Montreal Snow Festival
The joie de vivre of Montreal is never expressed better than during Canada's premier winter festival, the Fête des Neiges de Montréal. Held in the Parc Jean-Drapeau, as the name suggests it encourages everyone to have fun in the snow...
In winter, the city is under a perpetual blanket of snow, so much so that an entire network of shopping malls, linked to metro stations, hotels and offices, has developed underground. If you don't want to, you never need go outdoors. However, in celebration of the snow, the Winter Festival is the perfect opportunity to poke your head above ground.
A snow castle dominates the centre of the fairytale realm of Boule de Neige, the kingdom of la Fête. The size of a football pitch, its labyrinthine ways are populated by various medieval characters and are open to exploration. The fun includes a competition for the world record for speed in ice sculpting, dogsledding circuits for children and professionally-certified ice climbers, who teach the public how to scale a 12-metre-high ice tower - a useful skill in these parts.
If you want to get a feel for Montreal in winter and the warm openness of the local people, there's no better time to visit. The festival runs over three consecutive weekends, with selected events during the intervening weeks.
Related Information
Website: Montreal Snow Festival Website
| Contact Details | |
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| Name: | La Fête des Neiges de Montréal |
| Email: | webmaster@fetedesneiges.com |
| Fax: | +1 514 872 5691 |
| Phone: | +1 514 872 6120 |
| Address: | Parc Jean-Drapeau, 1 circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 1A9 |
| Venue Information: | Parc Jean-Drapeau |
| Full Name: | Parc Jean-Drapeau,Montreal,Canada |
| Address: | 1 Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve H3C 1A9 |
| Directions: | By Public Transport: Île Sainte-Hélène metro, then bus 167. Papineau metro, then bus 169 (when La Ronde is open). From the Île- Sainte-Hélène metro station, bus 167 serves both islands.
La Ronde and the activities on Île Sainte-Hélène are only accessible via the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. |
| Contact Details: | Parc Jean-Drapeau |
| Email: | clientele@parcjeandrapeau.com |
| Other Information: | Parc Jean-Drapeau |
| Website: | Parc Jean-Drapeau Website |
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Name: | La Fête des Neiges de Montréal |
| Email: | webmaster@fetedesneiges.com |
| Fax: | +1 514 872 5691 |
| Phone: | +1 514 872 6120 |
| Address: | Parc Jean-Drapeau, 1 circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 1A9 |
| Name: | Montreal Tourist Office |
| Location: | Montreal |
| Address: | 1255 Peel Street, Suite 100 (corner of Sainte-Catherine Street West); Tourist Welcome Office in Old Montréal174 Notre-Dame Street East |
| Email: | info@tourisme-montreal.org |
| Phone: | +1 514 873 2015 |
| Fax: | +1 514 864 3838 |
| Name: | Quebec Tourist Office |
| Location: | Quebec |
| Address: | 12 rue Ste-Anne, Québec City, Quebec, Canada, G1R 3X2 |
| Email: | info@bonjourquebec.com |
| Phone: | +1 514 873 2015 |
| Fax: | +1 514 864 3838 |
| Name: | Canadian Tourism Commission |
| Location: | Canada |
| Address: | #1400-1055 Dunsmuir Street, Box 49230Vancouver, BC, V7X 1L2 Canada |
