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Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City
Lonely The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stroll down the cobblestone streets of Old Montreal, cycle through the Parc des Champs de Bataille, or enjoy the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Montreal and Quebec City and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City Travel Full-color maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices Honest reviews for all budget - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including customs, history, art, literature, cinema, music, architecture, and politics Free, convenient pull-out Montreal & Quebec City map (included in print version), plus over 28 color neighborhood maps Useful features - including Month-by-Month (annual festival calendar), For Free, and Day Trips Coverage of Old Montreal, Downtown, Plateau Mont-Royal, Little Italy, Mile End, Outremont, and more eBook (Best viewed on tablet devices) Zoom-in maps and images bring it all up close and in greater detail Downloadable PDF and offline maps let you stay offline to avoid roaming and data charges Seamlessly flip between pages Easily navigate and jump effortlessly between maps and reviews Speedy search capabilities get you to what you need and want to see Use bookmarks to help you shoot back to key pages in a flash Visit the websites of our recommendations by touching embedded links Adding notes with the tap of a finger offers a way to personalize your guidebook experience Inbuilt dictionary to translate unfamiliar languages and decode site-specific local terms The Perfect Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City,our most comprehensive guide to Montreal and Quebec City, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less traveled. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Canada guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer, or Lonely Planet's Discover Canada, a photo-rich guide to the country's most popular attractions. Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Timothy N Hornyak, and Gregor Clark.About Lonely Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-
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First published November 1, 2012
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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September 30, 2024Just finished reading this at a cafe in Montreal, and suffice to say…I’m loving Quebec
July 1, 2025
Between this book and the Fodor's guide of the same name, we got great info that we used on our trip to Montreal and Quebec City.
Montreal:
Hiking Mt. Royal, including a stop at the lookout at the Chalet du Mont-Royal.
Exploring Old Montreal, where people were out dancing on the square and we got ice cream. Visiting McGill University. We saw the football stadium on our way up toward the Mt. Royal hike. We also loved the nearby breakfast restaurant called The Pigeon.
Biking across the bridge to Ile St Helene, where we saw the Biosphere
Exploring the Mile End neighborhood, where we tossed a ball in a park, went to thrift shops, and spotted the bookstore Joie de Livres.
Staying at the Hotel Bonaventure, which was not far from Old Montreal and which had a great outdoor pool (open year round!). It was also across the street from the train station and from rental car companies, where we picked up our car to drive to Quebec City.
Quebec City: Exploring Old Quebec City (including the Citadel, Chateau Frontenac, and Basilique Notre Dame)
Walking across the bridge over Montmorency Falls (and taking the steps up/down)
Exploring Ile d'Orleans (where we bought fresh strawberries on a strawberry farm)
Walking across the Plains of Abraham on our way to the Citadel
Exploring the neighborhood St Jean-Baptiste, where I saw the prettiest public library in a converted church and we had great brick oven pizza on a patio and amazing ice cream
Staying at the Hotel le Concorde, where we had dinner at the restaurant on the top floor that rotates once every 90 minutes.
In-between: We stopped at Trois Rivieres, which was a cute town to stop for a meal. If we'd had the time, it would have been fun to explore their interesting museums, one in an old prison and one in an old paper mill. One of the books suggested taking the scenice route (King's Highway) from Montreal to Quebec City and stopping through Trois Rivieres. The scenic route was a good idea, but the prettiest part of the drive is between Trois Rivieres and Quebec City. For the sake of time, I'd suggest taking the fast route from Montreal to Trois Rivieres and then switching to the scenic route from there.
Montreal:
Hiking Mt. Royal, including a stop at the lookout at the Chalet du Mont-Royal.
Exploring Old Montreal, where people were out dancing on the square and we got ice cream. Visiting McGill University. We saw the football stadium on our way up toward the Mt. Royal hike. We also loved the nearby breakfast restaurant called The Pigeon.
Biking across the bridge to Ile St Helene, where we saw the Biosphere
Exploring the Mile End neighborhood, where we tossed a ball in a park, went to thrift shops, and spotted the bookstore Joie de Livres.
Staying at the Hotel Bonaventure, which was not far from Old Montreal and which had a great outdoor pool (open year round!). It was also across the street from the train station and from rental car companies, where we picked up our car to drive to Quebec City.
