103 ReviewsIt takes you to almost all the places in Montreal, it´s safe and easy way to know the city. The buses are also good, or you can walk to most of the places, too. Bikes are really popular in Montreal as...
9 ReviewsIf you are travelling to Quebec City from the south short and are heading downtown, the Quebec City - Levis ferry offers an alternative to taking the highway and takes you right into downtown Quebec...
13 ReviewsThe options depend on what you want to spend. There is a bus the "747" just outside the terminal for about $10 Canadian. A taxi will be about $40. A regular bus is $3, but you have to get yourself and...
5 ReviewsTraveling from Montreal to Quebec City by bus is fairly easy. It takes about 3 hours, and there are departures every hour on the hour. Once in Quebec City, you can choose to stop in Sainte-Foy, which...
13 ReviewsLocated at 895 de la Gauchetiere West Montréal,QC H3B 4G1,Canada and is underground at the Bonaventure Metro Station and the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The train station is a hub for train travel...
8 ReviewsQuebec's main railway station is the Gare de Palais which is situated towards the Old Port on the edge of Downtown and at the bottom of the hill from the Old City and so is within easy walking...
24 ReviewsIf you have to remember two things about Montreal, remember these two:
1)For the Americans:
First, quebec time works like military time. Aka 17h00 is 5PM, 13h00 is 1PM. So be aware when you things...
14 ReviewsThis is the easiest way to go between the Lower and Upper Towns. It goes from la Place des Armes (near the Terrasse Dufferin) in the Upper Town and the Louis Jolliet House at le Quartier du Petit...
27 ReviewsPassenger check-in area is always a very busy, hectic and sometimes confusing place. ARRIVE EARLY, and be prepared for long line-ups!! There are numerous shops, restaurants, cafés, currency exchange,...
5 ReviewsFrom Montreal to Quebec City is an easy 3-hour drive right up either Canadian Highway 20 or Canadian Highway 40. 40 skirts the north edge of the St Lawrence River while 20 runs just to the south of...
9 ReviewsIf you are tempted to use the BIXI, the Montreal version of the city rental bike system you should be warned. The bike ride may cost more than a limosine unless you familiarize yourself with the...
5 ReviewsIf you are not staying in the city centre, or if you want to venture out further afield, the city is well provided with local bus services run by the RTC. At the time of writing (April 2009) the...
6 ReviewsThe RESO, Montreal's underground city-within-a-city, is very easy to navigate with well sigposted "streets". There are maps at the main entrances, computerised search facilities and even information...
5 ReviewsWhen you come to explore Quebec City.....it is imperative that you bring good footwear along with you...
To really see and experience Old Quebec City I think the best way to see the most if its...
30 ReviewsBasically, whatever you feel like doing will get you around Montreal. if you wanted to be informative and enjoy the french way of travelling the carriage ride is an excellent one. If you want to enjoy...
3 ReviewsThe Jean Lesage International Airport is about 30 minutes from downtown Quebec. Air Canada links cities such as Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, and destinations around the province. Other major...
2 ReviewsA special way to explore Old-Montréal is by horse drawn carriage , locally known as "calèche".
A tour lasts half a hour and costs CAD 45 all-in.
Tours depart from:
-The perimeter of Place...
1 ReviewAllo Stop is by far the cheapest and fastest way to travel between Quebec City and Montreal. This carpooling service has been around for over 20 years now and it is both safe and effective. All you...
2 ReviewsIt truly makes sense...warmer days, motorcycling is IT. To this day I laugh to a very humble photo that tells it all...this is Montreal for you...red high heel shoes, short shorts and a free mind on a...
1 ReviewA very popular way to enjoy the city of Quebec was by horse and carriage and obviously a very romantic thing to do in the night time I guess if you were with a friend.
I didn't bother taking one...
