UPDATE: Meet your wrangler on May 7th at 7:00 am in Hotel Bonaventure lobby area (10th floor). The bus will depart at 7:30 am.
Please note that adding a tour to your Sched itinerary does NOT mean you have registered for the tour. You must register using the tours registration link. Cost : $ 150
Schedule 7:00 a.m.: Meet your wrangler, Pierre B. Landry, at the
exterior hotel entrance 7:30 a.m.: Departure from Hôtel Bonaventure
10:30 a.m.: Arrival in Québec City and free time (Lower Town and lunch on your own)
1:00 p.m.: Meet your guides at
Place Royale for your tour (2 hours 30 minutes)
3:30 p.m.: End of the tour and second free period
4:30 p.m.: Return to the bus and departure for Montréal
7:30 p.m.: (Approximate) arrival in Montréal
Transportation : Provided. A coach bus will depart from the hotel at 7:30am. Meet your wrangler at the
exterior hotel entrance at 7:00am
Meals : Not included.Consider bringing snacks for both bus journeys.
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DescriptionUnrivaled DestinationQuébec City ’s historic district is Canada’s first permanent settlement founded by French cartographer Samuel de Champlain in 1608. It is also a unique North American
Unesco World Heritage site.
Witness of Atlantic World ColonizationShaped by the history of the Atlantic World, Old Québec has witnessed major events from colonial period to modern days: settlements in the St. Lawrence Valley and Atlantic coast by Europeans, Franco-British conflicts and their North American repercussions, American and French Revolutions and arising Napoleonic Wars, Canadian expansion to the Pacific in the wake of the American Civil War…
Landmark of Continental HistoryOld Québec features hundreds of historical monuments, a unique architecture as well as French and British institutions that have survived to this day. It’s the ideal heritage district to help history enthusiasts connect the dots of North America’s history, from French and British colonial periods to present-day Canada and USA.
ThemesYour guides are storytellers and introduce themes about the history, architecture, art, culture… such as:
Founding and colonization of Canada; First Nations, Truth and Reconciliation; Colonial conflicts and British Conquest; French Canada, Louisiana and Acadia; How the history of the USA shaped Canada; Art of the Ursuline nuns; St. Lawrence Seaway up to the Great Lakes; Architecture of Old Québec; Catholic Church in Québec; French and British fortifications; Politics and attempts to secede from Canada; 1960s Quiet Revolution;Religious practices and secularization of Québec society; Private and public education system; and more.
Important Information:The tour will be offered in English, however the guide also speaks French.
$ All costs are in USD.
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