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HI Ottawa Jail Hostel
A unique accommodation in a historic former prison, offering guests a stay in converted cells and an eerie ambience.
- 75 Nicholas Street
- (613) 235-2595
- https://hihostels.ca/ottawa
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Spending the night in prison doesn’t exactly top out the bucket lists of many travelers (or maybe it does?), but the HI Ottawa Jail Hostel could be an exception. Formerly the Carleton County Gaol from 1862 until it was shut down in 1972, the facilities have since been transformed into a youth city hostel. Old jail cells have been converted into accommodation – cell bars, iron doors, and stone walls still intact. You can also spend some time in the solitary confinement and death row spaces where you will hear ghostly stories about the past.
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