The walled Upper Town
7 stops · 2 h 30 · on foot, all uphill · 7 stops
- Porte Saint-Louis
- The Citadelle
- Terrasse Dufferin
- Château Frontenac
- Place d'Armes
- Notre-Dame Basilica
- Porte Saint-Jean
146 places · MICHELIN Québec 2026, Canada's 100 Best, Tastet, Québec Cité, OSM · no Eater coverage
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This interactive map of Quebec City (Canada) brings together 146 hand-picked places: 57 attractions, 50 restaurants, 21 cafés and 18 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
· Curated by the HOLASIM team · How we make the maps
Tap a route to see it drawn on the map, stop by stop.
7 stops · 2 h 30 · on foot, all uphill · 7 stops
7 stops · 2 h · funicular and on foot, downhill · 7 stops
7 stops · 3 h · on foot, from brewery to rampart · 7 stops
6 stops · 3 h · on foot, flat and full of maples · 6 stops
6 stops · full day · car or taxi, plus the ferry · 6 stops
Château Frontenac · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The most photographed hotel on earth: green copper turrets over Cap Diamant since 1893. Quebec's defining postcard.
Tip: Walk into the lobby for free to see the stained glass; the best shot of the Château is from the Lévis ferry, not from below.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO 1985 · OSM
Show on mapTerrasse Dufferin · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A 425 m boardwalk hung over the St Lawrence, with green kiosks and the best sunsets in the city.
Tip: Below the planks lie the ruins of château Saint-Louis; Parks Canada opens the dig in season. October, with red leaves, is peak.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 5 min walk
Featured in: Parcs Canada · OSM
Show on mapPlace d'Armes · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The hinge square of Old Quebec, with the Monument de la Foi fountain and calèches waiting opposite the Château.
Tip: Almost every walking tour starts here; check the exact meeting point, guides usually gather by the fountain.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapJardin des Gouverneurs · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
An English garden behind the Château, with the Wolfe-Montcalm obelisk honouring both generals who died in the same battle.
Tip: The quietest corner of the old town in October: red maples, empty benches, zero queue.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapRue du Trésor · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A three-metre-wide lane turned open-air gallery: watercolours and etchings of Quebec hung along the walls.
Tip: Don't haggle hard: artists sell their own work and are registered. Ask for a tube so it survives the flight.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapBasilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The primatial cathedral of North America north of Mexico, with a gilded baldachin, a bishops' crypt and a Holy Door unique outside Europe.
Tip: The Holy Door is sealed: it only opens in jubilee years. Installed in 2013 for the parish's 350th anniversary, it is the only one outside Europe.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapSéminaire de Québec · Old Quebec · Côte de la Fabrique
Inside the Séminaire de Québec (1663): Canada's oldest museum tells how French survived in the Americas.
Tip: The Séminaire courtyard is free to cross and almost nobody finds it: enter from Côte de la Fabrique and follow the arch.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapHôtel de ville · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
An 1896 city hall whose gardens fill with pumpkins and Halloween props through October into November.
Tip: The gardens are the best autumn photo backdrop in the old town; they are lit at night and never close.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCathédrale Holy Trinity · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The first Anglican cathedral built outside the British Isles (1804), modelled on London's St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Tip: Look for the royal pew reserved for the sovereign: only the monarch or governor general sits there. Free, donation welcome.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapMonastère des Ursulines · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
North America's oldest cloistered convent (1639) and the continent's first girls' school, with a gilded chapel.
Tip: The museum next door keeps 17th-century gold-thread embroidery; Marie de l'Incarnation is buried in the chapel.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapMonastère des Augustines · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A 1639 monastery turned wellness hotel-museum: you sleep in restored cells and breakfast in silence.
Tip: The museum tells the story of the first hospital north of Mexico; you can visit without staying, and the café is cheap.
🚇 Saint-Thomas stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapMorrin Centre · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
First a jail, then a college, and now a wooden Victorian library — widely called the most photogenic room in Canada.
Tip: The original cells are guided-tour only; the library alone is free during opening hours. Book the tour, it sells out.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapFortifications-de-Québec · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
4.6 km of ramparts you can walk end to end on top: the only city still fortified north of Mexico.
Tip: Walking the wall is free; the Rue d'Auteuil interpretation centre charges. Do it at dusk, Porte Saint-Jean to Porte Prescott.
🚇 Terminus D'Youville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPorte Saint-Louis · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The most theatrical of the city gates, all fairy-tale turrets, where Grande Allée enters the old town.
Tip: Walk through from Grande Allée: the good photo is from outside, with the parc de l'Esplanade maples alongside.
🚇 Colline Parlementaire stop (RTC bus) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapPorte Saint-Jean · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The gate where the old town's liveliest street comes in: cross it and you leave the bars for the stone city.
Tip: Take the stair on the left up to the wall: the whole Place d'Youville and the lit-up Capitole open below.
🚇 Terminus D'Youville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPorte Kent · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
An 1879 neo-Gothic gate given by Queen Victoria in memory of her father, the Duke of Kent.
Tip: The least photographed of the four gates: come here for the ramparts with nobody at 9 a.m.
🚇 Honoré-Mercier stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapPorte Prescott · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A gate-footbridge over Côte de la Montagne linking Upper Town to the Old Port along a raised walkway.
Tip: Climb onto the walkway: it's the best-placed free viewpoint over the Musée de la civilisation and the river at once.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCitadelle de Québec · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A star fort still in service, home of the Royal 22e Régiment and official residence of the governor general.
