Québec: The Old World in the New

French-speaking patrons enjoying croissants in cafes. Ornate church spires peeking out from within the city walls. Is this really North America? Explore the Old World grace of Quebec City with your Tour Director as you stride along 17th century cobblestone streets. Historical animation of Upper Town conducted by your Tour Director. Stops include the beautifully lit National Assembly, Dufferin Terrace, Chateau Frontenac, famous architecture such as Aux Anciens Canadiens, gates and walls of Vieux Quebec, rue du Tresor (artist’s street) and the most photographed cannon ball in Quebec.

A Quebec proverb claims that anyone who eats crepes on Candlemas (February 2) will have a full year of good luck, but any day of the year these flat pancakes are delicious. Top them with Gruyere cheese or spicy ground beef for dinner, and then drizzle some chocolate for dessert. Bon appetite!

From Iroquois fur-trading post to UNESCO World Heritage Site in less than half a century, Quebec City grew in picturesque leaps and bounds — a citadel here, a cathedral there. Join a licensed local guide for a tour of Old Quebec, the only walled city in North America. See the massive star-shaped Citadelle, the largest North American fortification still occupied by troops, and photograph the magnificent castle-like Château Frontenac, a hotel that has housed Queen Elizabeth, Alfred Hitchcock, and (so the legend goes) at least a pair of honeymooners every night since its opening in 1893.

A multi-media journey into Quebec’s history.

Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre for an insight on the importance of religion in the history of Quebec. See the sight where thousands of pilgrims journey to pay homage to Ste-Anne every year.

Maple taffy rolled out onto sow, melting on your tongue. Ham roasted beneath a sweet glaze of hardened syrup. Beans baked in sauce of maple syrup and mustard, traditional French-Canadian Tourtiere drizzled in maple syrup. Sound good? Head out to a working maple syrup farm and learn all about the process of concocting the sweet stuff from tapping the tree to pouring the syrup on your pancakes. Stay for dinner, a traditional Quebecois feast in which each course features – what else? – Maple syrup as a main ingredient. Be entertained by traditional Quebecois music and maybe learn to play the spoons!