I did not know it was 140 yrs 140-year-old thing [a full 9 years before the opening of the…read moreworld-famous Château Frontenac]. During the winter, guests can take an 800-foot toboggan slide from the Citadel down to the terrace. Riding the toboggan slide on Dufferin Terrace beside the Château Frontenac is a favorite local tradition. Built-in 1884, this slide is possibly the oldest attraction in the city--racing down a slope at crazy speeds did not go out of fashion in the 19th century! For over a century, adventure seekers have been getting their adrenaline rush as they fly downhill at speeds of up to 70 km an hour. You can share the thrill as a family with a four-seater, or race against a buddy in the side-by-side runs. If you want a break during your sledding fun, you can have a snack, warm beverage, or bowl of steaming soup at the heated Kiosk next to the Château Frontenac.

While driving on the island we came upon this park and viewing tower. Since this was our first time…read morein the area, we didn't know what to expect from the top of the tower, but we are so happy we made the stop. The view from the top was incredible! Since it was fall we had the oportunity to see the wonderful foliage and also had the ability to see the recently tilled farmland. The view of the water was also beautiful. Overall, if you have the chance to stop in at this tower, and aren't afraid of heights, then this is the stop for you!

Not really a business. This is an observation tower in a park. If you like tree houses, you will…read morethe little climb up here. Do stop by the snack stand and try the hotdog with everything and the poutine.

This is very beautiful falls, and natural feature. Parking was easy and plentiful. There was a…read moreboardwalk to view the falls from above to experience how large they are. There are a variety of ways to expereince the falls, cable car ( was not operational) , suspension bridge, zip line ( not operational) and 400 plus stairs. There are several lookout platforms to take in the e views of the falls and Quebec City. A quick 15 minute drive outside of Quebec City , Montmorency Falls should definitely be on your list of spots to visit in Quebec!

A must visit if you are a tourist or a local. My family and I visited and had a lot of fun walking…read morearound the parc and taking the gondola ride down. Line for gondola tickets went by fast. But I recommend m taking the gondola back to the top bc those stairs were a killer!

Great fun, the last three holes are hockey themed, fun game room upstairs with ping pong tables, x…read morebox and more. Great service and challenging holes.

There's a choice of a simple 2 minute walk down halfway through wooden stairs to the wooden…read moreswinging bridge or a few minutes going down more steep wooden stairs to walk over jagged rocks to the falls during low tide where we saw people fishing. We first weren't going to walk over uneven rock's all the way to the falls because it was getting late, but my boys were way ahead and wouldn't stop when we yelled for them to return, so we ended up following them and I'm glad we did. When I arrived around the corner, there were 3 more falls behind the tall rock formation, hidden in a nook so maybe you can see if from the right side of the bridge or the wooden walk, but you can't take a great panoramic picture of all of at once. It was spectacular to see different waterfall formations altogether up close. However, be careful because some parts can be slippery and you need a lot of balance to walk on the rocks. A friend of mine scraped his leg tripping over the rocks, so going to the bridge may be a better option for those who can't make the trip to the falls. People also fish near the falls and saw huge fish in a bucket. There 's a lot of free parking at the waterfall area, a concession stand that sells icecream, slushies and drinks that close at 7pm (that barely spoke english, so i'm glad i had my son to help order in french) and a restroom before going to the falls.

We visited the falls on an excursion with our cruise. Overall it is worth the visit. The falls…read moreare stunningly beautiful, especially if you are up for walking, the entire circle, up the stairs and through the woods back to the manor house. Gorgeous. However, given that this is a "natural attraction" I was very disappointed that the otherwise lovely boardwalk was infested with many invasive species, like Japanese Knotweed. I think when making nature the focus of an attraction, it should be protected better than seems to be the case, at least along the boardwalk. Also of note .. you can easily take the funicular down and up to avoid much walking if need be. Clean facilities at the bottom and top.