Tip: In October there is no daily changing of the guard (that's summer), but night tours run 2–31: book online.
🚇 George-V Ouest stop (RTC bus) · 8 min walk
Featured in: Québec Cité · OSM
Show on mapHôtel du Parlement · Parliament Hill
An 1886 Second Empire parliament with 23 bronze statues across the façade and a 52 m clock tower over the city.
Tip: Guided tours are free with ID; the Tourny fountain opposite is lit at night and is the shot to get.
🚇 Colline Parlementaire stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapObservatoire de la Capitale · Parliament Hill
31st floor of the Marie-Guyart building: Quebec's highest view, 221 m above the river, with all of Old Quebec below.
Tip: In October it's the best spot in town to see the maples turn red all the way to the Laurentians. Go on a clear day.
🚇 Colline Parlementaire stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapParc Montmorency · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A stepped terrace above Côte de la Montagne with the best free view over the Old Port and the cruise berth.
Tip: The lookout nobody knows: the same panorama as Terrasse Dufferin but with no queue and free benches.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPlace Royale · Place-Royale (Lower Town)
The exact spot where Champlain founded Quebec in 1608: a stone square, a bust of Louis XIV and restored 17th-century houses.
Tip: Come early: from 10 a.m. the cruise crowds land here. The Louis XIV bust is a copy, the original is in the Louvre.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapÉglise Notre-Dame-des-Victoires · Place-Royale (Lower Town)
North America's oldest stone church (1688), with a model ship hanging from the ceiling as an ex-voto.
Tip: Free entry. Look up for the Brézé hanging over the nave: a replica of the ship that brought French troops in 1664.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapMaison Chevalier · Place-Royale (Lower Town)
Three joined 18th-century shipowners' houses with steep roofs and chimneys: the image of New France.
Tip: The corner with Rue du Marché-Champlain is the classic Lower Town Instagram frame, best at dusk.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapFresque des Québécois · Place-Royale (Lower Town)
A 420 m² trompe-l'œil mural with 15 key figures of Quebec history leaning out of painted windows.
Tip: Free, at the corner of Notre-Dame and Côte de la Montagne. Play spot-the-face: Champlain, Jacques Cartier, Félix Leclerc.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapEscalier Casse-Cou · Petit-Champlain Quarter
The city's oldest staircase (1635), 59 iron steps dropping from Upper Town to Petit-Champlain.
Tip: Go down, not up: the funicular next door does the climb for 7 CAD. With wet October leaves, hold the rail.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapFuniculaire du Vieux-Québec · Petit-Champlain Quarter
An 1879 inclined lift climbing 59 m in a glass cabin: 90 seconds with a full St Lawrence view.
Tip: 7 CAD one way, cash only on site; under 117 cm ride free. Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. year-round.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapRue du Petit-Champlain · Petit-Champlain Quarter
A cobbled pedestrian street of shopfronts under the cliff, named the world's most beautiful by Architectural Digest.
Tip: Architectural Digest ranked it 1st of 25 streets worldwide (2019). Come before 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m. for the empty shot.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
Featured in: Architectural Digest 2019 · OSM
Show on mapMusée de la civilisation · Old Port
Quebec's most visited museum: bold shows on the First Nations, the body and Quebec identity.
Tip: The permanent show C'est notre histoire, built with Quebec's 11 Indigenous nations, is the country's best on the subject.
🚇 Musée Civilisation stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPlace des Canotiers · Old Port
A wooden lookout square built over the port's old car park, facing the Château and Lévis head-on.
Tip: Best free sunset spot over the river with the Château behind: bring a layer, the St Lawrence wind cuts.
🚇 Musée Civilisation stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapGare fluviale de Québec · Old Port
The ferry that crosses the St Lawrence in 12 minutes and hands you the best view of the Château Frontenac there is.
Tip: It runs every 20–30 min depending on the hour, costs a few dollars per person and sails all year through the ice. Round trip without disembarking: 25 min.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapGare du Palais · Old Port
A 1915 railway station by the same firm as the Château Frontenac: copper roofs, stained glass and a giant clock.
Tip: Walk in even if you're not travelling: the stained-glass hall is free, and long-distance coaches and the Montreal train leave here.
🚇 Jean-Lesage / 1106 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPlaines d'Abraham · Parliament Hill
108 hectares of lawn and maples where North America's fate was decided in 1759: today Quebec's great urban park.
Tip: In October it's the city's best colour show; Halloween on the Plains also runs 29 Sep to 8 Nov 2026.
🚇 de Salaberry stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapJardin Jeanne-d'Arc · Parliament Hill
A sunken French-style garden with 150 species and a gilded equestrian Joan of Arc at its centre.
Tip: It's designed to bloom until first frost: in October there are still dahlias and the maple behind is red.
🚇 Grande Allée stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapMNBAQ · Montcalm · Avenue Cartier
Four pavilions on the Plains, one a former prison, holding the world's finest collection of Quebec art.
Tip: Espace Riopelle, the new pavilion devoted to Jean Paul Riopelle, opens 22 October 2026 with four days of celebration: if you travel later, book.
🚇 Musée Beaux-Arts / 1769 stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
Featured in: MNBAQ · Québec Cité
Show on mapPavillon Pierre-Lassonde · Montcalm · Avenue Cartier
OMA's glass box serving as the MNBAQ entrance: free lobby, contemporary art and Quebec design.
Tip: The lobby, bookshop and café are free without a ticket: the best shelter with a view of the Plains on a wet day.