If you depend on public transport, getting to the Laurentians is best done with the bus that goes from Montreal's main bus station. The Galland group is the one that runs the only bus to the area. It took more or less 3 hours from St Jovite to Montreal with all the stops on the way. It was a pretty drive, bus was clean and comfortable bus timetablehttp://www.autobusgalland.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Horaire-Juillet2012.pdfI was staying in St Jovite, which is a suburb of Mont Tremblant. There was a good local bus that ran until fairly late at night.
Tough old bush plane
by Bwana_Brown
During my June, 1990 business trip to Hydro-Quebec's huge complex of dams at Radisson, near Hudson Bay, we were treated to an all-day fishing trip on the shores of the Bay. A total of 18 people were flown 100 miles further north to Hudson Bay in two venerable bush planes. DeHavilland Canada 'Otters', the one shown here was built in 1957, are the workhorses of northern Canada and are amazingly durable. Otters were specially developed as a tough bush plane, with 466 of them being built between 1951-1967. Here one of ours is moving away from the jetty at Radisson as it prepares for lift-off. It still has the original big old round radial engine, but many Otters were later converted to a more powerful and streamlined turbine engine and are called 'Turbo Otters'.We had a good view of the countryside as we flew north and we could also watch the pilot's actions in the cockpit of our airplane....
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Metro de Montreal
by ATXtraveler
Since the 1960's, Quebec's public transportation system has been a leader. In Montreal specifically, the Metro system is a great way to get from one side of the city to the other efficiently without braving the cold of winter.This is especially nice when travelling more than three or four blocks, as your face may likely freeze off!Of particular interest is the metro station located in Victoria Square, which appears to be fashioned after a metro station in Paris. Individual tickets are $1.75, or a three day visitors pass will run you $17 as of 2007.
Car Ferry MV 'Madeleine'
by Bwana_Brown
For our trip to the not easy to reach Iles de la Madeleine, we booked ourselves for passage on the car-ferry 'Madeleine', about 2-weeks before we planned to leave. In peak season, it is best to book even further in advance. The 'Madeleine' is a 400 foot, 6800 ton, 20 knot Roll-On Roll-Off ferry, capable of carrying 700 passengers as well as numerous vehicles and semi-trailer trucks. She was built in Cork, Ireland in 1981 and began her life as the 'Isle of Inisturk' in the Irish Ferry service. The Madeleine was purchased in July, 1997 to take over the Prince Edward Island run for the small chain of islands. This particular route leaves Souris, PEI at 2 PM in the afternoon for the 5-hour run, and returns with an 8 AM departure from the Islands. During the heavy ice months of February and March voyages can be dependent on the weather conditions.Due to their islolated location, the islands...
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A car provides great flexibility
by Bwana_Brown
Quebec is a big province with lots of things to see and do. As a result, taking either your own vehicle or a rental really is adviseable if you want to be free to explore at your leisure. We took our own car to the Isles de la Madeleine and the Gaspe and have made several drives through the southern part of Quebec as well. This van was a business rental I used to travel to Montreal and, on our way home, we stopped in this field for a picnic outside Quebec City, on beautiful Isle d'Orleans in the St. Lawrence River.Roads are excellent in Quebec with many divided four-lane highways in the 'core' of the province around the Montreal and Quebec City areas. Coming from New Brunswick, it takes about 1 hour to cross the Gaspe Peninsula to Riviere du Loup on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence. From there, it is a 2-hour drive to Quebec City and another 2-hours beyond there will get you to...
Enjoy the Views from the Ferry
by AKtravelers
North of Quebec City, where the people are few and the river is broad, there are no more bridges across the St. Lawrence. That means travel is by ferry. For the vacationer with leisure time, this is good -- a chance to get out of the car and enjoy the view of the mighty river. Often, we have seen marine mammals on our crossings. In 2001 when we crossed from Trois Pistoles, we saw minque whales and dolphins. In 2004, the (free) crossings of the Saguenay between Baie Ste-Catherine and Tadoussac gave us our only views of belugas. So, don't waste your time by sitting in your car during a ferry crossing!
Snowmobile Rides
by Simonneeddy
Excellent groomed trails accross the province for snowmobiles. They can be rented at most resorts or towns.
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