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Anyone here been to Quebec City?
Posted on 8/6/19 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 5:53 pm
The good, the bad and the ugly please
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 8/6/19 at 6:42 pm to cbtullis
Are you going in the summer or the winter? If winter, then I recommend a trip to the Ice Hotel. Have a drink at the bar and enjoy the atmosphere for a while.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:13 pm to cbtullis
Was there last year in July. The old town was over-run with tourists and cars. It was way too crowded to appreciate the architecture, etc. and they really should make it pedestrian only. There were other parts of town that were cool and where the locals hung out.
Now that I think about it, the thread about where you wouldn't go again....I would say Quebec City.
Now that I think about it, the thread about where you wouldn't go again....I would say Quebec City.
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:29 pm to GOP_Tiger
Planning on going the end of October
Posted on 8/6/19 at 7:32 pm to cbtullis
Loved it. We went on a cruise that ended there and we spent a few extra days at the Chateau Frontiac, the hotel on top of the hill that looks like a castle. The beat restaurant we ate at was Toast. There are many other excellent French restaurants on the pedestrian streets. It is like being in a little neighborhood in Paris. All good. No bad or ugly unless you don't like climbing hills.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 11:23 pm to GOP_Tiger
Also in winter, they usually have a blast for Mardi Gras, which they usually call Winter Carnival. Look at pics of bain de neige if you want to get an idea.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:15 am to GOP_Tiger
I'll give you some feed back in couple weeks. Leaving on the 15th for Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City
Posted on 8/7/19 at 1:04 pm to cbtullis
Actually just got back from Quebec City. Was going to write a trip review, but I haven't had a chance yet.
I absolutely loved it, but the post Zappas Stache made about the crowds is not untrue, especially in the upper part of the Old Town.
We stayed in the Lower Town at Hotel 71. It's close to the river and about a block or so away from the pedestrian area. The pedestrian area is filled with shops, bars, restaurants, cheap bullshite souvenir shops, etc. It's a ton of fun to walk around in. Not crowded at all in the morning, but gets pretty packed in the afternoon.
There's a funicular ($3.50CDN) that will take you up the hill and drops off on a big boardwalk right in front of Chateau Frontenac. Everything seems very walkable. It was super crowded on top of the hill every time we rode up, though.
We did a half day to see Montmorency Falls and Isle d'Orleans. They have a zipline you can ride past the waterfall that looked cool, but my wife is scared of heights so we passed on that. Isle d'Orleans has some pretty fun wineries. We did tastings at Vineyard St Petronille (lunch on site was good) and Isle de Bacchus. It's not Napa or Bordeaux, but it was fun and the wine was pretty good. There's a chocolate shop on the island that is good as well.
We did the Citadel for changing of the guards (10AM). It was enjoyable, but it dragged on a little bit long. They have a regimental goat that they let you take pictures with, though. If you walk towards it from the boardwalk and climb up the hill, there is a great view of the landscape and Chateau Frontenac for some pics. The basilica near Frontenac is under construction and you can barely even see the Holy Door at the moment.
Our two big dinners were at Chez Boulay and Aux Anciens Canadiens. Would recommend both.
I absolutely loved it, but the post Zappas Stache made about the crowds is not untrue, especially in the upper part of the Old Town.
We stayed in the Lower Town at Hotel 71. It's close to the river and about a block or so away from the pedestrian area. The pedestrian area is filled with shops, bars, restaurants, cheap bullshite souvenir shops, etc. It's a ton of fun to walk around in. Not crowded at all in the morning, but gets pretty packed in the afternoon.
There's a funicular ($3.50CDN) that will take you up the hill and drops off on a big boardwalk right in front of Chateau Frontenac. Everything seems very walkable. It was super crowded on top of the hill every time we rode up, though.
We did a half day to see Montmorency Falls and Isle d'Orleans. They have a zipline you can ride past the waterfall that looked cool, but my wife is scared of heights so we passed on that. Isle d'Orleans has some pretty fun wineries. We did tastings at Vineyard St Petronille (lunch on site was good) and Isle de Bacchus. It's not Napa or Bordeaux, but it was fun and the wine was pretty good. There's a chocolate shop on the island that is good as well.
We did the Citadel for changing of the guards (10AM). It was enjoyable, but it dragged on a little bit long. They have a regimental goat that they let you take pictures with, though. If you walk towards it from the boardwalk and climb up the hill, there is a great view of the landscape and Chateau Frontenac for some pics. The basilica near Frontenac is under construction and you can barely even see the Holy Door at the moment.
Our two big dinners were at Chez Boulay and Aux Anciens Canadiens. Would recommend both.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 3:20 pm to Bear-O-Dactyl
I looked up teh areas we liked away from the old town. Rue Saint-Jean is an area full of bars and restaurants and we went to a gastropub named Le Projet which was good food and they had Cantillion Geuze on draft dirt cheap...if you are a beer nurd like me this is nirvana. We also went to a heavy metal craft beer dive bar just down the street named Bateau De Nuit. There weren't many people in there so we talked to the bartender and when he heard we were from Texas and liked sour beers he started pouring us all sorts of stuff...for free (this happened in Montreal too). The place filled up later and we ended up talking to a gay long haul trucker and his partner for a while.
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