Montreal & Quebec City - Day Trips from Montreal (PDF Chapter)
This is the Day Trips from Montréal chapter from Lonely Planet’s Montreal & Quebec City guidebook.
Want to escape the city? This chapter includes the very best excursions from Montreal & Quebec City and they can each be completed in a day. Must-sees include Trois-Rivières and The Laurentians.
- Midway between Montréal and Québec City, Trois-Rivières makes a pleasant stopover, with its attractive riverfront backed by a small cluster of museums and historic buildings
- Montréal’s backyard mountain playground, the Laurentians offer countless recreational opportunities, including hiking, downhill and cross-country skiing, and cycling on a 230km converted railway bed
- Québec meets New England in the pretty Eastern Townships, with a landscape of rolling hills, sparkling waterways and farms specializing in cider, wine, cheese and maple syr-up
Coverage includes: Trois-Rivières, The Laurentians, The Eastern Town-ships.
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