Ursulines Museum, Quebec

Advantages: not too large, lots of museums, sights, shops
Disadvantages: not as easy to get to as other large cities

...fair share of museums. The War Museum is quite small but very interesting, there is a technology museum which is a fair bus ride from the centre. The National Gallery of Canada is also beautifully laid out and has a fine collection with rotating exhibitions. Hull has it's own museum, namely the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, which was my favourite in Ottawa, possibly because it is trying a bit harder to be more child-friendly (even though I was just travelling on my own and didn't have any children I find this a positive aspect in boredom-factor in museums!). It has a great exhibition area about the history of native canadians prior to the European immigration and provides an interesting insight into the indigenous cultures of Canada. Not forgetting that you have crossed into Quebec at this point (it's not a long walk, just a hop... Read review

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Advantages: A unique city - try it!
Disadvantages: Not for everybody - especially not glitzybods!

...to do, Québec has a host of the usual museums and tourist attractions you would expect to find in a compact and antique city – think of York without the ‘Vikingness’ or Brighton without the pier-esque ‘Victoriana’ as a guideline to the kind of things you’d find in this category. You can find traditional Québec, Breton, ‘American’ as well as mock-Amerindian architecture on every street – which makes up for an amazingly ‘minute’ and interesting cityscape! Another completely québécois tradition of the province is ‘la chanson’ – song – where practically every bar on the main street of Rue St. Jean dedicates itself to some pretty upbeat music of the folk tradition with a constant free-gig agenda of English and French Canadian bands and artists –... Read review

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...Montreal is an amazing city. It is also one of the most multi-cultural cities in North America. What makes Montreal so unique is the fact that it combines the traditions of North America along with those of Europe. In Montreal, you shouldn’t have any language problems as most of the people speak English as well as French. What you do in Montreal depends entirely on what you like and there really is something for virtually everybody. Whether it’s clubs, shopping or visiting museums, there is always plenty to do and see. As a Formula One fan, one of the things at the top of my itinerary was a visit to Notre Dame Island to see the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve which is named after the legendary driver who actually came from Quebec. The Quebecois people are very friendly and the atmosphere in Montreal is simply amazing. Montreal... Read review

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