Summer Rodeo Guide 2025
When you think of Montreal and Quebec, you can think of many things: field hockey(go Habs go), artists (Riopelle, of course), the city's modernist architecture and plateau brownstones, poutine, pontoons on lakes, lumber...
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This small town 45 minutes from Montreal organizes a giant hot-air balloon show every year.
In Montreal, it sometimes seems that everything you need to get through the summer is available on the island - the tam-tams, our iced matchas, the music stages of summer festivals, the markets, the terraces of microbr...
This village, a 45-minute drive from Montreal, is perfect for an afternoon by the river…
Quebec is a region of water - you can't throw a stone without it ricocheting. There are lakes, rivers and the river. , we do pontoon-soft cream-bronzette. , we collect shells, oysters and cliffs. And what do you do by t...
45 minutes from Montreal, this municipality has preserved its small-town charm.
Montreal is a small island (some compare the city to a mini-New York), so all the excitement of spicy city life is concentrated here. Sometimes, like now in spring, we find ourselves hanging around the edges of comm...
Visit this village 2 hours from Montreal for its old-world charm.
A short two-hour drive from Montreal, just long enough to listen to an episode or two of a podcast or two of Lady Gaga's new album, you can step back in time and spend some time in an ultra-charming municipality where t...
This municipality, 4 hours from Montreal, is a jewel of ecotourism on the water’s edge.
Sometimes, living in the city, we forget that the Quebec region is one of the most beautiful in the country. It's vast, and once you get away from the big cities, you can wander through the deep forest, over the big fla...
This Ontario farm offers U-pick of 3 million tulips, and opens at the end of April.
Look out! It's tulip season! Get out your gardening gloves and wide-brimmed hats! It's less than a 7-hour drive from Montreal: the tulip festival at TASC Tulip Pick Farm in Ontario is a change of scenery, but not too...
The most beautiful sunrises in Quebec are to be found in this village less than 5 hours from Montreal.
For our next weekend at the water's edge, and less than 5 hours' drive from Montreal, we're going to take our favorite route: Highway 40, which follows the north shore of the St. Lawrence River northwards. Villages b...
This village, 2 hours from Montreal, is a treasure trove of Quebec’s river heritage.
Ah, the river! In Montreal, it's the touristy viewpoint where we once saw a whale, and the cause of the most icy wind, which means that here, the brushing is offered by the weather. But the St. Lawrence River was ori...
This charming village, 1h30 from Montreal, holds its annual rodeo in June.
Whether you're a Montrealer by birth, by adoption or just passing through, you'll appreciate the unique vibe of the Quebec metropolis; cosmopolitan, artistic, at the cultural intersection of Europe and America... But...