Places to Explore

• The Fortifications

  Declared a Canadian historical monument in 1957, the 4½-km-long (3-mi-long) wall is the heart of a defensive belt that circles the Old City. The wall began as a series of earthworks and wooden palisades... (more)

• Lower Town

  Lower Town is the new hot spot, its once-dilapidated warehouses are now boutique hotels, trendy shops, chic art galleries, and popular restaurants and bars, filled with locals and tourists alike. After... (more)

• Outside the Walls

  Québec City may be packed with history, but if you look beyond all monuments and old buildings you'll find pockets of trendy restaurants and eclectic boutiques, and even a bit of nightlife. It's... (more)

• Upper Town

  No other place in Canada has so much history squeezed into such a small spot. Upper Town was a barren, windswept cape when Samuel de Champlain decided to build a fort here just over 400 years ago. Now... (more)