Start from 81 curated places around Quebec City, CA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Battuto
A 24-seat Saint-Roch counter where chef Guillaume St-Pierre turns out precise, market-driven Italian plates carrying a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The handmade pastas and a tight Italian wine list are the move.
Le Clocher Penché Bistrot
A Saint-Roch market bistro on rue Saint-Joseph that has anchored the neighborhood's food scene since 1995. The blackboard menu leans Québécois-French, with house charcuterie and a deep natural wine cellar.
Trails & outdoors
Promenade Samuel-De Champlain
A 7-kilometer linear waterfront park along the Saint-Lawrence west of Old Quebec, with bike and walking paths, landscaped beaches, and the Station des Cageux observation tower. The flagship outdoor space of the city.
Plains of Abraham Trail
A 5–8 km loop network across the 1759 battlefield, with views toward the Saint-Lawrence, the Citadelle, and the MNBAQ. The flattest, most central walk in the city.
Things to do
Musée de la Civilisation
Québec's flagship social-history museum in a Moshe Safdie-designed Lower Town building, with smart rotating exhibits and a strong permanent show on Québec identity. Two to three hours easily.
Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
The province's main art museum on the Plains of Abraham, with four pavilions including the OMA-designed Pierre Lassonde wing for contemporary and Inuit art. The strongest collection of Québec art anywhere.
Landmarks & sights
Château Frontenac
The copper-roofed CP Railway hotel that anchors Old Quebec's skyline and counts as the most-photographed hotel on earth. Even non-guests can wander the lobby and take the Dufferin Terrace boardwalk that wraps it.
Quartier Petit Champlain
A pedestrianized Lower Town quarter of 17th-century stone houses, narrow staircases, and shopfronts — the oldest commercial district in North America. Reachable on foot from Place-Royale or via the funicular down from the Château Frontenac.