🚇 Musée Beaux-Arts / 1769 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapGrand Théâtre de Québec · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Victor Prus brutalism with Jordi Bonet's 10 m concrete mural, now wrapped in a second glass skin.
Tip: The lobby is free in office hours: go in for Bonet's mural with the line Vous êtes pas tannés de mourir, bande de caves!
🚇 Grand Théâtre stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPalais Montcalm · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A concert hall with some of Canada's best acoustics, home of Les Violons du Roy, on Place d'Youville.
Tip: Check if Les Violons du Roy play while you're there: tickets from 30 CAD and the Raoul-Jobin hall is small, no bad seat.
🚇 Honoré-Mercier stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLe Diamant · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The venue Robert Lepage opened in 2019 on Place d'Youville: cutting-edge stagecraft behind a glass façade.
Tip: Lepage is Quebec's best-known stage director; if he has a show on, it's the hardest and best ticket in town.
🚇 Terminus D'Youville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLe Capitole · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A 1903 Beaux-Arts theatre with a painted ceiling and a lit marquee glowing over Place d'Youville.
Tip: The lit marquee is one of Quebec's classic night shots; check the listings, there are musicals most of autumn.
🚇 Terminus D'Youville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapÉglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
An 1884 neo-Baroque church towering over Quebec's most bohemian quarter, now a cultural and civic space.
Tip: The steps opposite are the neighbourhood's free lookout; from there you drop straight onto bar-and-shop Rue Saint-Jean.
🚇 Deligny / 1390 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapÉglise Saint-Roch · Saint-Roch
The city's largest church, twin 60 m towers, planted in the middle of creative Saint-Roch.
Tip: The Jardin de Saint-Roch opposite, with its artificial waterfall, is where the neighbourhood suns itself: a good start point.
🚇 Du Pont stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapDomaine de Maizerets · Beauport
A 17th-century estate with an arboretum, a cedar maze and an observation tower: autumn's best-kept secret.
Tip: Free entry. The arboretum has hundreds of labelled species: in October it's Quebec's best leaf-photo spot.
🚇 Bardy stop (RTC bus) · 9 min walk
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Show on mapParc du Bois-de-Coulonge · Sillery
The lieutenant governor's former estate: 24 ha of gardens, centuries-old trees and a hidden sugar shack.
Tip: Free all year. Find the sugar shack at the back and the lookout over the St Lawrence: in October it blazes orange.
🚇 Thornhill stop (RTC bus) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapPromenade Samuel-De Champlain · Sillery
2.5 km of award-winning riverside promenade, with timber piers, grass gardens and the Station des Cageux over the water.
Tip: The only stretch where you can walk at water level. Autumn wind is strong here: bring a windbreaker.
🚇 du Ravin stop (RTC bus) · 8 min walk
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Show on mapBaie de Beauport · Beauport
An urban sand beach on the St Lawrence, with a seasonal beach bar and views to Île d'Orléans.
Tip: In October swimming is closed but the pier stays open: the best low vantage point to watch freighters enter the port.
🚇 3 km from Old Quebec · RTC bus along boulevard Henri-Bourassa, or 10 min by car/taxi
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Show on mapChute Montmorency · Parc de la Chute-Montmorency
An 83 m waterfall, thirty metres higher than Niagara, with a cable car, a suspension bridge over the crest and panoramic stairs.
Tip: The cable car saves the climb but the panoramic staircase gives the best shots. In October the whole gorge is red and orange.
🚇 12 km from downtown · RTC bus 800 to Beauport terminal then the 53, or car/taxi
Featured in: Sépaq · OSM
Show on mapManoir Montmorency · Parc de la Chute-Montmorency
Above the falls, Governor Haldimand's 1781 villa: gardens, a view terrace and a panoramic café.
Tip: The Manoir garden is free even without a park ticket: the best local spot for October foliage.
🚇 12 km from downtown · inside Parc de la Chute-Montmorency, upper cable-car station
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Show on mapMusée huron-wendat · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
The Huron-Wendat Nation's museum, with a reconstructed traditional longhouse and a first-rate ethnographic collection.
Tip: Ask for the guided tour with a Wendat guide: the story told from the Nation, not the settler. Worth every minute.
🚇 14 km from downtown · RTC bus 801 to Loretteville then the 72, or 20 min by car/taxi
Featured in: Tourisme Wendake · OSM
Show on mapHôtel-Musée Premières Nations · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
A Wendat-designed hotel-museum beside the Saint-Charles river: timber, a central fire and the La Traite restaurant.
Tip: Even if you don't stay, the lobby and shop are open; the river trail starts two minutes from the lobby.
🚇 14 km from downtown · RTC bus 801 to Loretteville then the 72, or 20 min by car/taxi
Featured in: Tourisme Wendake · OSM
Show on mapSite traditionnel huron Onhoüa Chetek8e · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
A rebuilt Wendat village with longhouse, smokehouse and dances: the clearest window onto life before contact.
Tip: It's spelled Onhoüa Chetek8e: the 8 stands for the Wendat ou sound. Try sagamité, the traditional corn soup.
🚇 17 km from downtown · realistically car or taxi only (25 min from Old Quebec)
Featured in: Tourisme Wendake · OSM
Show on mapOnhwa' Lumina · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
A 1.2 km multimedia night walk through the Wendake woods, narrated by Wendat voices, with light and sound.
Tip: It starts after dark, which comes early in October: with leaves still on the trees the light bounces differently.
