Day drive
Eastern Townships food road
Montréal → Bromont → Knowlton → Sutton → MontréalA soft-edged loop of village streets, farm shops, cider and low hills that becomes particularly lovely when the leaves turn.
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Montréal
Montréal gives you a city worth lingering in and countryside that changes character quickly: orchard roads south of the river, wooded Laurentian hills to the north and the St Lawrence leading east.
FLY INTOYUL
STAY IN THE CITY2–3 nights
BEST FORAutumn colour, food roads & old towns
Why begin here
City first.
Open road next.
It works especially well in autumn, when the city’s food and neighbourhoods can lead into small-town markets, cider stops and forest colour. Québec City and Charlevoix turn that short escape into a much larger journey.
Official Montréal visitor information ↗Drives from Montréal
Pick the road
that fits.
A worthwhile drive does not need a fortnight. Start with a free day, disappear for two nights or let this city become the first chapter of the whole holiday.
Two-night escape
Laurentians lake weekender
Montréal → Saint-Sauveur → Val-David → Mont-Tremblant → MontréalForested hills, clear lakes and one settled base, close enough for a weekend but far enough to feel the city fall away.
Longer road trip
Québec in full colour
Montréal → Québec City → Île d’Orléans → Baie-Saint-Paul → La MalbaieOld streets, farm roads and the broad St Lawrence, finishing among the river views and small towns of Charlevoix.