Mont-Joli: Murals, Culture and Forest Trails

Mont-Joli offers several ways to enjoy a stay: a self-guided tour takes you past more than 30 murals, cultural events are held at Château Landry, and trails through a wooded area invite you to enjoy outdoor activities. When planning your trip, you can decide whether to focus on art and history or on getting active in nature.

Murals tell the story of Mont-Joli

Les Murmures de la Ville is a walking tour lined with more than 30 murals. The artwork depicts historical events and well-known figures from Mont-Joli and the surrounding region. This gives the art walk a clear local connection: the images lead to stories and people associated with the city and its surroundings.

You can explore the tour at your own pace. Each mural is accompanied by information panels and has a QR code. If you’re travelling with children, you can use the murals as prompts for exploring together and spend time with individual images, rather than limiting your visit to a single cultural venue. The information is provided right beside each mural.

Culture at Château Landry

Château Landry was formerly the residence of the family of J.-Adalbert Landry and has been transformed into a venue for culture and the arts. It hosts exhibitions on a variety of topics, film screenings and artist residencies. A small performance hall also hosts concerts, conferences and various performances. The programme therefore includes a range of cultural events, from exhibitions to performances in the hall.

Château Landry may be especially appealing when planning your trip if you’d like to include exhibitions or film screenings alongside a walking tour of the city. The building’s varied uses offer a cultural focus without requiring you to choose just one type of event.

Forest trails and outdoor activities

At the northern entrance to Mont-Joli, a cycling and walking trail about 1.5 kilometres long runs through a wooded area in Boisé des Murmures. Its approximate length gives you a useful reference if you’re looking to include a shorter route in your plans. The trail is suitable for both a walk and a bike ride.

Parc du ruisseau Lebrun has trails about four kilometres long for hiking or snowshoeing. The Raymond-Pearson cross-country ski trail is also located there: it is about four kilometres long and is machine-groomed. This gives you a choice of outdoor activities. If you’re looking for the right vacation rental in Mont-Joli, you can first consider whether a stay focused on murals and cultural events or more time on forest trails better suits your travel plans.

Nature exhibits and getting around

Zoom Nature Desjardins presents visitor exhibits on the biodiversity of Québec and other regions, as well as on regional minerals and fossils. The facility is housed in the heritage-designated Gare de la Rivière-Blanche, which was made available to it by the City of Mont-Joli. This brings together nature topics and a heritage-listed building in another place to visit.

Mont-Joli is located at the intersection of Autoroute 20 and the Gaspésie tourist route. There is also a Tourisme Gaspésie tourist information office at the roundabout. These landmarks complement the choice of cultural and nature experiences if you’d like to plan your stay in Mont-Joli around the things that interest you most.

Discover more places

Other places at this destination level include Padoue, Sainte-Luce, Price, Métis-Sur-Mer and Sainte-Flavie.

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