🚇 18 km from downtown · realistically car or taxi only, and it runs after dark
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Show on mapChute Kabir Kouba · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
A 28 m waterfall in a 42 m-deep canyon in the middle of Wendake, with the ruins of the Jeune-Lorette mill.
Tip: Kabir Kouba means snake of a thousand turns in Wendat. The canyon trail is short and leaf-covered in October.
🚇 14 km from downtown · RTC bus 801 to Loretteville then the 72, or 20 min by car/taxi
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Show on mapTerrasse de Lévis · Lévis (the far bank)
The far-bank lookout: from here the Château Frontenac, Cap Diamant and the port fit in one frame.
Tip: Best at sunset, when the Château lights up. Free, and the ferry drops you back in the Old Port.
🚇 take the ferry to Lévis, then a 12 min climb on foot up Côte du Passage
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Show on mapCentre Vidéotron · Lairet · ExpoCité
An 18,000-seat arena at ExpoCité: Remparts hockey, big concerts and Quebec's bid to get the NHL back.
Tip: A Québec Remparts game costs under 30 CAD and is the most authentic local plan for an autumn Saturday.
🚇 Centre de foires stop (RTC bus) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapStade Canac · Saint-Roch
Home of the Capitales de Québec of the Frontier League, in Parc Victoria: small-town atmosphere and cheap beer.
Tip: The Capitales season runs May to September: in October the stadium is shut, but the surrounding Parc Victoria is not.
🚇 Stade Canac stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapMéga Parc des Galeries de la Capitale · Sainte-Foy
A mall with a full indoor amusement park inside: roller coaster, ice rink and Ferris wheel under one roof.
Tip: The rescue plan if it rains or turns cold with kids: the Méga Parc charges separately from the mall.
🚇 7 km from Old Quebec · RTC bus from Place d'Youville or car/taxi, 20-25 min
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Show on mapTanière³ · Old Port
Quebec's two MICHELIN stars: 20 courses of boreal produce served in stone vaults below street level.
Tip: The only two-star restaurant in Quebec in the 2026 guide. Single menu, book months ahead, prepaid.
🚇 Musée Civilisation stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 2★ 2026 · Canada's 100 Best #3
Show on mapLe Clan · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A new MICHELIN star in 2026: razor-sharp Quebec produce cooking in a stone house in Old Quebec.
Tip: It won its first star in the 2026 edition, announced 6 May 2026. Sit at the counter facing the kitchen.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 1★ 2026
Show on mapARVI · Vieux-Limoilou · 3rd Avenue
Limoilou's MICHELIN star: a neighbourhood tasting menu, no tablecloth, no posturing, all Nordic Quebec produce.
Tip: Proof that Quebec's best food has left the old town: 20 covers, open counter, long waiting list.
🚇 4e Rue stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 1★ 2026
Show on mapLaurie Raphaël · Old Port
The restaurant that put Quebec on the food map, by Daniel Vézina: 30 years of signature cooking with a MICHELIN star.
Tip: The Chef, Chef! menu is built that night from whatever came in from the market. Order it and don't ask questions.
🚇 Dalhousie stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 1★ 2026
Show on mapLégende par La Tanière · Old Port
Radical boreal cooking: everything on the plate grows or is hunted within a short radius of Quebec. MICHELIN star.
Tip: You'll taste ingredients you won't find anywhere else: bog myrtle, spruce tips, seal.
🚇 Saint-Thomas stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN 1★ 2026
Show on mapBattuto · Saint-Roch
Twenty seats of northern Italian cooking built on Quebec produce: the hardest table in town to get.
Tip: Bib Gourmand in both the 2025 and 2026 editions. Bookings open online on the 1st of each month at 9 a.m.: set an alarm.
🚇 Charest / 1183 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on mapBuvette Scott · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A corner natural-wine bar in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, with a chalkboard of small plates that changes daily.
Tip: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026. No reservations for small parties: arrive at 5:30 p.m. and wait at the bar.
🚇 Deligny / 1390 stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on mapLe Clocher Penché · Saint-Roch
Saint-Roch's flagship bistro since 2001, with a cult brunch and a wine list that changed Quebec drinking.
Tip: It joined the Bib Gourmand in the 2026 edition. Weekend brunch is the institution: get there before 10.
🚇 Saint-Josephe / 1516 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapMelba · Saint-Sauveur
A small Saint-Sauveur bistro where you eat better than in half of Upper Town for half the price.
Tip: Bib Gourmand in 2025 and 2026. Saint-Sauveur is the working-class quarter that became the most interesting place to eat: worth the trip.
🚇 Renaud stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on mapOuroboros · Saint-Roch
Market cooking and living wines in Saint-Roch: short menu, everything from small growers, a room that hums.
Tip: Bib Gourmand 2026. Ask for by-the-glass advice: they pour private imports you won't find at the SAQ.
🚇 Saint-Josephe / 1516 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on mapTorii Buvette japonaise · Saint-Roch
A Quebec izakaya crossing sake, natural wine and St Lawrence produce in small sharing plates.
Tip: Bib Gourmand in 2025 and 2026. Same block as Honō: if one is full, try the other door.
🚇 Saint-Dominique stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on mapHonō Izakaya · Saint-Roch
Japanese binchotan charcoal grilling in Saint-Roch: skewers, ramen and a bar that's always full.
Tip: Bib Gourmand in 2025 and 2026. Next door is Honō Ramen, more casual and walk-in only: the perfect plan B.
🚇 Du Pont stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on mapBistro B par François Blais · Montcalm · Avenue Cartier
An open counter over the kitchen on Avenue Cartier: French bistro cooking on Quebec produce, daily chalkboard.
