Mount Royal Park offers a spectacular view of Montreal. In the days leading up to my trip to Montreal with my husband, I watched the weather forecast with increasing dread, bracing myself for highs ...

This browser does not support the video element. Winter is no joke in Montreal, where average January lows hit 10 degrees Fahrenheit. But travelers willing to brave the weather can explore a side of ...

view of downtown and the old port of Montreal at night, with the Ferris wheel and the clock tower. One of North America’s great food city is pulling out all the culinary stops in the depths of winter.

Taking a trip to Montreal in winter might sound like an expensive way to get hypothermia, and truth be told the weather is almost unbearably frigid. And yet… after that initial shock of icy air, we ...

Revelers at the Montréal en Lumière festival, which "transforms great swaths of the city into a savory, illuminated winter wonderland." (Benoît Rosseau/Montréal en Lumière) It’s 9:34 p.m. on a ...

Holographic, spinning prisms line the path leading to Montreal en Lumiere.(Katherine Kiessling/Times Union) Visitors can warm up at heating stations peppered throughout Montreal en Lumiere.

Snow tubing in Montréal’s Old Port Credit: courtesy of voiles en voiles In December, Voiles en Voiles — a pirate-themed ropes course in the Old Port of Montréal — transforms into a winter adventure ...

WASHINGTON — Winter’s gray skies and arctic winds send many vacationers running toward the equator this time of year, where swimsuits replace snow boots and chapped skin can soak in sun rays. But not ...

IT WAS PAST MIDNIGHT and freezing out, but the skaters whirling around the Esplanade Tranquille rink last February in Montreal’s cultural district, the Quartier des Spectacles, didn’t seem to mind.