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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Must do in Québec City. Xavier was able to explain both Canada’s and Quebec’s history, while showing us the beauty and individuality of the city. Although it was the winter, he took stops in warm places and helped us to feel warm throughout the tour. Could not recommend it enough!
By Daniela (Porto Rico) on Airbnb (2019) -
Xavier was really knowlegdable and entertaining. He's knows alot about his city and know keep the attention. Lots of local jokes and insides that you'll love. Listen really well to his advice to wear warm cloths. It's also a good idea to do this tour at the begining of your trip to quebec city because Xavier gives a bunch of ideas of places to eat and visit.
By Icare (Laval, Québec) on Airbnb (2019) Very nice tour! Great energy and super nice attitude. He knows what he is talking about and even knows fun facts not commonly known. Sometimes I got lost because I’m not good at understanding history but Xavier did well to describe things as easy as possible. He also knows a lot about local cuisine and restaurants and his recommendations were so helpful. Thank you!
By Sara (Montréal) on Airbnb (2019)Xavier was a great tour guide. We had a fun two hours visiting many different sites and learning about history, culture and fascinating stories. Xavier was full of energy and it rubbed off on everyone. An excellent tour.
By Martin (Toronto) on Airbnb (2019)Thoughtful, knowledgeable, entertaining and friendly. He even brought little heating pads for those A little unprepared. He knows his history and his passion for it is plain. Great English and French speaking skills, I recommend, especially if you’re a fan of history.
By Adam (Mississauga, Ontario) on Airbnb (2019)Xavier is a really kind and funny guide, I really enjoyed his tour. I could tell that he was happy to show us the city , something that I apprecciated very much, and he also knows a lot about Québec. It was a great tour.
By Valeria Andrea (Mexico) on Airbnb (2019)Xavier is an amazing guide! We learned a lot about the history of the city as well as about its culture and other useful and interesting facts, especially about winter in Quebec. It was one of the best walking tours I’ve taken, it was fun and interesting, dynamic and mindful of everybody’s needs. I would definitely recommend this tour to anybody visiting Quebec City, it’s just great!
By Maria Fernanda (Mexico City) on Airbnb (2019)Xavier is an excellent, wonderful guide!
Xavier's winter walking tour of Old Quebec was excellent! Beforehand, he set a preparation email about how to dress so we would be comfortable in the December wind. Unlike the typical tour guide who bombards the listener with names and dates, Xavier told us interesting stories about the history and geography of this special place, setting the context with a few major turning point events around which everything happened. He engaged us with questions ("what do you think they were trading at that time?"), and personalized the Quebecois viewpoint with stories of his family. We really enjoyed our two hour tour and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about this unique cultural and historical place.
By Bruce I on Tripadvisor (2019)Fantastically Interesting
Xavier, the guide, creates a well constructed tour which includes the social background of the places visited. This provides a depth not often experienced on a tour. All that said, Xavier is funny and light- hearted. Highly recommended. I wish I could be in Quebec in warmer weather to take other interesting tours that he offers.
By ML S (Vancouver) on Tripadvisor (2019)Winter walking tour
Xavier was very knowledgeable about the early and present day history of Quebec. We were happy to learn so much. He was great at including everyone in the conversation and remembered everyone's name and what they did..remarkable.
Length of tour was just right. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone with the physical ability to hoof uphill.By Janice Q (Connecticut) on Tripadvisor (2019)
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