Welcome to the chemin du Roy Website

The chemin du Roy is a recognized and signposted tourist road who has the richness of the inheritance and the history of New-France while crossing three of the principal tourist areas of the province of Quebec:, Lanaudière, Mauricie and Quebec.

In the area of Quebec, the chemin du Roy is especially associated the territory of Portneuf, where you will cross villages among most beautiful of Province of Quebec, like Neuville, Cap-Santé, Deschambault or Grondines. You will discover there an exceptional built inheritance and bordering landscapes of a rare beauty.

In Mauricie, the chemin du Roy crosses also picturesque villages along the river, on the territory of Les Chenaux, to bring us in full heart of the Vieux-Trois-Rivières, with its museums and centers of interpretation, its animated streets and its harbour park. A whole contrast with the landscapes bucolic met more in the west, on the territory of Maskinongé.

In the area of Lanaudière, the chemin du Roy continues his discovery of the peaceful beauties of the Québécois countryside to return nearby the St. Lawrence river and its islands starting from Berthierville until Repentigny. The tourist road then involves us in the urban modernity of the suburbs of Montreal.

The chemin du Roy is discovered well in car or the motor cycle, but it is with bicycle that it reveals best his charm and its attractions. Approved Route Verte on its almost totality, the chemin du Roy offers many sections of cycle tracks. The Route Verte, Québécois cycle network of more than 4000 kilometers developed by Vélo Québec, will be inaugurated officially in Quebec City on August 10, 2007 and of the celebrations will be held simultaneously in 25 cities of Quebec.

The chemin du Roy proposes a vast choice of places of lodging of very great quality: hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfast and even camp-sites. Several of these establishments are certified “Welcome cyclists” by Vélo Quebec and offer a welcome and services adapted to the cyclists.
We hope that by visiting this Web site, you will develop an irresistible need to live the experiment of the chemin du Roy, along a route still present in the 21^st century.

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