Canada
Quebec City
4 routes
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 About Quebec City
Quebec City is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459 and the Quebec City census metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfth-largest city and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters.
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Photo: Xavier Fournier-Blais · CC BY-SA 4.0City walk CanadaOld Quebec on Foot: The Walls, the Château and the Lower Town
A five-kilometre loop through the only walled city north of Mexico: along the ramparts, across the Château Frontenac's terrace, down the Breakneck Stairs to Place Royale, and back up the hill.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Clementp.fr · CC BY-SA 4.0Trek CanadaJacques-Cartier National Park: The Les Loups Trail
A day hike from Quebec City into a glacial valley 550 metres deep, climbing the Les Loups trail to two cliff-edge lookouts over the Jacques-Cartier River.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 11 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5Attraction CanadaMontmorency Falls and the Île d'Orléans Loop
An 83-metre waterfall a quarter of an hour from Old Quebec, seen from its base, its cliff-top suspension bridge and its long staircase, then a drive around the farm island across the river.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 3 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Photo: Guillaume Cattiaux · CC BY-SA 2.0City walk CanadaThe Citadelle and the Plains of Abraham: Where Quebec Changed Hands
From the Château Frontenac along the cliff on the Governors' Promenade, into the star-shaped Citadelle, across the battlefield of 1759 and back down Grande Allée to the Parliament Building.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Distance
- 6 km
- Difficulty
- Easy