Ottawa Day Trip from Montreal

Familiarize yourself with Ottawa, Canada's capital city, on a whole day trip from Montreal. You'll travel by motorcoach and see major city highlights including the Parliament Building, Rideau Canal, Rockcliffe Lookout and Farmer's Byward Market.

View the residences of the Prime Minister of Canada. Stroll through the grounds of the Governor General where you may see the mini "changing of the guards" at the entrance gates (seasonal). Cross the bridge to Hull, the home of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, where a stop includes a spectacular view of the Parliament and cliffs across the Ottawa River.

Highlights of this tour include:

• See the changing of the guards (seasonal)
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Parliament Building
• Supreme Court of Canada
• National Arts Centre
• Rideau Canal
• Ottawa City Hall
• Rockcliffe Lookout
• Dow's Lake
• Ornamental Gardens (seasonal)
• Chinatown/Little Italy
• Farmer's Byward market

tours In Montreal

Leave Montreal for the day and visit Quebec City, the historic heart of French Canada. You'll take a full day sightseeing tour through Quebec with a local licensed guide and enjoy a photo stop at magnificent Montmorency Falls - higher than Niagara Falls!

This full-day, 12-hour tour will take you back more than 350 years as you visit the former French colonial city of Quebec. You will be charmed by the old-world atmosphere of Quebec City with its narrow streets, steep hills and numerous historical treasures on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Before you return to Montreal, you will have free time to browse Quebec's Old City.

Highlights in Quebec City include:

• Place Royale, birthplace of French civilization in North America
• Shop and eat in the oldest quarter in North America, the Petit Champlain district
• Escalier Casse-Cou, which translates as "break neck staircase" but, while impressive, it isn't nearly as dangerous as its name implies
• Funicular ride on the elevator linking Upper and Lower Old Quebec, with magnificent views of the river and surroundings
• Citadel, the largest fortifications in North America
• Plains of Abraham, where the famous battle between the French and English armies took place in 1759
• Parliament Building, Quebec's most important national historic site