Autumn getaway in the Eastern Townships
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Eté, Automne.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Dunham ?
The map of your stay "Autumn getaway in the Eastern Townships"
Detail of the stay : Autumn getaway in the Eastern Townships
How to get there - Dunham
Gourmet getaway
Steps: Dunham
Road to Chambly in Vallée du Richelieu, nicknamed "Vallée Jardin". Lunch at the Fourquet Fourchette restaurant. In an atmosphere of yesteryear, you can discover tasting traditional beers and beer-based regional gastronomy. You can also visit the Fort Chambly where you are given an opportunity to relive a history page of New France. Departure to Mont-Saint-Grégoire for a visit to a cider house with tasting of cider from Quebec. Leave for the Brome-Missisquoi Wine Route and country dinner in a vineyard with wine tasting. Overnight in Dunham.
Wine Route to Brome Lake
Steps: Dunham
Breakfast and first day in the Eastern Townships, a harmonious combination of Anglo-Saxon charm and Quebecois joie de vivre. Visit ofUnion Libre Cidre & Vin in Dunham. It produces the fire cider, a real delight. Country lunch at Vignoble de l'Orpailleur. This renowned vineyard is an almost obligatory stop for lovers of the drink of Bacchus. Visit and wine tasting. Drive to Brome Lake. Dinner and overnight stay in an inn in Brome Lake.
Places of interest : VIGNOBLE DE L'ORPAILLEUR UNION LIBRE CIDRE & VIN
Orford National Park and Lake Memphremagog
Steps: Orford
Breakfast and departure to Saint-Benoît-du-Lac. Visit of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, neo-Gothic work and monastery of contemplative life where dozens of monks live. Famous cheeses and ciders renowned in Quebec are produced here. Lunch in Magog, on the edge of Lake Memphremagog. Free time to enjoy the Fête des Vendanges if you are there on the first or second weekend of September. Otherwise, you can hike in the Orford National Park or cruise on the lake. Country atmosphere on the shores of the majestic Lake Memphremagog. Dinner and overnight in Magog.
Places of interest : ABBAYE DE SAINT-BENOÎT-DU-LAC PARC NATIONAL DU MONT-ORFORD
North Hatley
Steps: Stanstead
Breakfast. Visit of the Le Cep d'Argent vineyard in Magog, property of the brothers François and Jean-Paul Scieur, Champagne of sixth generation. Take this opportunity to visit the Interpretation Center of the Champagne traditional method (free admission). Leave for North Hatley, where you will spend the night. During the day, you can take a short detour through Georgeville, a peaceful little village on the lake's shore, or further south to Stanstead to discover Bleu Lavande.
Places of interest : VIGNOBLE LE CEP D'ARGENT BLEU LAVANDE
