Quebec City recs?

[devonpow]

For places to stay and things to do (two teen boys with us). I’ve been once before a long time ago and stayed at the Frontenac but I was going to book last night and holy smokes it was pricey for when we are going (weekend before Christmas) so now I’m changing plans lol.

[joy]

Go out to Montmorency!

The toboggan outside the castle is also quite fun.

[nicolewi]

I don’t have any tips, but my daughter randomly really wants to go to Quebec city over Christmas sometime. We are not planning on doing it this year. All I know about is the giant toboggan sled, some kind of castle looking thing, and Christmas markets.

[keweenawlove]

Following because I'm heading there for work in 2 weeks. I'm staying at the Hilton. I got some recommendations from a colleague who grew up there. 

If you want a good poutine, try Poutineville just next to your hotel. It might not be the best in Quebec City since I haven’t tried too many in that city, but it’s a solid one. There are a lot of French cuisine restaurants in old Quebec too, but most of them are very fancy and very expensive.

For visiting, you can walk these easily:

Old Quebec is very cute, looks like Europe. From your hotel, go down on “Rue St-Jean” to get there and walk around in that neighborhood. I recommend walking down to “Fairmont Le Château Frontenac”, there’s a nice dock walk there too, you have a nice view.

In blue (Plains of Abraham), it’s a big park, it’s perfect for a run or longer walk.

[minzy]

Here’s the responses from when I asked this before. Haven’t been there yet myself.
pandce.proboards.com/thread/641727/quebec-city

[Bad Dingo]

This spa is amazing. DH, DD(16), and I all loved it. It was pouring rain and still magical. I think it'd be even cooler if there'd been snow.
siberiaspa.com/

We stayed at the Frontenac, and it was a cool experience but nothing amazing. There were a lot of cute small places to stay right around there that I think would be good alternatives.

[Wallflower]

Any mystery fans wanting a little ambiance, Louise Penny has one of her books set in Quebec (Bury Your Dead). It's my favorite book of hers. Well, tied with one of the later ones, I think.

[livinitup]

I still recommend everything I posted in Mindy’s link. It might be too cold for biking so check out cold weather options. Québécois are hearty and get out in all weather. There is an Ice Hotel that may be worth a look around/tour or a festival at that time of year. It’s a very walkable city.

The post office will stamp your passport. The first one in North America. (We got stamps for postcards home).

[ally]

I was there 3 weeks ago and it was wonderful.  I wish I had a second day/night in Quebec City before boarding my cruise.  It is very hilly, be prepared!

I did a Quebec City Walking Tour, which was nice to get my bearings and some history.

I stayed at the Auberge Le Saint-Pierre and was very pleased.  Well located (behind the Museum of Civilization), comfortable room, excellent breakfast.

[redheadbaker]

My almost-teen son wants to go there, to go to the Biodome. That's my only suggestion!

N/M -- that's Montreal, not Quebec City. 

[cricketwife]

Copied from an email to a friend who just asked….

There's a cool VR experience that tells the history of Quebec. The kids loved and I think it's great for adults too. Personally, it made me feel motion sick (I had never done VR) but we were 5 adults and all the others loved it. www.immersionquebec.com/en/

Wendake is well worth the visit. And go back at night for this: onhwalumina.ca/en/

If you do nothing else, DO THE LIGHT SHOW. It is incredible in the winter…hopefully there will be snow. Last year there wasn’t any at that time of year, somewhat unbelievably.

[julygal]

We stayed at the Hotel Terrasse Dufferin. It is right next to the Frontenac. It is a historic hotel that was very simple with no frills but it was clean, comfortable and affordable. Pictures online seemed accurate for the room we were in. Location was amazing.

We did the Citadelle tour. We also went out to Montmorency. We spent a lot of time just walking the city and stopping to eat or shop. We had an excellent breakfast at La Buche and enjoyed our meal at Le Lapin Saute.