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Parc Lafontaine
Categories: Active Life Parks Active Life Playgrounds Active Life Skating Rinks Parks, Playgrounds, Skating Rinks [Edit]
3933 Rue Du Parc-LafontaineMontreal, QC H2L 3A8
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
12 reviews for Parc Lafontaine
9 reviews in English
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Review from Madita A.
Montréal, QC
4/30/2012
Parc Lafontaine is a wonderful place to take a stroll and smell the roses - or watch the squirrels - in all seasons. In summer it's lawns are inviting to bask in the sun or share a picnic with family or friends. Free theatre performances on weekend nights draw a crowd. The bike path along the park's edge is great for roller blading. And in winter you can switch the wheels for blades and enjoy one of the cities largest free ice skating rinks - skate rental and lockers available.
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Review from Indigonat M.
LaSalle, QC
1/25/2012
Best free skating in Montreal!
This place is my favourite outdoor skating spot! Nestled in the middle of Parc Lafontaine in the very trendy Plateau Mont-Royal, it welcomes people of all ages. There are even areas to sit down when you need a well-deserved break. Open days and nights, it's a great place to spend an afternoon or an evening with friends. If you don't own skates, rentals are available. There are also lockers for boots so bring your lock. After you finish skating, why not visit the new café upstairs for a beer, a hot chocolate or a yummy French Onion Soup with aged gouda! Free has never been so fun! -
Review from Matthew A.
3/23/2009
This is one of the biggest parc's in Montreal.
I love it here. Located on the top of the Plateau, this large European styled park has much to offer for young and elders alike.
From ball fields to duck ponds, soccer to skating, open space to tall maples and shady oaks, this park stretches out over many blocks.
The city maintains the parc and keeps in clean and tidy. Love the flower gardens, fountains, statues, and virtually tame squirrels.
Open from sunrise to 11:00pm sharp and curfew is enforced so be wary. -
Review from May N.
10/20/2010
Small urban park in the middle of the city. Great walking paths, lush grass, and as fall as officially started, gorgeous leaves turning colors. We sat by the lake across from the amphitheater for some time enjoying the sunshine, observing the animals (lots of birds and squirrels), and people-watching.
The animals are super fun. These squirrels are not as fat as the ones on my college campus back home in the US, but just as entertaining. We saw one climb into the trash can and pull out a brown paper bag another visitor had just tossed in. As it nom-ed on crumbs, several birds gathered round to try to take. Another squirrel stepped in and charged into some of the other birds. It took the bag when the first squirrel was done and finished the remains. Meanwhile, one bird chased another bird with a large piece of bagel in its mouth. On our way out of the park, we saw an albino squirrel.
Fun times. Everyone should bring a picnic and enjoy nature without having to hurt themselves (see my reviews of Mont Royal or Rhode Island Cliff Walk). Free plays in the summer and the lake is turned into an ice skating rink in the winter. -
Review from Amy S.
7/31/2010 2 photos
I am ashamed. This park was only a couple of blocks from my hotel and yet when I looked on the map I thought to myself that it was just a little park that wasn't worth a trip. I'm so sorry because it totally was worth it.
This is no little park. I don't know what the mapmaker was thinking but this is one heck of a park! There is a lovely pond in the middle with scores of benches and a little footbridge over the middle where you can watch dogs splash about and water running over some mini-falls.
I walked the entire perimeter of the park, and on a Sunday morning, it was packed with people enjoying a sunny, summer day. Its great for families and I saw more than one group with a blanket enjoying a Sunday brunch picnic! What a great idea!! -
Review from abigail l.
10/19/2010 5 photos
As a squirrel enthusiast this park blew my mind. Squirrels of all shapes, sizes and colors approached me and one even climbed onto my leg while I was feeding him. I was in heaven. I make it a point to spend as much time here when visiting Montreal as possible. The pond, fountain, ducks and lush foliage also adds to the beauty of this place but let's be honest I go there for the squirrels. I'm also super excited about the fact that you can bring beers and just hang out here. Rad.
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Review from Keewi H.
Montréal, QC
2/7/2010 3 photos
During the winter, the pond become a skate rink. It's free, big, nice, beautiful... Bring your skates and have fun!
Good place for families, friends...
If you don't have skates like me :) It's nice to walk around and watching people. -
Review from Sarah F.
7/13/2010
This is how a small urban park should be! Easy to get to from the bike path(s), super lush, some manicured gardens, and full of folks enjoying the outdoors. Even on a hot day (mid-90s!), people--old and young--were sitting around, playing music, reading, biking, skating, napping, picnicking.
As an aside, I particularly liked the shallowness of the ponds because I'm terrified of murky pond water and also of drowning. If you are too, then you'll love . . . the shallow and very clear ponds at Parc Lafontaine. -
Review from Jay T.
7/16/2009
can't miss this place if you are following a bike path. on a hot day the locals sit around facing the big fountain in a lake like this is a beach.
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