Quebec travel guides & articles
All 16 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Quebec — newest first.
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Riding Quebec's Funicular Down to Lower Town in September
The CA$7 cable car that drops you off the cliff into Petit Champlain, how its wicket-only queue really works, and what to do with the hours after you land. Written for a September 2026 visit.
Snow Carving Rivals Under Bonhomme at Quebec Carnaval
The International Snow Sculpture Competition, Bonhomme's 395-tonne ice palace and the rest of a Quebec City February, timed and priced for a reader who has to stand outside in it.
Quebec City in November When the Queues Are Gone
The month the terraces come in, the fortress tour runs with six people on it, and the two-star vaults have a table: how to walk, eat and warm up in Quebec City once the summer season has closed.
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.