Things to do in Montreal & Quebec

Montreal is the largest city in Quebec and one of the great French-speaking cities of the world. Its old quarter of grey-stone warehouses and cobbled lanes runs down to the St Lawrence River, the Notre-Dame Basilica glows blue and gold inside, and Mount Royal, the hill the city is named after, gives you a view across downtown from its lookout.

Further along the river, the province opens up. Quebec City's walled old town is a few hours away, the nearby snow parks fill with families in winter, and at Tadoussac, where the Saguenay fjord meets the St Lawrence, boats head out in summer to watch belugas and the great whales that come to feed.