The chemin du Roy
The Chemin du Roy road between Québec and Montréal offers a tantalizing trip though time.
Start in Vieux-Québec and discover our villages, manors, mills, postal relays, museums and ancestral homes, priceless treasures of Quebec’s heritage.
The Chemin du Roy is the authentic route that follows the history of Quebec, a vibrant recollection of New France that continues to thrive in the 21st Century.
The chemin du Roy is a recognized and signposted tourist road who has the richness of the inheritance and the history of New-France while crossing three of the principal tourist areas of the province of Quebec:, Lanaudière, Mauricie and Quebec.
In the area of Quebec, the chemin du Roy is especially associated the territory of Portneuf, where you will cross villages among most beautiful of Province of Quebec, like Neuville, Cap-Santé, Deschambault or Grondines. You will discover there an exceptional built inheritance and bordering landscapes of a rare beauty.
In Mauricie, the chemin du Roy crosses also picturesque villages along the river, on the territory of Les Chenaux, to bring us in full heart of the Vieux-Trois-Rivières, with its museums and centers of interpretation, its animated streets and its harbour park. A whole contrast with the landscapes bucolic met more in the west, on the territory of Maskinongé.
In the area of Lanaudière, the chemin du Roy continues his discovery of the peaceful beauties of the Québécois countryside to return nearby the St. Lawrence river and its islands starting from Berthierville until Repentigny. The tourist road then involves us in the urban modernity of the suburbs of Montreal.
The chemin du Roy is discovered well in car or the motor cycle, but it is with bicycle that it reveals best his charm and its attractions. Approved Route Verte on its almost totality, the chemin du Roy offers many sections of cycle tracks. The Route Verte, Québécois cycle network of more than 4000 kilometers developed by Vélo Québec, will be inaugurated officially in Quebec City on August 10, 2007 and of the celebrations will be held simultaneously in 25 cities of Quebec.