Tip: Bib Gourmand in 2025 and 2026. Sit at the counter facing the grill: the best seat on Avenue Cartier.
🚇 Cartier stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on maplueur · Old Port
Laurie Raphaël's informal sister: small plates, grower wines and visible fire in the Old Port.
Tip: Bib Gourmand in 2025 and 2026. Same address as Laurie Raphaël: if the starred table is gone, try here.
🚇 Dalhousie stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2026
Show on mapLe Saint-Amour · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A glass-roofed winter garden in Old Quebec, a white-tablecloth classic with a 12,000-bottle cellar.
Tip: It joined the MICHELIN 2026 selection as Recommended. The glass room full of plants is the shot everyone takes.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 4 min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN Selected 2026
Show on mapLe 101 · Saint-Roch
A bright corner on Rue Saint-Joseph with precise French cooking at a price that doesn't bite.
Tip: New in the MICHELIN 2026 selection. The lunch menu is one of the best value deals in town.
🚇 Langelier stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapVerre Pickl' · Sillery
A wine-and-pickle bar on Sillery's Avenue Maguire: house ferments, pickles and rare bottles from small growers.
Tip: New in the 2026 selection. Sillery is the leafy bourgeois quarter: pair it with Bois-de-Coulonge in autumn.
🚇 5 km from Old Quebec · RTC bus to Avenue Maguire, or 15 min by car/taxi
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Show on mapChez Boulay · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
Jean-Luc Boulay's boreal kitchen on Rue Saint-Jean: caribou, spruce, northern berries and sourdough.
Tip: In the MICHELIN selection. Its Comptoir Boréal bakery two blocks away sells the same bread, no booking.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapChez Rioux & Pettigrew · Old Port
A former brick-and-beam port warehouse, farm-driven cooking and one of the Old Port's handsomest bars.
Tip: The building dates to 1830 and growers are named on the menu: ask for the Île d'Orléans cheese.
🚇 Saint-Thomas stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapChez Muffy · Auberge Saint-Antoine · Old Port
A dining room in an 1822 maritime warehouse with original beams and farm cooking: the Lower Town's prettiest room.
Tip: The hotel sits on an archaeological dig: display cases of 17th-century finds line the corridors, free to walk.
🚇 Musée Civilisation stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLa Planque · Vieux-Limoilou · 3rd Avenue
A black design box on Limoilou's 3rd Avenue, with a five-course tasting menu at a sane price.
Tip: Limoilou is the quarter across the Saint-Charles: 20 minutes on foot from the Old Port over the Dorchester bridge.
🚇 9e Rue stop (RTC bus) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapLe Hobbit · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A Rue Saint-Jean institution since 1978: stained glass, checkerboard floor and the quarter's best-loved brunch.
Tip: Open from breakfast. Ask for the table by the back stained-glass window and, at weekends, arrive before 9:30.
🚇 Sainte-Geneviève stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLe Continental · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
Tableside flambé since 1956: steak Diane, crêpes Suzette and white-jacketed waiters. Pure theatre.
Tip: In the MICHELIN selection, two doors from the Château. Order the steak Diane: they build it in front of you, on fire.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapKundah Hôtel · Saint-Roch
A design hotel-restaurant on Rue de la Couronne, Mediterranean cooking over coals and a rooftop terrace.
Tip: The rooftop is one of very few in Quebec: in October they put out heaters and blankets.
🚇 Place-Jacques-Cartier stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapRestaurant Champlain · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The Château Frontenac's grand dining room, St Lawrence views and French cooking on Quebec produce.
Tip: In the MICHELIN selection. Ask for a window table on the river side and book weeks ahead: there are few.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapAlentours · Saint-Sauveur
A 2025 MICHELIN Green Star in Saint-Sauveur: zero-waste cooking with its own garden and ferments.
Tip: It took a Green Star in the guide's first edition (2025). Single menu, no choices: flag allergies when booking.
🚇 Marie-de-l'incarnation / Saint-Bernard (1044) stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapL'Orygine · Place-Royale (Lower Town)
A local-produce bistro steps from Place Royale, with a menu that names the farm behind each ingredient.
Tip: The best Lower Town option if you want to eat well without the tourist trap: it's in the MICHELIN selection.
🚇 Musée Civilisation stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapAux Anciens Canadiens · Maison Jacquet · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
In Old Quebec's oldest house (1675): tourtière, venison pie and pouding chômeur served in period dress.
Tip: The lunch menu with a glass included is the cheapest way to try tourtière and tarte au sucre.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLa Bûche · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
An urban sugar shack: poutine, baked beans, oreilles de crisse and maple syrup on everything, at long wooden tables.
Tip: The quickest way to try ten Québécois classics at one table. Order the tarte au sucre with double cream.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapChez Ashton · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The poutine chain born in Quebec City in 1969: fries, squeaky cheese curds and brown gravy. The local ritual.
Tip: If the cheese doesn't squeak, it isn't real poutine. Order the Dulton for the shredded-beef version.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapLe Lapin Sauté · Petit-Champlain Quarter
A countryside cottage on Rue du Petit-Champlain, specialising in rabbit and cassoulet, with a vine-covered patio.
Tip: The back patio is heated well into autumn and is the quarter's most photogenic corner.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapLe Cochon Dingue · Petit-Champlain Quarter
The boulevard Champlain's forever bistro: huge breakfasts, moules-frites and crème brûlée.
