To make your getaway extra special, here are some ideas of the kind of activities you can enjoy at the cottage or in the local area:

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES – WINTER

• Skating and ice hockey (goals provided)
• Skiing: Mont Orford, Jay Peak, Burke Mountain, Smugglers’ Notch, Owl’s Head
• Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing along the 20-km Massawippi trail (Tomifobia Nature Trail), which begins in the quaint village of Beebe Plain (Stanstead)

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES – SUMMER

• Kayaking, waterskiing (Lake Memphremagog)
• Hiking and cycling along the Tomifobia Nature Trail, a 20-km trail that begins in the quaint village of Beebe Plain (Stanstead)
• Golf: Dufferin Heights, Inverugie, Mont Orford, North Hatley, Jay Peak, Newport
• Fitch Bay marina (boat rentals)

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

• Colby-Curtis Museum (Stanstead)
• GranitExpo & Museum (Stanstead)
• Orford Express tourist train
• Witch Bay haunted house (Fitch Bay)
• Clos du Roc Noir winery (Fitch Bay)
• Brown’s Hill horseback riding centre (Tomifobia)
• Bleu Lavande lavender farms (Fitch Bay)
• Stanstead Stone Circle (Stanstead)
• Rucher Bernard Bee Bec honey producers (Beebe)
• Saint-Benoit-du-Lac abbey and cheese-making facility (Austin)
• Beebe Plain
• Newport, Vermont
• Georgeville
• North Hatley
• Ayer’s Cliff
• Magog
• Mont Orford park
• Orford Arts Centre

SHOPPING

• Duty-free shop (Stanstead border crossing)
• Magog
• Newport
• Sherbrooke
• North Hatley

R&R

• Spa Nordic (Magog)

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

• Vieux clocher de Magog performance centre

 
For more information, visit the website of the Estrie tourism association:
www.cantonsdelest.com