Autumn getaway, Montérégie-Eastern Townships
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure.
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, Montérégie-Eastern Townships"
Detail of the stay : Autumn getaway, Montérégie-Eastern Townships
How to get there - Dunham
Tastings in Chambly, Mont-Saint-Grégoire and Brome
Steps: Chambly
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. Leave for 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.
Cider and wine on the road to Lac-Brome
Steps: Dunham
Breakfast and first day in the Eastern Townships, a harmonious combination of Anglo-Saxon charm and Quebecois joie de vivre. Visit of Union Libre Cidre & Vin in Dunham. It produces cidre de feu, a true delight. Country lunch at the Vignoble de l'Orpailleur. This renowned vineyard is a quasi-obligatory stop for those who love the Bacchus drink. Visit and wine tasting. Drive towards Lac-Brome. Dinner and overnight at a hostel in Lac-Brome.
Places of interest : UNION LIBRE CIDRE & VIN
Magog and Lake Memphremagog
Steps: Orford
Take your breakfast and leave for Saint-Benoît-du-Lac. Visit 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
Vineyards and villages
Steps: Stanstead
Breakfast. Visit of the Le Cep d'Argent vineyard in Magog, property of the brothers François and Jean-Paul Scieur, Champagne of the sixth generation. Take this opportunity to visit the Interpretation Center of the Champagne traditional method (free admission). Departure to North Hatley, where you will spend the night. During the day, you can take a short detour through Georgeville, a peaceful small 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
