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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fantastique! impeccable!
By David (Montréal) on Airbnb (2021) -
Xavier is a highly knowledgeable person who will guide you through milestones of French-Canadian history in an easy and engaging way! I appreciated him not packing the tour with a ton of dates and names, but instead focusing on the big picture and some fun, interesting details/facts. Xavier is passionate about the subject and ready to answer all your Quebec-related questions! Thanks to his calm yet exciting storytelling, friendliness, and kindness, I felt welcomed and comfortable. Highly recommend!
By Mary (Toronto) on Airbnb (2020) This was truly an amazing and rich historical walking tour. Xavier was our guide and proved to be personable and extremely knowledgeable about the rich and royal history of Quebec City!
By David (Montréal, QC) on Airbnb (2020)"Xavier is an excellent tour guide: friendly, engaging and a mine of information about the history of Quebec City; the two hours flew by. So glad we took this tour!! Xavier est un guide superbe: aimable, engagé et plein d’informations sur l’histoire de la ville de Québec; les deux heures sont passées très vite. On est tellement content d’avoir choisi cette visite guidée - à ne pas manquer! Dankeschön, Xavier!"
By John (Montréal) on Airbnb (2020)Xavier had an incredible amount of knowledge on the topics he shared with us and was very clear about what was fact and what was speculation. His tour experience was amazingly curated and organized.
By Justin (Hong Kong) on Airbnb (2020)Xavier is AMAZING. I highly recommend his tour as this is the best way to see the town. He has phenomenal knowledge of the history of the town, the various locations and mostly any other questions you might have. In our 4 days in the city, we took this tour on the last day and were surprised with how much we didn’t know about the town exploring ourselves. We would’ve missed out a lot without this tour. I wouldn’t worry about the cold too much as he has great tips on staying warm throughout and we were very comfortable. Whenever I visit again, I will surely take this tour again as I am sure there’s a lot more in town Xavier knows that we can’t cover in 2 hours.
By Utsav (Toronto) on Airbnb (2020)Xavier is a very knowledgeable and personable guide. I really appreciate Xavier running his tour no matter what. We followed his recommendations about dress and were very comfortable.
By Becky (Indianapolis) on Airbnb (2020)Xavier is extremely welcoming and knowledgeable. He has a unique way of making you feel special. His knowledge of Quebec City is vast and he is always ready to answer questions. I highly recommend this tour.
By James (Ontario) on Airbnb (2020)Xavier has immersed himself in local culture and lore. Although I thought I knew the history he added so much more and brought it to life. Mind you all of this was under the pressure of the beginning of the caronanvirus worries, but Xavier kept everything on track
By Collln (Florida) on Airbnb (2020)Merci pour cette très agréable visite. Nous en avons appris beaucoup sur l’histoire de Québec et ses bâtiments! Nous n’aurions pas pu imaginer une meilleure expérience. Nous recommandons à 100% cette visite!
By Ambre (Trois-Rivières, Québec) on Airbnb (2020)
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