Québec City

Colourful night lights show off the beauty of Lower Town and the majesty of the Château Frontenac.

The impressive Château Frontenac is Québec City's most famous landmark. The luxurious hotel perched atop Cape Diamond since the late 19th century was designed to convey prestige in keeping with its Old Québec surroundings. Historic events have taken place in the building, and famous people have stayed there. Opened in 1893, the Châteauesque-styled building has 18 floors. It is one of the first completed grand railway hotels, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981.

Unesco: Historic District of Old Québec
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Date: Feb 22

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Colourful night lights show off the beauty of Lower Town and the majesty of the Château Frontenac in Upper Town.

The Château Frontenac is one of Canada's grand railway hotels built by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Châteauesque architectural style used throughout the hotel would later serve as a template for other Canadian grand railway hotels erected in the late-19th to early-20th century.  The central fortress-like tower design is derived from medieval and chateaux found throughout France's Loire Valley.

Unesco: Historic District of Old Québec
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Date: April 25

Quebec

The brilliant autumn colours of the Quebec Forests.
More than half its territory is covered by one of the largest forest reservoirs in the world, accounting for 20% of the total Canadian forest and 2% of the world’s forests. Forest landscapes in Québec dominate an area of nearly 900,000 km2.

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Date: April 6

La Ville de Québec

If going down the aptly - named Breakneck Stairs seems scary climbing the stairs back to Upper Town is even more daunting and in the winter, they are often more treacherous.

The Breakneck Stairs, is Quebec City's oldest stairway, built in 1635. They were given their current name in the mid-19th century, because of their steepness. The 59 steps of the Breakneck Stairs connecting côte de la Montagne to rue du Petit-Champlain are just one of the ways to move between Upper and Lower Town.

Unesco: Historic District of Old Québec
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Date: Feb 20

Montmorency Falls

The Montmorency Falls is a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec. Located a mere 15 minutes from Old Québec, Parc de la Chute-Montmorency is a spectacular historic site. Its 83-metre-high waterfall dominates the landscape. 

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Date: Sept 13

Québec City

Aerial view of the city of Québec. Québec City sits on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada's mostly French-speaking Québec province. Dating to 1608, it has a fortified colonial core, Vieux-Québec and Place Royale, with stone buildings and narrow streets.

Unesco: Historic District of Old Québec
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Date: Aug 20

Quebec

Quebec city and the St. Lawrence River.
Québec City sits on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada's mostly French-speaking Québec province. Dating to 1608, it has a fortified colonial core, Vieux-Québec and Place Royale, with stone buildings and narrow streets.

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Date: July 11

Québec City

The historic heart of Quebec City has been on UNESCO’s prestigious world heritage list since 1985, as it is the vibrant cradle of French America and is still surrounded by its fortifications. It is the only North American city to have preserved its ramparts, together with the numerous bastions, gates and defensive works which still surround Old Québec. The Upper Town, built on the cliff, has remained the religious and administrative centre, with its churches, convents and other monuments like the Dauphine Redoubt, the Citadel and Château Frontenac. Together with the Lower Town and its ancient districts, it forms an urban ensemble which is one of the best examples of a fortified colonial city.

Unesco: Historic District of Old Québec
Distance: 6,146 km
Travel time: 42 days