Quebec travel guides & articles
All 13 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Quebec — newest first.
Quebec City's Fall Colours by Bus, Ferry and Shuttle
A bus ticket or a shuttle seat will get you to Montmorency, the Jacques-Cartier valley and the island, and this is the order to take them in.
Wendake Keeps the Longhouse Fire Lit Twenty Minutes From Quebec
A day trip out of Quebec into a living Huron-Wendat community: the longhouse, two villages, the gorge, two serious kitchens and the shops that outlasted everything around them.
One Day in Charlevoix, Quebec City's Wild Backyard
Mountains, a gorge, whale water and a village full of galleries, all of it within ninety minutes of Quebec City, and how to fit the right pieces into a single day.
Paddle the Ice with Quebec City's Canoe Crews
The winter canoe crossing of the St. Lawrence is the oldest ritual Quebec City still practises, and for about CA$225 you can be in the boat instead of on the boardwalk.
Château Frontenac: The Hotel Quebec City Can't Escape
The building on every postcard is still a working hotel with 611 rooms, a war-planning past, and neighbours in Old Quebec who tell a quieter, cheaper version of the same story.
The Plains of Abraham: Quebec City's Battlefield Turned Park
How a twenty-minute battle in 1759 left Quebec City a hundred hectares of open ground it still uses every single day, from ski trails to the country's biggest winter carnival.
Quebec's Ice Palace: A Monument Built to Melt
Every February, Québec City builds a palace out of river ice and lets it die by April — here's how to see the whole arc, from the first block to the last puddle.
The St. Lawrence After Dark: Quebec City's Riverfront from the Old Port to the Marina
A street-level guide to Quebec City's St. Lawrence waterfront after dark — from the free terrace above the Château Frontenac to the $4.55 ferry that shows you the whole Old Port lit up from the water.
The Fortress on the Cliff: Quebec City's Walls and the Only Walled City North of Mexico
A street-level guide to the 4.6km of stone that still rings Old Québec — the citadel, the gates, the buried forts underfoot, and how to see the whole circuit without wasting a day of it.
The Sugar Season: Quebec's Cabanes à Sucre and the Feast That Breaks the Winter
A walking guide to the family-run sugar shacks that open around Quebec City each spring, sorted by group size, distance and how much folklore you actually want with your maple syrup.
Île d'Orléans: The Farm Behind Quebec City's Table
Twenty minutes from Old Quebec, a 300-year-old island of orchards, cellars, and stone farmhouses still supplies the city's kitchens — including through the deep freeze.
The Funicular and the Breakneck Steps: Quebec City's Upper and Lower Towns
One cliff, two worlds, and two ways down it — a street-level guide to riding the funicular, climbing the Breakneck Steps, and understanding why Quebec City is built the way it is.
How Quebec City Lives Through the Deep Freeze
A ten-day, street-level plan for the season Québec City was built around — from the 1884 toboggan slide to a night inside the ice and the Nordic spa that thaws you out.