North America
15 places to discover, in order of the notebook Festival TV — three destinations: Quebec, Ottawa and Toronto, each around its great festival.
Québec — The only fortified city in North America north of Mexico: its ramparts, the Dufferin terrace and the Frontenac Castle dominate the fleu...
Around the festival: Carnival of Quebec
Québec (Beauport) — About a dozen kilometres from Old Quebec, the Montmorency River rushes 83 metres — some 30 metres more than the chu...
Around the festival: Carnival of Quebec
Île d'Orléans — The "cradle of the Francophonie in America": 34 kilometres of island facing Quebec City, six parish villages, farms and orchards ...
Around the festival: Carnival of Quebec
Wendake — The territory of the Huron-Wendat Nation, enclaved in the city of Quebec: the traditional Huron site Onhoüa Chetek8e tells the story of the life of the...
Around the festival: Carnival of Quebec
Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury — One of the most beautiful glacial valleys in Quebec, about 30 kilometers north of the capital: the Jacques-Cartier River is a snake...
Around the festival: Carnival of Quebec
Ottawa — Opened in 1832, the Rideau Canal connects Ottawa to Kingston for 202 kilometres; it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007. The Canal is a...
Around the festival : Snowball (Winterlude)
Ottawa — The seat of the Parliament of Canada, on its hill on the banks of the Ottawa River: the Centre Building and its Peace Tower, the Library of Canada, the...
Around the festival : Snowball (Winterlude)
Ottawa — Founded in 1826 in Lower Town, the By Market is one of Canada's oldest public procurement markets: Outaouais and Outaouais producer stalls.
Around the festival : Snowball (Winterlude)
Ottawa — At 380 Sussex Drive, under its tower of glass guarded by "Mama", the monumental spider of Louise Bourgeois: the largest collection...
Around the festival : Snowball (Winterlude)
Gatineau — In Gatineau, right across the Ottawa River from Parliament: Canada's most visited museum tells the history of the city.
Around the festival : Snowball (Winterlude)
Toronto — The silhouette of Toronto since 1976: 553 meters high, a glass floor at 342 meters, restaurant 360 and, for the reckless, ...
Around the Festival: Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto — The ROM, at 100 Queen's Park: Canada's largest museum, between natural history and world cultures — dinosaurs, mummies, canadi art...
Around the Festival: Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto — The former Gooderham & Worts distillery, founded in 1832, became a completely pedestrian area: paved alleys, Victorian buildings ...
Around the Festival: Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto — A rosary of islands without cars, ten minutes from the ferry from the city centre: beaches of Hanlan's Point and Ward's Island, the small park ...
Around the Festival: Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto — A public market in the heart of Old Toronto since 1803: the South Hall and its dozens of merchants — cheese makers, butchers, bakers, vendeu...
Around the Festival: Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Rare, authentic and accessible places, chosen at the Festival TV grid — human history and meeting before the decor.
Québec — The territory of the Huron-Wendat Nation, enclaved in the city of Quebec: the traditional Huron site Onhoüa Chetek8e tells the story of a Wendat village before the arrival of Europeans, twenty minutes from Old Quebec.
Things to do : Traditional Huron site · First Nations Museum Hotel · Kabir Kouba Falls
Île d'Orléans — The "cradle of the Francophonie in America": six parish villages, farms and orchards in tight rows, and the river all around — the getaway of the festivalists of the Carnival of Quebec.
Things to do: Bike or car tour of the island · Farms and artisan workshops
Ottawa — Founded in 1826 in Lower Town, one of Canada's oldest public procurement markets: the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario producer stalls, just a stone's throw from Parliament Hill, and the beaver tail, born in Ottawa.
To do : Producer's stalls · indoors · terraces
Toronto — A rosary of carless islands, ten minutes from downtown ferry: beaches, cottages and gardens — and the most beautiful view of the silhouette of Toronto at sunset.
Things to do: Crossing · Hanlan's Point and Ward's Island beaches · bike