Travel Stories

• wildlife and nature

• activities

6 min read • Sep 13, 2019

Travel writer Mike MacEacheran stepped into the wilds of Québec just outside of Montréal to see what adventures he could find. Here's what he discovered.

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Aug 6, 2019

‘Bonjour-hi!’ Montréal’s breezy, unofficial greeting is a fitting welcome to a city where French and English mingle in covered markets, cobblestone…

• family travel

• connections

5 min read • Jul 2, 2019

In the Saint-Michel neighborhood of Montreal, a collection of buildings make up a kind of 'Cirque City.' It’s here you’ll find the National Circus School,…

• food

• food and drink

6 min read • Jun 4, 2019

Recreational cannabis use is legal in Canada, and globetrotting connoisseurs love to get high in the Great White North. But if you choose to partake, how…

• food

• food and drink

4 min read • Mar 29, 2019

The Eastern Townships of Canada have always been a draw for Montrealers looking to escape the city and for skiers who prefer quiet backcountry slopes to…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Mar 18, 2019

Tremblant, a bilingual pedestrian village in Quebec’s Laurentian mountains, is known as one of the best ski resorts in Eastern North America and welcomes…

• festivals and events

• art and culture

5 min read • Jul 20, 2018

The FME music festival in Quebec, Canada, just might be the most eclectic music festival in North America, with up to 70 live performers in a variety of…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Jun 27, 2018

Awakening from the slumber of a long winter, summer in Montréal is an extravaganza of options. An international metropolis dressed in the charm and…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Feb 12, 2018

In Québec City, the capital of French Canada, winters are ridiculously long (it can snow anytime from October to May) and residents have learned to make…

• festivals and events

• art and culture

6 min read • Jun 1, 2017

Youthful. Charismatic. Adventurous. Not words strongly associated with high-profile politicians, but they’re often used to describe Canadian Prime…

• festivals and events

• art and culture

5 min read • Mar 2, 2017

From late October to mid-April, Québec province becomes Canada’s icy adventure playground, and skiers flock here in droves to take to the slopes.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

5 min read • Dec 15, 2014

From moose spotting in the Forêt Montmorency to whale watching in the Baie Ste-Catherine, Québec is the Canada of epic nature, big wildlife and wide-open…

• road trips

• destination practicalities

4 min read • Jun 4, 2012

It is hard to leave the soulful plazas and glass-clinking cafes of Québec City, but a journey beyond the walled town brings big rewards. Blue whales,…

• food

• food and drink

4 min read • Jun 4, 2012

It can be tough to leave the fairy-tale world of Old Québec, a perfectly preserved colonial town neatly packaged inside 400yr-old fortified walls. The…