Tip: Open from 7:30 a.m.: the best breakfast before the cruise crowds reach Place Royale.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapBistro Sous le Fort · Petit-Champlain Quarter
Twelve tables in an 18th-century house at the foot of the Escalier Casse-Cou: French market cooking, short menu.
Tip: The one properly run restaurant on the most touristy street: book, because 12 tables fill every night.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLe Billig · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A real Breton crêperie in Saint-Jean-Baptiste: buckwheat galettes, cider in bowls and salted butter.
Tip: Order the cider in a bolée, the Breton ceramic bowl. The complète, with egg and ham, is the right call.
🚇 Deligny / 1390 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapKraken Cru · Saint-Sauveur
A raw bar in Saint-Sauveur: Maritime oysters, sea urchin, lobster and very cold white wine by the glass.
Tip: October is peak season for Canadian Atlantic oysters: order the three-origin comparison flight.
🚇 de Oblats/1096 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLe Pied Bleu · Saint-Sauveur
A charcuterie and Lyonnais bouchon in Saint-Sauveur: the whole pig, nothing wasted, shared tables and bulk wine.
Tip: They cure their own charcuterie and sell it next door: take home cretons, the Québécois breakfast pâté.
🚇 de Oblats/1096 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapjjacques · Saint-Roch
A Saint-Roch neighbourhood bar where you can eat at any hour: chalkboard cooking, cocktails and loud music.
Tip: One of the few places in Quebec with a kitchen open past midnight. High table or bar, never a reservation.
🚇 Dorchester stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapNina Pizza Napolitaine · Saint-Roch
A Neapolitan wood oven in Saint-Roch: 48-hour dough, buffalo mozzarella and a queue at the door.
Tip: No reservations and it fills by 6:30 p.m. There's a second branch on Rue Saint-Jean if this one is hopeless.
🚇 Langelier stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapBuffet de l'Antiquaire · Old Port
A 1968 diner on Rue Saint-Paul: lumberjack breakfasts, pâté chinois, cretons and bottomless coffee in thick mugs.
Tip: This is where you eat real pâté chinois: beef, corn and mash, the most Québécois dish there is. Opens at 6 a.m.
🚇 Dalhousie stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLe Café du Monde · Old Port
A Parisian brasserie on the cruise quay: steak frites, leather banquettes and windows onto the St Lawrence.
Tip: Ask for a window table: with luck you'll watch a cruise ship cast off while you eat. Book for sunset.
🚇 Dalhousie stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLe Pape Georges · Petit-Champlain Quarter
A 1790 stone cellar on Rue du Cul-de-Sac: Quebec cheeses, charcuterie, wine by the glass and live chanson.
Tip: Live music most nights with no minimum spend: the best Quebec cheese board in the old town.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLa Sagamité · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
First Nations cooking in Old Quebec: sagamité corn soup, caribou, bison and bannock over fire.
Tip: It is Wendat-owned, with a second house in Wendake. Sagamité is the traditional corn, bean and meat soup.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapLa Traite · Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
Quebec's finest Indigenous restaurant: caribou, smoked eel, boreal herbs and bannock bread.
Tip: Book it and pair with the Musée huron-wendat next door: meal and museum on the same Place de la Rencontre.
🚇 14 km from downtown · RTC bus 801 to Loretteville then the 72, or 20 min by car/taxi
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Show on mapNoctem · Saint-Roch
Quebec City's most awarded brewery, on Rue du Parvis: IPAs, sours and properly made bar food till late.
Tip: Rue du Parvis is pedestrian in season and packs four good bars: it's Old Quebec's after-hours.
🚇 De la Couronne stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLa Barberie · Saint-Roch
A 1997 brewing co-op with a huge yard: the eight-glass tasting carousel is a Quebec institution.
Tip: No food served: bring your own or order delivery to the yard. Everyone does it and nobody minds.
🚇 Gare du Palais stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLe Sacrilège · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A cult Rue Saint-Jean bar hiding the city's best secret courtyard, walled in brick behind the main room.
Tip: Walk through to the back: the courtyard is walled in brick and they heat it in October.
🚇 Deligny / 1390 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPub St-Alexandre · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A mahogany English pub on Rue Saint-Jean with 200 beers, 250 whiskies and a fire lit in autumn.
Tip: The perfect refuge when a cold October evening falls: order a Quebec draught by the fire.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on map1608 Bar à vin · Château Frontenac · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A wine-and-cheese bar inside the Château Frontenac, with river views and a stone fireplace.
Tip: The cheap way into the Château: a glass of wine and the Quebec cheese board cost less than the tour.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLa Souche · Vieux-Limoilou · 3rd Avenue
A Limoilou microbrewery with log-cabin décor and the best seasonal beers in the city, brewed on site.
Tip: In autumn they release pumpkin and maple beers you won't find anywhere else. They come and go fast.
🚇 Cégep Limoilou stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCasse-Crêpe Breton · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
Crêpes made in front of you at a Rue Saint-Jean counter since 1981: a queue at the door all day.
Tip: Sit at the counter, not the tables: you watch them cooked and the counter queue moves faster.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapNektar Caféologue · Saint-Roch
The roaster that taught Quebec to drink specialty coffee: own beans, champion baristas and V60 pour-over.
Tip: Order the filter of the day and ask the origin: it changes weekly and the baristas explain without posturing.
🚇 Saint-Josephe / 1516 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapMaelstrøm · Saint-Roch
A Nordic roaster on Saint-Vallier Est: light roasts, Scandinavian pastry and laptops all morning.
Tip: The best place in Quebec to work for a while: sockets, Wi-Fi and nobody rushing you. Try the cardamom bun.
