Start from 26 curated places around Mont-Sainte-Anne, CA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
La Camarine
Long-running auberge dining room on the Cote-de-Beaupre stretch between Beaupre and the basilica, doing a French-Quebecois market menu with the river out the windows. The cooking leans game, duck, and Quebec product, and the room is the closest thing the corridor has to a special-occasion table. The dinner to book on the night you do not feel like driving back toward Quebec City.
Microbrasserie des Beaux-Prés
Cote-de-Beaupre brewpub on the river road in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, brewing a rotating tap list of around 16 house drafts on-site and pairing them with smoked meats, burgers, and pub plates. The terrace looks south over the St. Lawrence and Ile d'Orleans. The default after-ski or after-canyon stop that is not the resort base.
Trails & outdoors
Sentiers Mont-Sainte-Anne (Summit Trails)
Network of summit and mid-mountain hiking trails at the Mont-Sainte-Anne resort, with gondola-assisted descents in summer and fall, ranging from steep direct climbs to long traverses. The 800-meter summit gives a 360 view of the St. Lawrence, Ile d'Orleans, the Laurentides, and on clear days down to the Charlevoix peaks. The signature hike of the corridor.
Sentier Mestachibo
Twelve-kilometer one-way ridge trail between Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges and the head of the Sainte-Anne canyon, with cliff-edge sections over the river gorge and several aggressive climbs. One of the longer day hikes in the corridor and one of the most dramatic. Strong shoes, real water, and a shuttle plan are required.
Things to do
Mont-Sainte-Anne Resort
The big four-season resort at the heart of the corridor, with 71 ski runs and the longest lift-served vertical in eastern Canada in winter, and a UCI World Cup downhill mountain bike park in summer. The panoramic gondola runs through both seasons. The single largest reason most visitors are in the area.
AirCanyon
Zipline across the Canyon Sainte-Anne gorge, hanging over the McNicoll falls at the head of the canyon. A single line, fast, with the entire 74-meter drop right beneath you. The high-thrill add-on that turns a canyon visit into a half-day plan.
Landmarks & sights
Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
One of the oldest and most-visited pilgrimage sites in North America, a neo-Romanesque basilica on the river road drawing close to a million visitors a year. The interior holds mosaics, vaulted ceilings, the Scala Santa, a relic of Saint Anne, and the famous columns hung with discarded crutches from claimed healings. Walk the whole complex, not just the main nave.
Canyon Sainte-Anne
A 74-meter granite gorge cut by the Sainte-Anne-du-Nord river, with three suspension footbridges crossing at different heights and viewing platforms over the McNicoll falls at the head of the canyon. Family-friendly trail loops, real altitude exposure on the bridges, and one of the most photographed waterfalls in the region. The half-day stop pairs well with the basilica.