Downtown Bed and Breakfast and Spa, Ottawa

Here, at 263 McLeod Street, in Canada's capitol city, Ottawa, in the heart of its beautiful downtown neighbourhoods and exciting nightlife, "Natural Choice" is a serene yet exotic delight. Let it be your gate into this remarkable city, and your calm retreat after a busy day.

Across the street from the Museum of Nature and its adjacent well-treed park, is "Natural Choice", the Edwardian home of Siri Bandhu and Harimandir Khalsa. A lush organic garden greets you as you walk up the path and many large windows make this home almost as sunny as your hosts' warm and friendly smiles.

We will put together for you a personal spa program. It can include yoga exercises and meditations for healing. Private sessions of the following therapies are also available, Iridology, Heart recentering, Kundalini yoga and meditation classes,Satnam Rasayan, Craniosacral therapy,Deep tissue massage therapy,Natural wraps and facials,Hot stone massage,Acupuncture.

We offer our guests naturally delicious, often organic gourmet food. Healthy eating is never boring. There is an entire orchestra of foods on the breakfast table the Khalsa's prepare for you: homemade muesli, organic spelt bread, orange-pineapple-banana juice, seasonal jams, fresh fruit salad and local melons.

If you are sensitive to cow's milk or on a low fat diet, you may choose organic soy milk. A diverse assortment of green, brown and black teas are stored in a hand-crafted chest in the hall and are always available. A hot pot immediately provides steaming hot water.