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<h2><strong>Quebec:</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>Biking Through Quebec: a Taste of Europe in our own Backyard</strong></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-32477 size-full" src="https://blog.butterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Canadian-Vacation-Ideas-Quebec.jpg" alt="quebec" width="400" height="268" />Worlds both old and new converge in Québec.</p>
<p>Pedal through history-rich <a href="http://www.butterfield.com/blog/2016/03/09/quebec-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Québec City</a> (by way of the Eastern Townships, a Loyalist enclave of beautiful woodland biking), and sample Canada’s most European of provinces through its cheeses, wines, sparkling lakes and charming city streets.</p>
<p>Its roads wind through reminders of its early settlers: ancestral homes, covered bridges and historic churches and chapels.</p>
<p>Rural antique shops are full of charming trinkets of the past and crafts by local artisans.</p>
<p>Discover why this pocket of North America is so special—a place where hockey, maple syrup, food and politics are religion (though not necessarily in that order).</p>
<h3><strong>A Family Adventure Through Quebec: Old-World Charm Meets New-World Cool</strong></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-37553 size-full" src="https://blog.butterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Quebec-Biking-Green-732px-cmopressed.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="234" />The same combination of culture and natural beauty that makes Quebec such a joy for bikers also makes it an ideal family vacation locale.</p>
<p>In the Laurentians region, bike on the Petit Train du Nord, an old railroad line converted into a 200-kilometre bicycle path running from St-Jérôme to Mont Laurier. The biking here is perfect for kids—safe and flat—with stops to taste local delicacies in several villages along the way.</p>
<p>A drive along the Chemin de la Fraîcheur (Flavour Trail) proves as delicious as its name promises. Taste Québec’s famous gourmet cheeses, such as Migneron and Le Ciel de Charlevoix, then hike or bike through a beautiful national park that’s home to caribou and arctic foxes.</p>
<p>See the trips: <a href="https://butterfield.com/trip/bespoke/quebec-bespoke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quebec Bespoke</a></p>
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<h2><strong>The Canadian Rockies</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>A Winter Wonderland in the Rockies</strong></h3>
<p>Welcome to a land where frozen waterfalls sparkle in place. Where frosty lakes make for the perfect ice rinks. And where hills are clad in shimmering snow. On a Bespoke adventure to the Rockies, you&#8217;ll learn to mush your own dog sled team on the Spray Lakes, snowshoe on the glittering snowfields of Sunshine Meadows and traverse the ice cathedrals of Johnston Canyon. Because winter is done best in the Canadian Rockies.</p>
<p><strong>See the trips: <a href="https://butterfield.com/trip/bespoke/rockies-bespoke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rockies Bespoke</a></strong></p>
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