Find hotel rooms, b&b, apartments, resorts, and villas in many locations worldwide.Find the best hotel rates in
Quebec City, Canada. Look over hotels to get started and read our hotel reviews, completed by customers just like you. We offer Family, Budget or Luxury accommodations with major hotels chains as well as those special smaller hotels. Find your hotel on our displayed map with one click. Details of your selected hotel will also show online. Lowest available prices, secure booking and no booking fees ever.
Quebec City, Canada is certainly most European destination in North America. Its convenient proximity to the much of the US east coast is almost as surprising as the fact that so few Americans are clued in to what a great experience awaits them on the St. Lawrence River.
Quebec City is an astounding travel find. Perched one of the most beautiful riverside settings in North America, Quebec is the only walled city in Canada or the United States. It is four centuries old but so beautifully preserved that UNESCO designated Quebec a World Heritage Site in 1985.
Consequently, when you arrive in Quebec City, you are in the Province of Quebec. When speaking about Quebec City, the Quebecois have coined descriptive terminology. Depending upon the context to which they are referring (topography, history, day-to-day life, archeology, culture ...) the city takes on a different name (The Old City, The Old Capital, The Lower-Town, the Upper-Town, or Old Quebec)!!!
No excursion to French speaking
Canada is complete without a visit to exuberant, romantic Québec City, a travel
destination found in one of the most beautiful natural settings
in North America. The well preserved Vieux-Québec (Old Québec)
is small and densely packed, and is steeped in four centuries of history and French tradition.
17th and 18th century buildings have been carefully maintained and preserved
over the centuries and are bordered by numerous attractive parks which contain
historic monuments.
The government of Québec has completely restored
many of the centuries old buildings of Place Royale, one of the oldest
districts on the continent. Because of its meticulous preservation of this, the
only fortified city remaining in North America, UNESCO has designated Vieux-Québec
a World Heritage Site.
Perched on a cliff above
a narrow point in the St. Lawrence River, Québec City has a view that seems to
take in the whole world. In the 17th century the
first French explorers, fur trappers, and missionaries came here to establish
the colony of New France. Today, it still resembles a French provincial
town in many ways. The culture, music, food, and art are all distinctly
influenced by the French. At the same time, the Quebecois have
created their own enduring culture with its unique traditions, flavors,
sounds, and sights.
Québec City's split
level landscape divides Upper Town on the cape from Lower Town, along the
shores of the St. Lawrence. Separating these two sections of the
city are cliffs of steep and precipitous rock, against which were built more than
25 escaliers (staircases). Both parts of the town offer attractions
ranging from from centuries old buildings to beautiful churches.
The city also has an amazing array of cabarets, cafes, and restaurants
where visitors can enjoy the unique Quebecois cuisine.
Quebec City is the closest
one can come to being in France without leaving North America. Visitors to
Quebec City are never disappointed. The blend of French culture with other
traditions has produced an amazing city of timeless treasures and memories to be
shared.