My family and I ended up at Ranch Chez Ti-Gars after a dream morning of dogsledding across the…read morefield at Adventure Plein-Air Inukshuk. Normally Inukshuk offer a full day package of sledding in the morning, a hot lunch, and then sleigh riding a at Ti-Gars in the afternoon, but over the Christmas break they weren't doing lunches and so couldn't offer us the full package--but told us we were more than welcome to organise a sleigh ride ourselves for the afternoon. Firstly, I was on crutches with a broken ankle, so I wasn't going to be able to trek through the field to get to Ti-Gars from Inukshuk--that's how you normally get over there. The lovely old man from Ti-Gars was kind enough to come pick me up in his car. Every kindness shown to me while I was busted up just gave me extra appreciation for a place! We'd booked our sleigh ride a couple of days in advance and asked if there was somewhere warm where we could eat our packed lunches after our sled ride, so when the old gentleman brought us over to the ranch he led us into a warm room full of tables and chairs and a little touch of Christmas (lights and a tree, it was Christmas Eve after all). He didn't speak much English and we didn't speak much French but we got by just fine. My sister suspects the old man was actually Santa Claus, as around halfway through our lunch he reappeared from behind the stable door, threw three fluffy and enthusiastic barn kittens into the room with us, and closed the door again. BARN KITTENS! Just moments earlier I had remarked that on a day full of puppies and ponies (fine, whatever, "dogs and horses"), all we needed was kittens to make the day complete, and HERE THEY WERE, all up in our lunch business. They were nuts, just little furry bundles of energy and we got the giggles. The magic didn't end there, though--a short while later the old man summoned us into the stable on the premise of watching him gear up the horses for the sleigh ride. We came along willingly... and entered a farmyard wonderland. How do farm animals survive the winter? By all living together in harmony inside a barn, apparently! Pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, geese, rabbits, kittens, all of them hanging out--and most of them pregnant? I later read that Ranch Chez Ti-Gars is a baby animal farm, so all the pregnant animals made a bit more sense after that, haha. We patted some of them, cooed at others, got a walking tour of the stable's tack rooms with wonderful attempts to understand from both sides of the broken conversation, and ended up out on the other side of the stable--where the horses were. The old man encouraged one big beautiful old palomino over to us and introduced it as Ti-Gars. The ranch's namesake! The sleigh ride itself was slightly underwhelming, a balancing act on a big steel block on skis with a couple of rugs thrown across it as the two horses dragged said block through the same forest we'd earlier dogsledded through. But the horses were wearing bells that constantly jingled, and the forest was covered in snow. But by gosh, we were freezing! We weren't exactly dashing through the snow, the horse count was two and not one, forests not fields, freezing not laughing... but hey folks, it's not like you can try this at home. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingled all the way. I'd give the sleigh ride a 3/5 but our entire experience at the ranch well and truly deserved a 5/5. Possibly 6/5. Magic Quebec at its most magical.

