This Winter Walking Tour is the perfect way to discover Old Quebec’s history, its architecture and its charms in the midst of winter. Enjoy the quaintest Nordic city of North America thanks to breaks to warm up during the guided tour.
(Based on 361 reviews)
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You’ll discover magical places eatilled with a rich history in enchanting sceneries. You’ll learn the main facts and see the highlights of Quebec City’s historical center. Like the famous Place royale, Château Frontenac, City Hall and cathedrals (Catholic and Anglicane). Because this tour is seasonal, provided during winter only, we’ll focus on the influence of the cold season on historical events, local culture and architecture.
The Winter Walking Tour stands outside, in the quaint streets of Old Port & Petit Champlain (Lower Town) and Old Quebec (Upper Town), but we’ll make warm breaks inside buildings.
To tease you, here are some winter topics : Bonhomme Carnaval and the biggest winter carnaval of the world, impact of the ice bridge on the economy, ice canoeing, siege of 1775 with Benedict Arnold…
Important notice :
- The Musée de la Civilisation don’t sell any tickets for the Winter Walking Tour, they only greet us to meet each other and start.
- Please wear warm clothes, warm socks, warm shoes. Even if we do warm breaks, we’ll spend most of the time outside. Winter here is very cold and windy. Ski suits are useful and you should consider something warm like this.
How to get there ?
The Musée de la Civilisation has two entrances: one on Dalhousie Street and the other one on Saint-Pierre Street. The meeting location is inside the museum, nearby the boutique and Saint-Pierre entrance.
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1st time to Quebec.
Xavier was a fantastic tour guide and really knowledgeable with the history of the area and the people. Definitely a must do if you only have a few hours and don’t know a lot of Québec’s history.
By Blake C on Tripadvisor (2020) -
Xavier es un guía super experto y con buen sentido del humor. La pasamos muy bien con él, ¡no duden en reservar este tour!
By Yess Y Ross (Costa Rica) on Airbnb (2019) Great overall tour!
By Gillian (Canada) on Airbnb (2019)Great tour, highly recommend
By Jasmine (Pennsylvania) on Airbnb (2019)I wish I had done the tour the first day I arrived. Great tour and fantastic value! Highly recommend it.
By Vick (Montréal) on Airbnb (2019)Xavier was wonderful with our whole group- connecting with grandparents and teenagers.
By Wendy (Virginia) on Airbnb (2019)Xavier was an exceptional guide! He’s friendly, funny and very knowledgeable.
By Matt (Massachusetts) on Airbnb (2019)Great tour
By Janel (Connecticut) on Airbnb (2019)Our guide had the knowledge of an elementary school child and Zero passion for history. We threw away two hours and subsequently had to hover around other tour groups (from the official professional companies) trying to overhear their explanations so we could could leave the city with some sense of it's history.
By Maria (Florida) on Airbnb (2019)We are sorry that Maria did not enjoy the tour as much as the other travelers that day. After investigation, it seems that the traveler took a dislike to our guide following an unsatisfactory answer before the tour began. Unfortunately our guide obviously failed to restore the situation.
We had Marie and she was great 🙂 it’s perfect to explore some nice spots !
By Justin (Ottawa) on Airbnb (2019)
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