#47 best destination in the world
Mount Royal, Montreal
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
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
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
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
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
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
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