🚇 Caron stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCantook · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A café-roastery on Rue Saint-Jean with a bright room, well-pulled filters and sourdough pastry.
Tip: The name comes from the coureurs des bois' shout to urge on sled dogs. Very Québécois.
🚇 des Zouaves / 1497 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCafé Castelo · Montcalm · Avenue Cartier
A Quebec roaster since 1988, with a neighbourhood room on Avenue Cartier and decades-old house blends.
Tip: They sell beans by the bag: the easiest edible souvenir to pack and it survives the flight.
🚇 Cartier stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLa Maison Smith · Place Royale · Place-Royale (Lower Town)
The terrace on the cobbles of Place Royale: the café with the best Lower Town view, no contest.
Tip: The square's chairs fill by 10; come at 8:30 with a coffee and Place Royale is yours alone.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLes Brûleries Saint-Roch · Saint-Roch
A classic Rue Saint-Joseph roasting house: coffee smoke on the pavement and wooden tables always taken.
Tip: They roast in full view: when the drum is running the whole block smells of coffee.
🚇 Dorchester stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCafé Krieghoff · Montcalm · Avenue Cartier
An Avenue Cartier institution since 1977: European breakfast, a vine-shaded terrace and lifelong regulars.
Tip: Named after painter Cornelius Krieghoff, who lived next door. Order breakfast no. 2 and sit outside.
🚇 Cartier stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLe Croquembouche · Saint-Roch
Saint-Roch's benchmark bakery-patisserie: viennoiserie, sourdough bread and tarte au sucre.
Tip: Order the tarte au sucre: the quintessential Québécois dessert, maple syrup and cream on shortcrust.
🚇 Saint-Josephe / 1516 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLa Boîte à Pain · 3e Avenue · Vieux-Limoilou · 3rd Avenue
A Limoilou artisan bakery with a stone oven: baguettes, sourdough loaves and lunchtime sandwiches.
Tip: Buy before 11: the sourdough sells out and they don't bake again until the next day.
🚇 4e Rue stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapBorderon le Fils · Saint-Sauveur
Precision French patisserie on Saint-Vallier Ouest: éclairs, Paris-Brest and textbook croissants.
Tip: The Borderon family runs two houses in Quebec; this is the small one and the one worth the detour. Bring cash just in case.
🚇 de Oblats/1096 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapErico · Choco-Musée · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
An artisan chocolate shop on Rue Saint-Jean with a free Choco-Musée inside and thick hot chocolate.
Tip: The Choco-Musée at the back is free and tracks cacao from pod to bar: perfect with kids and in the rain.
🚇 Sainte-Marie stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPaillard · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A big Rue Saint-Jean bakery-café: macarons, sandwiches, ice cream and communal tables always full.
Tip: The old town's most practical refuge: opens early, closes late and there is always room at the long tables.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapChez Temporel · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
Quebec's bohemian café since 1974, tucked into Rue Couillard: croque-monsieur, strong coffee and no Wi-Fi.
Tip: The café that shows up in Québécois films: no screens, no loud music, just people reading.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapKiosque Au 1884 · Terrasse Dufferin · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
The green kiosk on Terrasse Dufferin: coffee, hot chocolate and ice cream with the St Lawrence in front.
Tip: The only café with tables on the boardwalk itself: hot chocolate at an October sunset, perfect plan.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapMa langue aux chats · Old Port
Quebec's cat café on Rue Saint-Paul: a dozen adoptable cats, tea, cake and advance booking.
Tip: You book a time slot and the cats come from local shelters: a lifesaver with kids on a rainy day.
🚇 des Prairiers / 1137 stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapBrûlerie Montcalm · Montcalm · Avenue Cartier
An Avenue Cartier roastery with pavement tables, French press and the best people-watching in town.
Tip: Avenue Cartier is Quebec's bourgeois-bohemian strip: ten blocks of independent shops and zero souvenirs.
🚇 Cartier stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapSaint-Henri Micro-Torréfacteur · Saint-Roch
The Montreal roaster that landed in Saint-Roch: tight espressos, precise filters and minimalist design.
Tip: The most consistent café in town if all you want is a properly pulled espresso and nothing else.
🚇 Saint-Dominique stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCafé Pekoe · Saint-Roch
A Saint-Joseph corner specialising in teas and single-origin coffee, worn sofas and locals with books.
Tip: Opposite Église Saint-Roch: a big window for watching rain fall on the twin towers, tea in hand.
🚇 De la Couronne stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapBrûlerie Vieux-Limoilou · Vieux-Limoilou · 3rd Avenue
A neighbourhood roaster on 3rd Avenue, with pastry, soup of the day and the long table where Limoilou gathers.
Tip: Limoilou is where Quebec's twenty-somethings live: here you'll hear real Québécois French, not brochure French.
🚇 4e Rue stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapChouquette · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A tiny Rue Saint-Jean patisserie: chouquettes, financiers and coffee to go on the way to the ramparts.
Tip: It sits on the Faubourg Saint-Jean-Baptiste stretch nobody walks: neighbourhood prices, not old-town prices.
🚇 Saint-Augustin / 1387 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapComptoir Boréal · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
Jean-Luc Boulay's boreal bakery: spruce bread, caribou sandwiches and pastry with northern berries.
Tip: The cheap, no-booking version of the starred restaurant round the corner: same produce, counter format.
🚇 des Prairiers / 1137 stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapSimons · Côte de la Fabrique · Old Quebec · Côte de la Fabrique
The chain was born on this very Quebec corner in 1840: Quebec fashion, homeware and the family's flagship store.