Quebec City: Exploring Old Quebec City (including the Citadel, Chateau Frontenac, and Basilique Notre Dame)
Walking across the bridge over Montmorency Falls (and taking the steps up/down)
Exploring Ile d'Orleans (where we bought fresh strawberries on a strawberry farm)
Walking across the Plains of Abraham on our way to the Citadel
Exploring the neighborhood St Jean-Baptiste, where I saw the prettiest public library in a converted church and we had great brick oven pizza on a patio and amazing ice cream
Staying at the Hotel le Concorde, where we had dinner at the restaurant on the top floor that rotates once every 90 minutes.
In-between: We stopped at Trois Rivieres, which was a cute town to stop for a meal. If we'd had the time, it would have been fun to explore their interesting museums, one in an old prison and one in an old paper mill. One of the books suggested taking the scenice route (King's Highway) from Montreal to Quebec City and stopping through Trois Rivieres. The scenic route was a good idea, but the prettiest part of the drive is between Trois Rivieres and Quebec City. For the sake of time, I'd suggest taking the fast route from Montreal to Trois Rivieres and then switching to the scenic route from there.
January 13, 2023
I'm old, so I still carry Lonely Planets with me, more as talismans at this point than as reference guides (I mean, you can find more accurate and up-to-date information on restaurants and transportation literally anywhere online...). I've been planning trips with these books for 25+ years, since back when they were pretty much the only source of the information they contained.
That being said, I bought this when it came out in early 2020, and wasn't able to actually make the trip until January 2023. So it goes.
It's a solid guidebook, but I kind of wish they had a bit more about the history and the politics (though in writing that I'm well aware that that's not why most people are buying these guides - after all, they started putting all the historical/cultural info at the back of the books about a decade ago because clearly no one was reading those sections!).
That being said, I bought this when it came out in early 2020, and wasn't able to actually make the trip until January 2023. So it goes.
It's a solid guidebook, but I kind of wish they had a bit more about the history and the politics (though in writing that I'm well aware that that's not why most people are buying these guides - after all, they started putting all the historical/cultural info at the back of the books about a decade ago because clearly no one was reading those sections!).
November 20, 2024
Probably a 3.5. The beginning of the book was confusing as Montreal and Quebec City was mashed together and not specified what city they were talking about. For example I would read a description and think that sounds great can't wait to visit when I realize at the end it's for the other city.
The back half was b city which was much more helpful. In this book's defense I looked at other Montreal/ Quebec guides and they also mashed up the cities.
I might take this book with me for the maps.
The back half was b city which was much more helpful. In this book's defense I looked at other Montreal/ Quebec guides and they also mashed up the cities.
I might take this book with me for the maps.
September 27, 2024
Don’t like the beginning organization, info on 2 cities is mixed up, best for people going to both cities in same trip
Should have small intro to Quebec province in general and then half the book on each city
Good info once you search around and find it via the index
Nice graphics, maps, and photos
General travel info
Should have small intro to Quebec province in general and then half the book on each city
Good info once you search around and find it via the index
Nice graphics, maps, and photos
General travel info
November 10, 2017
Great travel guide
I love reading all the lonely planet travel guides, they are always loaded with information. I haven't visited Montreal yet but I used the mexico city one and it was very accurate, I discovered a lot of places using the guide.
I love reading all the lonely planet travel guides, they are always loaded with information. I haven't visited Montreal yet but I used the mexico city one and it was very accurate, I discovered a lot of places using the guide.
May 18, 2019
Incomplete. I guess good for portability, but I went and purchased a paperback version. Still majorly lacking in information about Quebec City. In addition, needs more information on how to get around.
January 9, 2018
Very handy when planning a trip, we used this book and TripAdvisor a lot while getting ready for Montreal
June 19, 2018
Fantastic recommendations; I love the city guide series' day-by-day planners, which I copy substantially for my trips. Used this book to plan a great trip to Montreal.
October 4, 2023
Honestly love a Lonely Planet guidebook.
April 5, 2024
Finished today :) it’s about religions!
August 14, 2023
With so much information online, a good old-fashioned travel book needs to offer a little "extra" and Lonely Planet Montreal was a good companion for planning a trip.
October 14, 2017
One of the best Lonely Planet guides I've read--and the most recent--but that's probably because it's dedicated to a city rather than a country. I feel I have a good working knowledge of the place. Not much of this book is lacking in interest. Will soon see if that's true following my visit.
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September 8, 2018It’s a guidebook; I was not expecting a life changing experience. The book met my expectations.
March 20, 2019
Pretty useful even though it’s almost four years old—came free with my Prime membership so that’s why I read it. Will supplement with a more recent guidebook.
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