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Details: Québec tour director-led sightseeing
Spirit of Lower Town including l’escalier casse-cou (breakneck stairs,) and Place-Royale and the beautiful Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church. Experience the Old World and see first hand the original habitation of Samuel de Champlain. From Iroquois fur-trading post to UNESCO World Heritage Site, Québec City grew in picturesque leaps and bounds. Have you seen Catch Me If You Can? Maybe you will catch the site where part of the movie was filmed!
Details: Musée du Fort visit
During a sound-and-light diorama at Musee du Fort, students experience the famous sieges that led to the battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759.
Details: Plains of Abraham battlefield re-enactment
Visit the Plains of Abraham where your tour director will discuss the events that took place on September 13, 1759. The students, divided into two teams representing the troops of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, re-enact the famous battle.
Details: Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré guided visit
Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre is an insight into understanding the importance of religion on the history of Québec. See the sight where thousands of pilgrims journey to pay homage to Ste-Anne every year.
Details: Montmorency Falls visit
Did you know that Montmorency Falls are actually 30 meters higher than the famous Niagara Falls? Located just outside of Vieux-Québec, these falls originate from the Montmorency River where the water cascades over the cliffs and into the St. Lawrence River below. Staircases and a suspension bridge over the falls allow you to get an up-close look at this amazing natural wonder.
Details: Sugar shack excursion
Maple taffy rolled out onto sow, melting on your tongue. Ham roasted beneath a sweet glaze of hardened syrup. Beans baked in sauce of maple syrup and mustard, traditional French-Canadian Tourtiere drizzled in maple syrup. Sound good? Head out to a working maple syrup farm and learn all about the process of concocting the sweet stuff from tapping the tree to pouring the syrup on your pancakes. Stay for dinner, a traditional Quebecois feast in which each course features – what else? – Maple syrup as a main ingredient. Be entertained by traditional Quebecois music and maybe learn to play the spoons!