Côte de Beaupré

Beyond Montmorency the road passes through the agricultural "garden" of Québec Province, known as Côte de Beaupré. This is an area of countryside blessed with a particularly favorable local climate and dotted with old mills, farmsteads and unusual cellars half-buried in the valley sides. At some of the attractive old farmhouses and country inns travelers stopping for a welcome rest can savor the local produce (especially the bread, butter and maple syrup). This is a part of Québec also popular with artists; their work, religious and non-religious, is to be seen displayed in a number of places.