Tip: The Fabrique 1840 line stocks independent Quebec design: the best quality-per-suitcase souvenir there is.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapLibrairie Pantoute · Saint-Jean · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
Quebec's benchmark independent bookshop since 1972, with a huge Québécois literature section.
Tip: Ask for Québécois authors in translation: the booksellers build you a list in two minutes and they nail it.
🚇 Hôtel-de-Ville stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapJ.A. Moisan · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
The 1871 grocery on Rue Saint-Jean, with its original wooden shelving, brass scales and tin ceiling.
Tip: It closed in January 2025 and changed hands: the Di Pilato couple announced an autumn 2026 reopening in Italian format. Check before you go.
🚇 Sainte-Geneviève stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapÉpicerie Européenne · Saint-Jean-Baptiste
A 1959 Italian and European larder on Rue Saint-Jean: cheese, oils, pasta and loose coffee beans.
Tip: This is where locals buy their cheese: ask for Charlevoix or Île d'Orléans cheeses, the local ones.
🚇 des Zouaves / 1497 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapGrand Marché de Québec · Lairet · ExpoCité
Quebec's public market since 2019, at ExpoCité: Île d'Orléans growers, ice cider and cheeses.
Tip: Note: the old Marché du Vieux-Port closed in 2019, moved here, and its building was demolished. October is apple and cider season.
🚇 E.-Lamontagne stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapMaison des métiers d'art · Saint-Roch
A school-gallery of contemporary Quebec craft: ceramics, textiles, wood and jewellery made in the building.
Tip: Studio prices and signed pieces: the honest place to buy Quebec craft, not Rue Saint-Jean.
🚇 de la Couronne / 1102 stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapBenjo · Saint-Roch
A giant Saint-Roch toy shop with a little train running through it: the best rainy-day plan with kids.
Tip: The train loops the aisles and kids can ride it. There's a whole section of Québécois board games.
🚇 Du Pont stop (RTC bus) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapPlace Sainte-Foy · Sainte-Foy
Quebec City's upmarket mall, home to the biggest Simons in town and most of the Canadian labels.
Tip: If you're from outside Canada, ask about visitor tax refunds before paying: the rules vary by province.
🚇 7 km from Old Quebec · RTC bus 805 to Sainte-Foy, or 20 min by car/taxi
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Show on mapFromagerie Ferme Audet · Petit-Champlain Quarter
A farm cheesemonger on Rue du Petit-Champlain: cheeses from Charlevoix, Île d'Orléans and Bas-Saint-Laurent.
Tip: Quebec makes over 300 raw-milk cheeses: ask for a Migneron de Charlevoix or an Île d'Orléans Paillasson.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapVerger Pedneault · Petit-Champlain Quarter
The Charlevoix cider house's shop: ice cider, apple mistelles and jellies, all from their own orchard.
Tip: Ice cider is Quebec's flagship product and only made here: the apples freeze on the tree. October is harvest.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapLa Petite Cabane à sucre · Petit-Champlain Quarter
Everything maple syrup can become, in one tiny shop: syrup, maple butter, candy, cookies and maple tea.
Tip: Buy Amber or Dark grade, not Golden: light is mild, dark is what Quebec tastes like. Tins travel better than glass.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapRed Canoe · Petit-Champlain Quarter
A Canadian label printing vintage hockey, airline and national-park logos on heavy cotton.
Tip: The clothing souvenir you won't be embarrassed to wear at home: look for the 1960s Air Canada logos.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapLe Forgeron d'Or · Petit-Champlain Quarter
A goldsmith's workshop-shop on Rue du Petit-Champlain, working gold in full view for over 40 years.
Tip: They work with labradorite and stones from northern Quebec: ask to see the local-stone pieces, not the generic ones.
🚇 De Buade stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapFromagerie Yannick · 3e Avenue · Vieux-Limoilou · 3rd Avenue
Limoilou's benchmark cheesemonger: over 300 cheeses, mostly Québécois, plus producer charcuterie.
Tip: This is where the city's chefs shop. Ask them to build you a board to carry to Parc Cartier-Brébeuf.
🚇 9e Rue stop (RTC bus) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapLa Maison des 100 thés · Montcalm · Avenue Cartier
An Avenue Cartier tea house with over a hundred loose varieties, Japanese pots and guided tastings.
Tip: They blend their own with Quebec boreal berries: a light, cheap souvenir that doesn't break.
🚇 Cartier stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapLibrairie Première Issue · Old Quebec (Upper Town)
A secondhand bookshop inside the walls on Rue d'Auteuil: first editions, maps and books on Quebec.
Tip: Look for old maps of the walled city: cheaper than a Rue du Trésor print and actually original.
🚇 Terminus D'Youville stop (RTC bus) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapArtisanat Gros-Louis · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
The house that has made Wendat snowshoes since 1950: leather, moccasins, furs and Nation-made craft.
Tip: Buy only with an Indigenous authenticity seal: the old town sells plenty of imitation made outside Canada.
🚇 14 km from downtown · RTC bus 801 to Loretteville then the 72, or 20 min by car/taxi
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Show on mapLibrairie Hannenorak · Wendake (Huron-Wendat Nation)
A First Nations bookshop and publisher in Wendake, the only one of its kind in eastern Canada.
Tip: They publish Innu, Wendat and Atikamekw authors in translation: the most valuable souvenir you can take from Wendake.
🚇 14 km from downtown · RTC bus 801 to Loretteville then the 72, or 20 min by car/taxi
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