Then, there is Little Italy between St-Laurent and Papineau, south of Jean-Talon.
And the Chinatown, quite impressive an exotic, centered around St-Laurent blvd, north of Viger (the service road of the Ville-Marie autoroute (520) )
There is also Old Lachine, along the canal. It,s east from Dorval, along the Lakeshore drive. On the 20, exit at 55th Ave south, and make a lef turn on the Lakeshore dr.
Generally speaking, the whole Lakeshore drive, from Ste-Anne de Bellevue to Lachine is a nice slow drive. It's a scenic route along the side of Lake St-Louis.
On the other side of the island, Gouin Boulevard, between St-Charles blvd down to Ste-Anne de Bellevue (at the tip of the island) will bring you into strange places. Some slums (Pierrefonds), and some highly luxurous areas (Senneville)
Ste-Anne de Bellevue is a nice little town. There is a university campus, and not much else. The main street is cool in the summer, with amateur jazz bands doing street shows (volunteers), lots of boats along the boardwalk, etc. It might be a bit early in the season, though.
If they want to see luxurious northern village, take HWY 15 and drive up to St-Sauveur and St-Agathe. IT's mountain country, probably one of the highest point in Quebec. It's ski hills country.
But Montreal buzzes during the summer, with all the festivals. Jazz festival, African festival, Caribean festival, Just for laugh festival, and all other sorts of public free performances. Open air symphonic concerts, tango in the parks (St-Viateur, Lafontaine and others) , etc..
Then, there are events that do not occurs every years, like the tall ships races.
Your parents should aslo take a few days in Quebec City. That's an amazing place, even older , with more history than the Old Montreal. Much older.
The nature jewel of Quebec is Charlevoix. You can go and do climbing/hiking/kayaking/camping there, and the landscape is breathtaking.
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