#47 best destination in the world

Mount Royal, Montreal

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Best time to travel: March-May, Sept-Nov
Ease of travel: Easy
Cost ($-$$-$$$): $

  • Large intrusive rock hill or small mountain in the city of Montreal
  • The best-known hypothesis for the origin of the name Montreal is that the name is taken from Mount Royal

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

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Best time to travel: March-May, Sept-Nov
Ease of travel: Easy
Cost ($-$$-$$$): $

  • Largest art museum in Canada by gallery space
  • Founded in 1860, it is the oldest art museum in Canada
  • The permanent collection included approximately 44,000 works in 2013
  • In 2020, it was the most visited art museum in Canada

Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal

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Best time to travel: March-May, Sept-Nov
Ease of travel: Easy
Cost ($-$$-$$$): $

  • Regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture
  • Unusual for a church, the stained glass windows along the walls of the sanctuary do not depict biblical scenes, but rather scenes from the religious history of Montreal

La Ronde, Montreal

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Best time to travel: March-May, Sept-Nov
Walk difficulty: Easy
Ease of travel: Easy
Cost ($-$$-$$$): $

  • Amusement park in Montreal built as the entertainment complex for Expo 67, the 1967 World Fair
  • Today, it is operated by Six Flags and is the largest amusement park in Quebec
  • It is located on the Northern tip of Saint Helen’s Island, which is a man-made extension to the island in the space where the small Ronde Island had been
  • The park hosts L’International des Feux Loto-Québec, an international fireworks competition

Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau

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Best time to travel: June-Sept
Ease of travel: Easy
Cost ($-$$-$$$): $

  • National museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology
  • The museum’s collection contains over three million artifacts and documents

Mont Tremblant Resort

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Best time to travel: Jan-Feb, Nov-Dec
Ease of travel: Moderate
Cost ($-$$-$$$): $

  • Year-round resort in the Laurentian Mountains
  • It is best known as a ski destination, but also features Lake Tremblant suitable for swimming and two golf courses in the summer
  • The mountain and resort are part of the Mont-Tremblant National Park and are both located near the village of Mont-Tremblant

Château Frontenac

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Best time to travel: Jan-Feb, June-Sept, Dec
Ease of travel: Easy
Cost ($-$$-$$$): $

  • Historic hotel in Quebec City, built by the Canadian Pacific Railway company
  • Opened in 1893, the Châteauesque-styled building is one of the first completed grand railway hotels