Day 1 / Jour 1

Times and schedule subject to change- for presentation purposes only.

Departure time tbd

Depart school on a deluxe, climate-controlled and restroom-equipped  motorcoach in time to arrive in Quebec City in the mid- to late-afternoon..

Stops on route – have the required documents for your border crossing into  Canada

3:00-5:00pm

Meet your tour leader as you arrive at the historic Chateau Frontenac (or Clarendon Hotel within the old walls) or the Hotel Delta Québec (or Hilton) on Parliament Hill, directly across the street from the Assemblée Nationale, Québec’s provincial parliament building. Your arrival time is approximate.  

After checking in start your discovery with your tour manager and then depart for a walking orientation tour that will introduce you to the Quartier Latin and Vieux Québec in Upper and Lower Town.

Your tour will end with dinner in a bistro pub

6:00pm

Dinner Trois Garçons 

7:30pm

9:30pm

Overnight at your hotel

Overnight security 11pm-5am

Day 2 / Jour 2

8:00am

Meet your guide in the lobby, then walk or transfer into the walled city for a full  Canadian breakfast at 8:00am at La Buche

9:30am

La Citadelle de Québec 

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(optional winter activity)

Experience dogsledding with a team. of huskies pulling your through the woods of Quebec.

10:30am

Depart for a visit to Parc de la Chutes Montmorency, the site of the  first battle between Generals Wolfe and Montcalm took place during the  epochal summer of 1759. In winter, the spray freezes on the  rock faces around the falls, making  them a challenge for ice climbers.  Other visitors can take advantage  of  the “Sugarloaf,” 100-foot-high mountain formed from the mist from the falls.

After the tour, you can have lunch on your own in the adjacent food  court, OR transfer to les Galeries de la Capitale where, after lunch on  your own in the international food court, you can take a ride on the indoor roller coaster or Ferris wheel, or practice your French in a few of les  Galeries’ 250 boutiques and retail stores.

1:30pm

After lunch, meet the bus and return to Village Vacances the largest  

winter sports facility in North America in the nearby village of Valcartier. 

There, upon arrival, you can try any of  its 42 exciting inner tube and crazy carpet slides, or go ice skating on the 2.5 kilometer skating  

rink.  

5:30pm

Depart for dinner at an authentic French-Canadian cabane à sucre.

6:00pm

After an all-you-can-eat dinner of typical Québécois fare, you’ll learn  some traditional dances and folk  songs, and your evening will end  with a sugar-on-snow party, with  real maple syrup and real snow  (stored in the winter and served  every day of the year).  

8:45pm

Board the bus at and transfer back to the hotel in Quebec City.  

Overnight security

Day 3 / Jour 3

6:30am

After an early wake-up call, pack your bags and drop off for motorcoach pick-up

Assemble in the hotel lobby, then walk with your guide to an 7:30am  

8:00am

Breakfast at le Cafe Les Mordus.

9:30am

Visit the Musee du Fort

Here students will be immersed in the events of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, a pivotal battle that would determine the course of history of North America

11:00am

Meet motorcoach to load luggage on bus

11:30am

Walk to the funicular

Take the funiculaire to the Upper Town 

Lunch on your own on rue du Petit Champlain

Take the ferry and say au revoir to Quebec City

Motorcoach meets group on the Levis side of the ferry.

2:00pm

Board the bus and depart for home.

Arrive back at your school, travel will vary based on location.