Walk Old Montreal and climb Mount Royal, ride the gondola at Mont-Tremblant, pick apples in the Richelieu Valley, drive through Parc Oméga, or spend a weekend in Québec City, Charlevoix or at Carnaval. We’ve put the stops, routes and practical details together so your day out of Montreal is easier to plan.
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A walking day across Montreal: the gilded nave of Notre-Dame Basilica, the cobbled streets of Old Montreal and the Old Port promenade, lunch at Jean-Talon Market, the stone rowhouses and outside staircases of the Plateau, and a climb up Mount Royal to the Kondiaronk lookout over the city.
Drive north from Montreal into the Laurentians: a lookout hike over Lac Monroe and the Chute du Diable waterfall in Parc national du Mont-Tremblant, lunch in Tremblant's car-free village, the panoramic gondola to the 875 m (2,871 ft) summit, and dinner on Saint-Sauveur's main street on the way home.
Drive east from Montreal into the Eastern Townships: the Victorian village of Knowlton on Brome Lake, a hike to the five lookouts on the summit of Mont Orford, a late lunch on Lake Memphrémagog in Magog, Gregorian chant and monks' cheese at the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, and dinner in lakeside North Hatley.
A fall loop through the Richelieu Valley south-east of Montreal: the 1711 stone fort beside the Chambly rapids, pick-your-own apples and a crêpe lunch at the foot of Mont Saint-Grégoire, a cider tasting in Rougemont, and an afternoon climb to the Pain de Sucre lookout on Mont Saint-Hilaire.
Drive west from Montreal into the Outaouais for a morning in your own car among elk, deer and bison on Parc Oméga's 12 km wildlife road, then an afternoon in the riverside village of Montebello: the log railway station, Louis-Joseph Papineau's manor, the great log château next door, and the falls at Plaisance on the way home.
Two nights inside the walls of Old Québec: the ramparts, the Citadelle and the Plains of Abraham, the stairs and squares of the Lower Town, a ferry ride for the skyline, then Montmorency Falls and the farm villages of Île d'Orléans on the way home to Montreal.
A two-night weekend down the St. Lawrence from Montreal: the waterfall at Canyon Sainte-Anne, lunch and galleries in Baie-Saint-Paul, the Route du Fleuve along the river to La Malbaie, then the free ferry to Tadoussac for a whale-watching cruise where the Saguenay fjord meets the St. Lawrence. Sunday brings a fjord-side walk, belugas from the shore at Pointe-Noire, and the long drive home.
Drive from Montreal to Québec City for the Carnaval de Québec, February 5–14, 2027: Bonhomme's Ice Palace lit up at night, the century-old toboggan slide beside the Château Frontenac, the Lower Town under snow, a free Night Parade, and on the way home the Hôtel de Glace, North America's only ice hotel.
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I’m Greg Pasquariello, a software engineer living in the Pacific Northwest and the owner of Tecnicl LLC. I love a good day trip, and I host a lot of out-of-town visitors who want to know what they can do while they’re here. Greg’s Guides began as the plans I kept putting together for them. Now anyone can use them.
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Château Frontenac hero photo: Wilfredor · CC0. September 2022 photograph; resized and displayed with crop.
