This is the top parking lot for the Montmorency Falls. You'll be able to access the bridge and the stairs to the bottom of the falls if you want to take the challenge of walking back up the steps to the top. I think there's about 400 plus steps one way. I would recommend you come here after 5pm when the parking attendants are gone so that you don't have to pay to get in. We made the mistake of parking at the bottom lot, not knowing about this upper lot until later when I ddi some more digging on Yelp that this one existed. We had to pay about $13.50 pp. If you come here after 5pm, you'll have very nice sunset/night shots of the waterfall and anything below. read more

Review for the Montmorency Falls and park area. You can spend as little as an hour to see the falls, browse the gift shop amd walk around a little. You can also spend a half day taking your time sitting to enjoy views, having lunch and experiencing cable car or zip line. Kind of nice depending on your schedule to have the flexibility without feeling FOMO. We stayed about 2 hours, plenty of time to explore the Manor, soak in some views and do about half of the big stair case. Late May the zip line and cable car was busy. Zip line looked fun but would eat up a lot of time, especially the back and forth from one side of the gorge to the other for equipment. Not the most efficient setup. Entry fee is super confusing, the info online is not consistent. We took an Uber to the gate and were charged an entry fee, like $20 per person. However others in the park and our Uber driver said it was always free. Not sure if it's a resident thing or admission changed over last year or so. Worth a visit, I'd recommend a couple hours and using the rest of your time at Quebec City depending on your timeline. read more

Some reviewers confuse the Falls of Montmorency outside of Quebec City with Montmorency Park in Quebec City - they are two different places. My review if for the Falls - Chute in French. While most of the reviews here are for the Park - the map shown on YELP is for the Falls. I have to review this wonderful park before it slips my mind. Right outside of Quebec City (just a few minutes and a few miles) is Parc Montmorency, a beautiful park established for the citizens of Quebec and built around the Falls of Montmorency. This place is worth visiting, regardless of your fitness level. The reference to fitness is because this park has trails for hiking (free), steps/stairs for climbing up the face of the Falls (free), a suspension bridge right across the front of the Falls (free), and a zip-line across the face of the Falls for those that want to experience it in the most intimate way (small charge). These activities are all worth doing and are expertly managed by park personnel - do these. My gals - wife and daughter - both did the zip line across the face of the Falls and were thrilled ... this is real zip-lining, not just a few hundred feet over a forest. The price for zip-lining is relatively inexpensive, the walk over is easily doable, and the management of the activity - from checking in, harnessing up, and zipping across - are handled very well. An added bonus is that they video tape every zip-line across the Falls and you have the ability (one hour) to copy the video onto your cellphone/computer for free after you do the zip-line - this is a very nice benefit that is yours for free. It comes with the ticket to do the zip-line. For those that don't care to zip-line, walking through the park is free, as is the hike up the hills, and the walk up the face of the Falls. The walk across the Falls on the suspension bridge is also free - the only expense up to this point is parking when you enter to park, which is reasonable. They also have a fee paid cable car for those that want to ride up the Falls. The main thing that is for purchase is the zip-lining across the Falls ... and it is worth the price. Half way up to the Falls is the Le Manoir Montmorency - a halfway house where you can eat in one of their nice restaurants or just freshen up after a walk through the park. This is where the cable car drops you off after the rise from the parking lot. It is also where you can begin your walk over to the zip-line. We passed this park a number of times on our way to visit St. Anne du Beaupre in the past - and while we noted the beautiful Falls, we never stopped. This time we did. This is a wonderful provincial park in Quebec and is well worth the visit - whether you zip-line across the Falls or not. read more

A park with a lot of history, statues, cannon and fires Montmorency Park or Parc Montmorency Is located on the heights of Quebec City and has fantastic views of the St. Charles River and the rest of the city. At present it looks like a typical Quebec Park with lots of statues and cannon. Quebec City must have more cannon per population than any city in the world. However the park is also a place dripping with history. Because of the great view and strategic location, official buildings have been built here for centuries. This was the site of the first Parliament of the Province of Canada and regular parliamentary sessions were held here throughout the years. Unfortunately, for various reasons, the buildings kept burning down and new ones had to be built. Fires were very common and the were the demise of many buildings in antiquity but it seemed whatever was built on this particular spot was guaranteed to burn down within a few decades. They finally decided it would be better just to make the area a park. That was a wise decision because the park it a great place for a short walk or just to look around. As is so common in Quebec lots of plaques and signs explaining the history are scattered around the park and of course the ubiquitous cannon and statues are interesting to look at. In the warm weather a cool breeze is always blowing and in the winter a cruel, stinging slap across the face never lets you forget that you are in Canada. A park with a lot of history, statues, cannon and fires read more

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Beautiful park in the heart of the historical district of the city overlooking the river. Great place to bring dogs or children for an afternoon of exploration and learning. Kids and adults of all ages get a kick out of looking at and taking pictures with the cannons and imagining history. It's really cool to read the plaques and look at the statues. read more

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