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Québec City and Île d'Orléans
The walled old city on the St. Lawrence, and, about twenty minutes downstream, a 67-kilometre loop of river views, heritage villages and farms.
Photo: The Château Frontenac at dusk, Québec City, Wilfredor, CC0
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Quebec · Canada
Québec City
A walled old city, a waterfall taller than Niagara, and an island of farms.
Île d'Orléans, Quebec · Canada
Île d'Orléans
A 67-kilometre loop just downriver from Québec City: river views, six heritage villages, a French Regime manor, and farm stands.
Ready-made trips in this area
4 days · Ottawa → Québec City
Capital to the walled city
Ottawa's museums and canal, then east to Old Québec and Montmorency Falls.
3 days · Québec City → Tadoussac
Québec City to the whales
Old Québec, then up the coast to Tadoussac's whales and fjord.
3 days · Québec City → Charlevoix (Baie-Saint-Paul)
Quebec City to Charlevoix
Old Quebec, then artists' villages and fjord-like gorges along the St. Lawrence.
2 days · Île d'Orléans
Île d'Orléans
A 67-kilometre loop just downriver from Québec City: the west-tip views, a French Regime manor, stone houses, and the observation tower at the east end.