Must-see attractions in Québec City

  • Low-angle view of Chateau Frontenac.
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    Le Château Frontenac

    Québec City

    Reputedly the world's most photographed hotel, this audaciously elegant structure was opened in 1893 by the Canadian Pacific Railway as part of its chain…

  • Battlefields Park

    Québec City

    One of Québec City’s must-sees, this verdant clifftop park contains the Plains of Abraham, site of the infamous 1759 battle between British General James…

  • September 7, 2018: Exterior of the Musee de la civilisation de Quebec (Museum of Civilization) near the Saint Lawrence River.
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    Musée de la Civilisation

    Québec City

    This world-class museum wows even before you’ve clapped your eyes on the exhibits. It is a fascinating mix of modern design that incorporates preexisting…

  • Terrasse Dufferin

    Québec City

    Perched on a clifftop 60m above the St Lawrence River, this 425m-long boardwalk is a marvelous setting for a stroll, with spectacular, sweeping views. In…

  • Le Monastère des Augustines

    Québec City

    On no account should you miss this museum, which traces the history of the order of Augustinian nuns who founded Québec’s first hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu,…

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    Le Quartier Petit-Champlain

    Québec City

    Arguably the city's most picturesque district, this area sandwiched between the Old Upper Town and the waterfront has Québec City’s most intriguing…

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    Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec

    Québec City

    Spare at least a half-day to visit this extraordinary art museum, one of the province's best. Permanent exhibitions range from art in the early French…

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    Hôtel du Parlement

    Québec City

    Home to Québec's Provincial Legislature, the gargantuan Parliament building is a Second Empire structure completed in 1886. Free 30-minute tours, offered…

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    La Citadelle

    Québec City

    Covering 2.3 sq km, North America's largest fort was begun by the French in the 1750s but what we see today was constructed by the British over 30 years…

  • St-Jean-Baptiste

    Québec City

    Strolling along Rue St-Jean is a great way to feel the pulse of this bohemian district. The first thing that strikes you, once you've recovered from…

  • Chapelle des Ursulines

    Québec City

    This glittering chapel just across from the Musée des Ursulines contains some of the finest wood carving in Québec and was gilded by the nuns themselves…

  • Musee Des Ursulines

    Musée des Ursulines

    Québec City

    Housed in a historic convent, this thoughtful, well-laid-out and wheelchair-accessible museum tells the fascinating story of the Ursuline nuns’ lives and…

  • Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

    Québec City

    Consecrated in 1804, this handsome church was the first Anglican cathedral built outside the British Isles. Designed by two officers from the British army…

  • Artillery Park

    Québec City

    Part of the Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site and open in summer, this park along the Old Upper Town walls was chosen as the site for 18th…

  • Musée des Plaines d'Abraham

    Québec City

    This museum spread over three levels presents a fine multimedia history show entitled Battles: 1759–60. Incorporating maps, scale models, interactive…

  • Musée de l'Amérique Francophone

    Québec City

    Anchor tenant of the 17th-century Séminaire de Québec, this breathtakingly thorough museum is purported to be Canada’s oldest. Enter via the awesome…

  • Édifice Price

    Québec City

    This art-deco 'skyscraper,' modeled after New York City's Empire State Building, opened in 1929 and for decades the 80m, 17-story structure dominated the…

  • Église St-Roch

    Québec City

    Measuring over 80m long, 34m wide and 46m high (including the steeples), St-Roch is the largest church in Québec City and can seat 1250 people. Begun in…

  • St-Roch

    Québec City

    Traditionally a working-class district for factory and navy employees, St-Roch has been slowly gentrifying over the past decade or so. On the main artery,…

  • Governor General's Residence

    Québec City

    Located within Québec's Citadelle, this is one of only two residences in the country (the other is Rideau Hall in Ottawa) where Canada's governor-general,…

  • Centre Morrin

    Québec City

    You'd never know from looking at it but this stately early-19th-century stone building held Canada's first modern prison before being converted into…

  • Fresque des Québécois

    Québec City

    An obligatory photo stop on any tour of the Old Lower Town, this whimsical multistory trompe-l'oeil mural was painted in 1998 by a group of artists from…

  • Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge

    Québec City

    Not far to the southwest of the Plains of Abraham lie the colorful gardens of this park, a paean to the plant world and a welcome respite from downtown…

  • Séminaire de Québec

    Québec City

    Founded in 1663 by Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, New France's first bishop, and canonized in 2014 as St François de Laval, this Roman Catholic…

  • La Maison Henry-Stuart

    Québec City

    This handsomely preserved cottage built in 1850 by an upper-middle-class anglophone family contains period furnishings from the early 1900s. Hour-long…

  • Obsérvatoire de la Capitale

    Québec City

    Head 221m up to the 31st floor of the Édifice Marie-Guyart for great views of Old Québec, the St Lawrence River and (if it’s clear) even the distant…

  • Quebec City - Martello Tower Number 1

    Martello Tower 1

    Québec City

    Despite its small appearance, this defensive tower dating to 1810 on the Plains of Abraham – one of four built by the British – is jam-packed with…

  • Aquarium du Québec

    Québec City

    Spread across 40 hectares, Québec’s aquarium contains some 10,000 aquatic creatures, including freshwater and saltwater fish, amphibians, reptiles,…

  • Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires

    Québec City

    Begun in 1687 and named for French victories over the British in 1690 and 1711, this is North America's oldest stone church. It stands on the spot where…

  • Musée du Fort

    Québec City

    Now into its sixth decade, this minimuseum houses a 30-minute multimedia show that chronicles centuries of attacks on Québec City. It’s all played out on…

  • Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site

    Québec City

    On the St Charles River in Limoilu, northwest of the walled section of the city, this national historic site marks the spot where the Iroquoian people…

  • Musée Naval de Québec

    Québec City

    Perhaps not everyone's cup of cha, this small museum in the Old Port area focuses on the shipping industry here, the Canadian navy and the participation…

  • Jardin des Gouverneurs

    Québec City

    Overlooking the St Lawrence River is this leafy gem of a city park, with a monument to legendary generals James Wolfe and Louis-Joseph Montcalm on a…

  • Frontenac Kiosk

    Québec City

    An entrance to both the Fortifications of Québec and St-Louis Forts & Châteaux national historic sites.

  • Porte St-Jean

    Québec City

    Northernmost of the Old City's three main town gates, 'St John's Gate' was originally built in 1693 but replaced with this one in 1940.

  • Porte St-Louis

    Québec City

    Southernmost of the Old City's three main town gates, 'St Louis' Gate' was built at the end of the 17th century and replaced in 1878.

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