How to reach Sherbrooke?
Buying a plane ticket
By shuttle
By car
By bus
More
information on Sherbrooke may be found on the Web site of the local tourist bureau.
Buying a plane ticket
- The nearest convenient airport is Montréal Trudeau (YUL)
- There is also an airport in Sherbrooke with flights from Toronto
but that will be very expensive.
- Please check the travel
agency below if you want a shuttle as well. The
shuttle is available only if you buy the plane ticket from them.
How to reach Sherbrooke
from Dorval Trudeau (YUL) airport.
By shuttle
- You have to buy your plane tickets from Voyage Escapade 2000.
The price includes the price of the shuttle from the airport to your hotel
and back. There is NO suttle service if you do not buy the plane ticket from
them.
- You can send an e-mail to Patrick Samson <psamson@ve2000.com> or call him
at 819-563-5344. Mention that your are coming for the conference organized
by André-Marie Tremblay
- You should estimate the price of the shuttle at about 80$ to
120$ canadian
to know the real price of the plane ticket. Sometimes they have very good
prices, sometimes they are outrageaous. You should also check the internet
and charter flights (Air Transat for example).
- The shuttle driver will meet you personally as you exit the
airport. He should know where to drive you, but if he does not know,
the hotel is
- Delta Hotel
2685 King Street West
Sherbrooke, Québec J1L 1C1
Tel: 819-822-1989
Fax: 819-822-8990
Toll-Free: 1-877-814-7706
By car
- At the airport's
exit, take Highway 20 direction East, towards Montréal. (Ask
a map to the car rental to go out of the airport)
- On highway 20, stay in the center lane since the right
lane must often exit.
- The highway will narrow down to 2 lanes and expand up
to 4 lanes, then keep right lane.
- Take the exit towards Champlain Brigde and keep
in the center lane since the right lane must often exit.
- After Champlain Bridge, follow directions for
Highway 10 East, towards Sherbrooke. From there the drive is about
one and a half hour.
- There are restaurants nearby the highway (exits 29, 55
and 78).
- Leave Highway 10 at exit 140, towards Highway
410.
- Exit for RTE-112 E/RUE KING exit- EXIT 4-E- toward
CENTRE-VILLE.You will be heading toward downtown Sherbrooke on a very commercial
street with all the fastfood you want!
- Drive about 1.7 km (1.1 miles). You will see the Delta
on your left, up a hill.
- You will need to turn left on Lionel Groulx to reach the
hotel.
- Delta Hotel
2685 King Street West
Sherbrooke, Québec J1L 1C1
Tel: 819-822-1989
Fax: 819-822-8990
Toll-Free: 1-877-814-7706
By bus
- Take the airport shuttle bus or taxi to get
you downtown Montreal, to the main intercity bus station ("Voyageur bus terminal",
at the corner of Berri St. and Sainte-Catherine St.).
- There are express buses leaving for Sherbrooke at every hour
or two hours, depending on the exact moment of the day. The cost of a round
trip is about 50$. The transit time is approximately 2 hours.
- You can search for specific
times for the bus or look at the schedule.
For more
information
on the bus ride, schedule, etc, you may also contact the Limocar
Bus company
at (819) 562-8899 or (866) 700-8899.
- Once in Sherbrooke, a taxi or local buses (bus #8 or bus #10)
can take you to the Delta. If all your luggage is with you on the bus, the
driver may even stop at the Delta.
- Delta Hotel
2685 King Street West
Sherbrooke, Québec J1L 1C1
Tel: 819-822-1989
Fax: 819-822-8990
Toll-Free: 1-877-814-7706
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