From bright yellow to deep red, Autumn has draped Montreal in a vivid and colourful blanket.
I visited Montreal last weekend and it was probably the best time to travel there to see fall colours. Autumn was at its peak and mother nature was holding a beautiful show of bright and vivid colours and it looked as if an artist’s mixing palette had emptied all over the city.
Mount Royal park
Parc Mont Royal, from which the city derives it’s name, is a beautiful mountain located in the middle of Montreal and next to the Plateau neighbourhood. From a distance, it looked like a hill spotted with green, red, orange and yellow dots. From up close, it looked much more impressive. There was colour everywhere I glanced, some angles appearing particularly appealing.
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Mont Royal can be hiked in a couple of hours and there are large number of trails that criscross this mountain. Since the highest point on Mont Royal is only 233m, its more like a large hill than a mountain. There are numerous trail that lead to the top and these make great hiking, running or cycling paths. On Sundays during the summer months, checkout the Tam Tams (an event for geeks, hippies and intellectuals) at the foot of Mont Royal.
The city of Montreal (seen in the picture is McGill University’s campus) looking stunning from the top. I had a hard time putting my camera away (thankfully my partner has his own quirks so I was left alone).
It’s very common for Torontonians to drive to northwards during this time, marveling at the changing season and getting lost in the enchanting bright oranges, yellows and reds. I will chase fall colours in Toronto next week but in the interim I am in love with Montreal.
Here’s one last picture of autumn leaves. Have you witnessed Autumn in this part of the world?
If you let me nitpick, it’s actually “McGill University” and not “University of McGill”. I just nitpick because I’ve been a student for 7 years in a university with a name problem that the university makes a big deal trying to fix.
Thanks, I’ve fixed it.
Wow, pretty amazing! I guess Montreal has more fall colours than Ottawa, it’s a bit cooler up there. Trees are still mostly green here, although you can find some fall colours–I took pictures last weekend.
Montreal has far more colours than Toronto too! It was very beautiful! 🙂
priyank, buy me a ticket to montreal please.. 🙂
Yep, it’s that pretty; the whole region is. 😉
Beautful pictures Priyank! Your fall series has been spectacular… Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto next?
Absolutely amazing pictures…. how little we know about life and other things about Canada.
My closest encounter being looking at the Niagara falls from the US side… thanks for sharing…
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Didn’t know about the origin of the name Montreal. It’s nice that they have a mountain in the city, that’d be cool! Very beautiful pictures for sure!