Quai Jacques-Cartier

This pier is the anchor of the Old Port area, home to restaurants, an open-air stage and a handicraft center. Every year the port stages a number of temporary exhibits, shows and events.

Tours of the port area also depart from here, and a ferry goes to Parc Jean-Drapeau. The ferry can also stop at Parc de la Cité-du-Havre, where there’s a restaurant and picnic tables.

Just east of Quai Jacques-Cartier is the Parc du Bassin Bonsecours, a grassy expanse enclosed by a waterway and criss-crossed with footbridges. In summer you can rent paddleboats ($6.50 per half-hour) or remote-control model sailboats; in winter the ice-skaters take over.

There’s a café at the Pavilion du Bassin Bonsecours with outdoor seating in the summer.