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. This - Canyon Saint-Anne - is an example of why…read moreyou shouldn't. The "cover" is all the leaflets you see at the entrance to lodging places ... that would be considered 3 stars or less. That said, if there's a leaflet, it must be tacky. Places rife with leaflets include venues in Niagara Falls, South Florida, San Diego, and the like. Clearly, they have to have some redeeming value. The view towers with elevators adjacent to Niagara Falls are enjoyable venues and, diagonally on the other side of the continent, so is the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. I had seen Canyon Saint-Anne on leaflets for years. It seemed to fight for attention with its competition in racks of leaflets. Not only that, I thought it would be too far northeasterly along the Saint Lawerence Seaway from Quebec City. Canyon Saint-Anne checks all the boxes. It is not that far from the Quebec City area, access to it is fairly straightforward and the drive features some scenery, there is an abundance of natural beauty in the canyon, it caters to many interests from picnicking to hiking to zip lines, and the price to get in is indeed fair. Its use is presumably seasonal, with a wider array of activities available in summer, but it features an incredible display of fall colors at the peak of that period. It is not comparable to Montmorency Falls, which is closer to the regional capital and is a much larger and wider wall of water. The piece de resistance (hey, we're talking about la Nouvelle France) is the ribbon of falls coming through this canyon. As you approach the falls from the parking lot, you will see the zip line participants either taking off or returning right over you. Continuing along takes you to the top of the canyon and the falls. On both sides of the falls, and toward the base of the canyon, one could say that the circulation options form a rectangle. The broader bridge over the top is easy to deal with. So are the paths partway down each of the sides. However, descending further down is optional. Here, the trails get steeper and some of the staircases more precipitous. One of the bridges is a suspended bridge that wobbles and requires that you safeguard your phone or camera. Some of these passages may also be damp from the spray from the falls. The extent of the canyon, and the falls plunging downward into it, is impressive. Sure, the old city in Quebec City is perceived to be the area's hub with its important historic center. It really delivers on that promise, with ornate buildings, historic venues, shops, restaurants, and postcard scenery from so many vantage points. However, to the northeast of Quebec City, there is a "cluster" of things that also needs to be seen and warrant staying an extra day or two. This cluster would include Montmorency Falls, Ile d'Orleans with its small communities across its suspension bridge for vehicular traffic, the imposing Catholic basilica at Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre', and, this site, Canyon Saint-Anne and its thundering falls as well as all the things you can do there. Canyon Saint-Anne gets a strong 4 stars, but edges into 5-star territory for its "wow" factor after resisting going here during several previous trips to Quebec City!

Amazing and beautiful place. They've got a zip line but we just walked the trail. It was pouring…read morewhen we got there but then the skies cleared and we got rainbows everywhere. The volume of water here is incredible and the beauty can best be expressed in pictures. We were here on October 8 so the leaves were turning. Also they were all over the paths making them slippery. The bridge shakes a lot!!!! Be aware of that. It could be scary for those afraid of heights. Also there are lots of slippery wooden stairs!

This aquarium is still being built and developed, but it is a lovely addition to Quebec City's…read morethings to do. There are several pavilions housing their different animals and sea life with hilly walkways between. If you come during the colder months, be sure to dress warmly!!! You will be outside more than you expect, particularly if you want to take in some of the educational and feeding demonstrations. We arrived just in time to catch the polar bear feeding, which is a must-see. You can watch from the higher level where they toss in the food, or the lower level with an underwater view. The staff member who came out to announce the feeding and provide some information did so entirely in French, so bring your French-speaking friend or use your phone translator. Their fish pavilion was lovely. It's small if you're used to a major aquarium, like Monterey, Cali. or SeaWorld. But it is well-done and the lighting in the aquariums really made the sea life look beautiful. I like how they marked each aquarium with the species' threat levels. It was educational for our kids to learn about how biodiversity is threatened. There is an area where you can pet sea rays as well as feed them for a fee. These rays are VERY eager to be fed, so I would not recommend doing the feeding unless you are 100% unafraid of them. Mind you it's perfectly safe, they're just a tad aggressive and might frighten younger guests. There was also foxes, owls, seals, and more. We came at the end of November, which I'm guessing is not their peak season, so there was not a lot of people there and most of the food offerings were closed. There are lots of nice outdoor areas, and I bet this place really sings in the summer when all the plants and trees come back to life. You can see everything they have in probably 2 hours maximum. They have a nice gift shop where any members of your party who have a soft spot for adorable stuffed animals will absolutely lose their minds. Check it out!

We had a lovely experience visiting Aquarium du Quebec! Checking in was easy. The facility was easy…read moreto navigate. They have a wide variety of species and education on all the exhibits in French and English. The staff were present and friendly. The facilities were well maintained and all the animals looked healthy. We loved seeing the polar bear, foxes, owls, beautiful tanks of fish, and more. They use plenty of seating areas, a cafe, and a gift shop. They have activities and play grounds for the younger kids. This is a great place to add to our itinerary!