Cottages in Canada

A trip to Niagara Falls, one of the world's most popular natural wonders, is highly recommended. But if you want to explore much more of what Canada has to offer, one of the best places to visit is the Montreal Botanical Garden. Approximately 75 hectares in size, this site offers you a paradise home to a wide variety of plants, with numerous outdoor gardens and up to 10 exhibition greenhouses. Highlights include the rose garden, the medicinal plant area, the toxic plant area, the water garden, and the Quebec corner. Here you can spend the day on a relaxing but interesting excursion, where you will learn all about the plants that live there, as well as their importance to the ecosystem, and their most common uses.

For a change of scene, you'll also find places to learn about history and culture in Canada. One of the top sites is the acclaimed Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, which was founded in 1860, making it the oldest art museum in Canada. Here you'll find an exhibition of more than 45,000 works of art, including photography, painting, fine art, contemporary, antique, graphic, technological and more. Many of them date from ancient years, but also from recent times, so you'll have plenty to look at and learn about. Some highlights are A Young Girl with Daisies by Auguste Renoir, the sculpture Sirens by Auguste Rodin, and Seated Woman in a Dark Room by Édouard Vuillard.

This ancient park was opened in 1876 by the architect and landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted, the same man who designed New York's iconic Central Park. With its 200 hectares and an urban style that harbours great biodiversity, this place has become a point of great importance for the country. You can also enjoy a wide variety of activities in its green areas, such as cycling, jogging, skating, picnicking, sunbathing and walking your pets.

This grandiose basilica is a spectacle of architecture. It is built in a rather striking neo-Gothic style, with large towers that are illuminated by artificial lights at night. Not only is the structure impressive, but the interior houses an important religious art gallery, displaying paintings, sculptures and objects of great significance to the church. Even if you are not a devout Catholic, you can still go and appreciate all the impressive details that have made this basilica a priceless treasure for Montreal.

This is an exhibition, and the largest, of this iconic doll. Located in Les Cours Mont-Royal, here you can admire more than 1000 Barbie doll models, including designer versions such as Christian Dior, Versace and Givenchy. As well as different professions, you can also find antique Barbie dolls, collectible, from different countries, collaborations and much more. Many of them were donated by various collectors, which is why this museum was created in their honour, to repay their great generosity. No matter what your tastes are, you are sure to enjoy this unique exhibition, as Barbie is an icon of pop culture that continues to prevail for generations.

This is one of the oldest markets in Canada, opened in 1933. It has a rustic, family atmosphere, with a wide variety of stalls where you can find all kinds of fresh, high-quality food. Here you can spend the day discovering all kinds of local and international ingredients, fortunately, indoors so you won't have to worry about unexpected rain.

This famous broadcasting tower has become one of the most iconic landmarks in the city of Toronto and indeed in Canada. It stands approximately 1748 feet tall, making it one of the tallest structures in the entire world, number 3 to be exact. Climb to the top of this building and get breathtaking views of the city and learn about the importance of this tower for signal transmission in Toronto.

Located in the beautiful town of Banff, this national park is Canada's oldest national park and one of the country's most prized treasures. From big mountains to hot springs, you can have the winter vacation of your dreams here. It's a popular spot for campers, as well as those who enjoy hiking and skiing. If you're lucky, you can also encounter the park's varied wildlife such as bears, huge moose, and even majestic wolves.

You won't have to travel far to see this spectacle of nature. The city of Whitehorse in northern Canada is home to Yukon National Park, where there are special areas where you can see the aurora borealis. You just need to plan your trip carefully, as you can only see the phenomenon at night, so don't forget to bring comfortable, cold-resistant clothing.