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It is said that there are more restaurants per capita in Montreal than in any other city in North America. If your time is limited, you are faced with a formidable challenge in making the most of your visit. Selecting the best of this remarkable city's wealth of festivals, culture, nightlife, and shopping opportunities, Montreal CityGuide offers specific guidance and advice to enable you to best take advantage of your stay.
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Between them, our three authors have either written or contributed to a dozen Frommer's travel guides to Quebec over the years. They have returned to these two, colorful, pleasure capitals of Quebec for this brand-new edition, which reflects their most recent discoveries in attractions, lodgings, meals, cultural highlights, and shops. Using the Easy Guide approach, they limit themselves to the very best in all price ranges--truly an "easy guide" to...
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Between then, our three authors have either written or contributed to a dozen Frommer's travel guides to Quebec over the years. They have returned to these two colorful, pleasure capitals of Quebec for this 2015 edition, which reflects their most recent discoveries in attractions, lodgings, meals, cultural highlight, and shops. Using the Easy Guide approach, they limit themselves to the very best in all price ranges--truly, an "easy" guide to use...
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Vincent Vallières traverse le pays, trimballant ses guitares et une paire d'espadrilles. De Natashquan à Victoria, de Magog à Yellowknife, il écoute le chant des femmes et des hommes qui, entre rêves et blessures, redonnent vie à la terre, transforment les usines abandonnées en théâtres. À mesure que la route lui rentre dedans, Vallières s'interroge sur son rle de père, d'amoureux, d'ami et de citoyen.
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Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Québec Off the Beaten Path show you la belle province-the beautiful province-you never knew existed. Cheer on canines and human mushers in the annual dogsled race during Winter Carnival; sleep in a bedroom made of snow and ice in the Ice Hotel; or ride the rapids of the Ottawa River on a whitewater rafting trip. So, if you've “been there,...
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This attractively priced, full-color guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of Montreal in a short time, with bulleted maps leading the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of thematic and neighborhood tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor info, Frommer's Montreal day by day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.
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Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. It emphasizes the authentic experiences in each destination:the most important attractions, the classic method of approaching a particular destination; the best choices for accommodations and meals; the best ways to maximize the enjoyment of your stay. Because it is "quick...
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This attractively priced, four-color guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of Montréal in a short time-with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of thematic and neighborhood tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor info, Frommer's Montréal Day by Day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip. Inside...
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Québec ist mit 1.667.712 Quadratkilometern die mit Abstand größte Provinz Kanadas. Québec bezeichnet jedoch auch die Hauptstadt mit Sitz der Provinzregierung. Um eine Vorstellung über die Ausdehnungen der einzigen französischsprachigen Provinz in Ostkanada zu bekommen: Deutschland würde bequem 4,3 Mal hineinpassen! Viel Raum also für Spektakuläres - besonders abseits der ausgetretenen Wege! Nein, dies ist wirklich kein gewöhnlicher Reiseführer....
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Lonely Planet's Montreal & Quebec City is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stroll the cobblestoned streets of Old Montreal, catch some summer jazz, and sip beer and watch the world go by in the Quartier Latin - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Montreal and Quebec City and begin your journey now! The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Montreal...
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In the fall of 1850 Henry Thoreau embarked upon an excursion into the French-Canadian province of Quebec, with stops in Montreal and Quebec City. His reactions to the foreign country are mixed and ambivalent: he is critical of Canada's Old World Catholicism, feudalism, and an alien British military presence while most of his references to America and Americans are favorable. But if one looks closely, positive reactions to Canadian society and negative...
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Berlin is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Enjoy stunning views from the Reichstag, stroll through the sobering Holocaust Memorial and see artist murals on the Berlin Wall – all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Berlin and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Berlin:
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Roads to Richmond is an unusual, almost quirky road book. Divided into four thematic parts and forty-eight short chapters, it works like a mosaic: the big picture is a moving portrait of a little known corner of Canada-Quebec's Eastern Townships. The inlaid stones that make up the mosaic are small gems in their own right: brief histories, candid snapshots, curious anecdotes, insightful observations, sobering reflections, stories to make you smile....
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The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler is an unforgettable novel about a mysterious mail-order bride in the wake of WWII, whose sudden decision ripples through time to deeply impact the daughter she never knew
In the wake of World War II, a young, enigmatic woman named Lily arrives in Montreal on her own, expecting to be married to a man she's never met. But, upon seeing her at the train station, Sol Kramer turns her down. Out of pity, his brother Nathan...
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Partez à la découverte du Québec avec ce Grand Article d’Universalis!
Le Québec est la plus vaste province du Canada, mais les quatre cinquièmes environ de son territoire reposent sur le Bouclier, que parsèment des milliers de lacs, écrins scintillant dans l'immense forêt. Alors que les basses montagnes des Appalaches apparaissent au sud du fleuve Saint-Laurent, c'est le corridor occupé par ce dernier qui constitue l'épine dorsale économique...
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The Montreal Canadiens are one of the most successful teams in the NHL, with 24 Stanley Cup victories and stars like Guy LaFleur, Patrick Roy, and Carey Price, who have all left their mark on hockey history. Author Pat Hickey, as a longtime beat writer for the Montreal Gazette, has witnessed more than his fair share of that history up close and personal. Through singular anecdotes only Hickey can tell as well as conversations with current and past...
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Alexandre Vachon, 1885-1953, completed his studies for the Catholic Priesthood with distinction. He became a science teacher and pursued studies at Harvard and MIT. Early on, he realized the need to improve the lot of French-Canadians, not only in the Province of Quebec, but throughout Canada. As Director of the Advanced School of Chemistry and then Dean of the Faculty of Science, and finally as Rector at Laval University, he encouraged French-Canadian...
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Savor the flavors of Montreal Yearning for great food in a great city where the day begins with a croissant, a bol of café au lait, and a smile? Look no further than the world's second-largest French-speaking city, Montreal. Food Lovers' Guide to Montreal is the definitive resource to the best of this city's myriad gastronomic delights. From Old Montreal to downtown and Chinatown, from the Latin Quarter, Plateau Mont-Royal, Mile End, and Little Italy...
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Faim de Nature et d'Authenticité?
Bienvenue au Canada, découvrez la Province de Québec!
Vous voulez vous étonner devant des paysages époustouflants et faire partie de cette beauté? Vous aimez la nature et les animaux?
Alors n'hésitez plus: le Canada est pour vous!
Notre eGuide Voyage Experience va vous le prouver.
Lisez à votre rythme et feuilletez par photos, sites ou intérêts
Nous sommes Cristina and Olivier Rebière. Nous parcourons...
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