in a funky modern building and a 7-minute walk from the buzzy ByWard Market Square, this polished hotel is 1 km from Parliament Hill, close to downtown, and 14 km from Ottawa International Airport. Stylish rooms with murals include Nespresso coffeemakers, HD TVs, free WiFi and rainfall showerheads. Some rooms offer dining rooms and living rooms, reading areas and a panoramic city view. Parking is available, as well as a gym. Event spaces are also offered.