14 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Visiting Quebec City, Canada

These 14 tips to know before visiting Quebec City are what I wish I knew before my trip to Quebec City, Canada. Hopefully these travel tips will help you from making some of my mistakes when traveling through Canada!

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[smileycindy]

The comment about lowering your voice cracked - me - up! I studied at the Petit Séminaire, a college located in the Old Quebec (with a view of the Château Frontenac from our library windows), and I lived in the school's residences, which were right next to a youth hostel. When the school trips started in the Spring, we could hear the English conversations all the way to our rooms because they were so loud!

[AlLain-nf]

good point on mentionning the area (St jean baptiste) out of the walls. It's my favorite neighborhood in all of Quebec province. Outside of that sector though Quebec city is a bit...meh.

[darcyanderson]

Great advice! Look into the history of the Plains of Abraham. BTW, Patisserie Chouquette is pronounced (shoo-KET). 😊

[poutinenator]

It is a pity that most tourists do not venture out of Old Quebec City - Upper Town and Lower Town, and the usual tourist attractions. I like 2 streets that have nice shops and restaurants or simple eateries. I agree about Saint-Jean Street in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste neighbourhood. There is also Cartier Street in the Montcalm neighbourhood with a side stroll to the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec (National Museum of Fine Arts) and the Western part of the Plains of Abraham park. From your video, I understand that you were in the Saint-Joseph Street in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood, for the Hono Ramen noodle on Saint-Joseph Street.

[vegml]

All Qu should be pronounced k like Québec should be pronounced Kaybec one exception is Quartz.

[antoinelambert]

Corrections by un gars de Québec

2 should be 1 and a few more words like merci, désolé, vive le Québec libre and prononcing kébec correctly is important, the more you know the better
real number 2 (1 that became 2 get lowered to 3) poutine (poo-tin) is a Québec dish, never call it canadian, if you do you are welcome to jump in the Saint-Laurent at -40 to expunge your crimes.
foodwise, leave the busy area, plenty of other great restos, namely la boite à pain and la chope gobeline
a daily or even week long bus pass is a must for traveling and avoiding parking
if you are of english descent, go to grosse île and withness the horrors england made
for those of Irish decent, you can go to to pay hommage
If you have a car, you can go on the south bank and visit attractions in bauce then come back to your hotel, namely the zoo miller for injuried animals
north we have valcartier, a waterpark (has snow stuff in the winter)
want icecream, look up chocolat favoris

[GoWestYoungMan]

LOL @ 'European' walking culture. That's NOT a European thing. That's an URBAN thing. Urbanites walk!