Les Voûtes de Napoléon

Québec City


At this jubilant boîte à chanson (folk-music club), it will likely be just you and the locals. There’s lively Québécois music nightly, usually of the ‘singer-with-guitar’ variety, with lesser-known up-and-coming acts featuring prominently. You'll find 'Napoleon's Vaults' in an atmospheric old cellar with ancient arched stone walls just west of the Hôtel du Parlement.


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