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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We learned a lot about Quebec that we wouldn’t have known otherwise. Xavier was a very personable tour guide and we would highly recommended the tour.
By Anthony (Vermont) on Airbnb (2020) -
The tour was very thorough and educational Xavier interacted with everyone and keep us engaged it was very well thought out tour
By Eric (Orlando, Florida) on Airbnb (2020) Eric ( ou plutôt Julien) notre fils n'était pas du tout ravi de faire une visite guidée. Xavier a définitivement changé la donne. Nous avons été tous les trois heureux de cette belle decouyde Québec. Merci Xavier
By Anne (France) on Airbnb (2020)Tres belle découverte de Quebec en hiver .Des explications détaillées et très accessibles par tous .Expérience à recommander.
By Sylvie (France) on Airbnb (2020)Une visite très enrichissante et sympathique. Xavier répond avec patience et gentillesse à nos questions. Il n'a pas été avare de son temps et c'est avec grand plaisir que j'aimerais découvrir ses autres visites thématiques.
By Catherine (France) on Airbnb (2020)INCREÍBLE, Xavier nos llevó a conocer lugares que seguramente no hubiéramos visitado sin el tour! Conocimos mucha historia de Quebec y nos encanto ! 100% recomendable.
By Daniela (Mexico) on Airbnb (2020)this was an incredible and very professional tour, I like to take history tours all over the world and this one was specially complete, Xavier is very respectful, polite and kind, he gives the correct explanation at the perfect moment and is evident that he knows what he is talking about, a lot of history is explained through the streets of the city, the timing between the cold and warm places made it pretty comfortable, he suggested places to visit and activities to do, I totally recommend it, you feel more part of Quebec after the tour, he absolutely improve my visit. I feel I'm still in debt with Xavier, the price is very cheap for all the information that he shared with us and the friendly way he did it, It was a great experience!
By Didier (Mexico City) on Airbnb (2020)Definitely recommended!
By Anna (New York City) on Airbnb (2020)Excelente tour, muy recomendable porque no solo proporciona información que encuentras en libros de historia de Quebec, sino que la “adereza” con datos curiosos, experiencias personales y de la comunidad. Es un tour qué hay que tomar si se desea conocer más a fondo sobre este hermoso lugar. Nos encantó. Pierre, el guía, es muy agradable, sensato, conoce bien el tema y se percibe que disfruta lo que hace.
By Lizzy (Mexico) on Airbnb (2020)Very informative walk tour. I felt like a local after learning so much about the culture and the people of the places I've seen during the tour.
By Gina (Ontario) on Airbnb (2020)
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