Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City
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Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City

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Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City

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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781788686730
Print ISBN
9781786572714

Québec City

Sights

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Sports & Activities

Sleeping

Québec City

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Québec City Top Five

1 Strolling, shopping and admiring the murals, museums and historic buildings in the 17th-century Quartier Petit-Champlain.
2 Soaking up spectacular views of Le ChĂąteau Frontenac from the panoramic riverside boardwalk in summer or the hair-raising toboggan run in winter.
3 Visualizing the legendary rivalry between French and English on a tour of La Citadelle.
4 Walking, cycling, cross-country skiing, skating or celebrating Winter Carnival in the city’s beautiful and historic Battlefields Park.
5 Embracing QuĂ©bec City’s festive summer spirit and long daylight hours at street performances along Terrasse Dufferin and open-air concerts in the city’s parks.
Top Sight
TOP SIGHT
LA CITADELLE
Towering above the St Lawrence River, this massive, star-shaped fort is a living museum that offers something for all ages. The exhibits on military life from colonial times to today will appeal to anyone interested in Québécois history, while children will be enthralled in summertime by the daily 10am changing of the guard and the beating of the retreat (6pm Saturday).
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DON’T MISS
AChanging of the guard in summer
AMedals room in the Musée Royal 22e Régiment
APanoramic views from the King’s Bastion
Practicalities
Amap Google map
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%418-694-2815
Awww.lacitadelle.qc.ca
ACĂŽte de la Citadelle, Old Upper Town
Aadult/child $16/6
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h9am-5pm May-Oct, 10am-4pm Nov-Apr
French forces started building a defensive structure here in the late 1750s, but what we see today was constructed over 30 years from 1820 by the British, who feared two things: an American invasion of the colony and a possible revolt by the French-speaking population (that’s why the cannons point not only at the river, but at QuĂ©bec City itself).
By the time the Citadelle was completed, things were calming down. In 1871 the Treaty of Washington between the US and the newly minted Dominion of Canada ended the threat of American invasion.
The Citadelle now houses about 200 members of the R...

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Welcome to Montréal & Québec City
  3. MontrĂ©al’s Top 10
  4. What’s New
  5. Need to Know
  6. Top Itineraries
  7. If You Like...
  8. Month By Month
  9. Travel with Kids
  10. Visiting Québec City
  11. Eating
  12. Drinking & Nightlife
  13. Entertainment
  14. Shopping
  15. Neighborhoods at a Glance
  16. Old Montréal
  17. Parc Jean-Drapeau
  18. Downtown
  19. Rue St-Denis & the Village
  20. Montréal Across the Seasons
  21. Plateau Mont-Royal & the Northeast
  22. Little Italy, Mile End & Outremont
  23. MontrĂ©al’s Markets
  24. Lachine Canal, Little Burgundy & the Southwest
  25. Day Trips from Montréal
  26. Sleeping
  27. Québec City
  28. Day Trips from Québec City
  29. Understand Montréal & Québec City
  30. History
  31. People & Culture
  32. Music & the Arts
  33. Architecture
  34. QuĂ©bec City’s History & Culture
  35. Transportation
  36. Directory A–Z
  37. Language
  38. Behind the Scenes
  39. Montréal Maps
  40. Our Writers