3 Best Sights in Quebec City, Quebec

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We've compiled the best of the best in Quebec City - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

Avenue Cartier

Montcalm Fodor's choice

The mix of reasonably priced restaurants and bars, groceries and specialty food shops, and boutiques makes avenue Cartier a favorite lunchtime and after-work stop for many local residents. After business hours the street hums with locals running errands or soaking up the sun on patios. When darkness falls, the avenue's patrons get noticeably younger. The attraction? A half-dozen nightclubs and pubs that offer everything from wine and quiet conversation to Latin music and earsplitting dance tunes.

Grande-Allée

Montcalm

One of the city's oldest streets, the Grande Allée was the route people took from outlying areas to come sell their furs in town. In the 19th century, the wealthy built neo-Gothic and Queen Anne–style mansions here, which now house trendy cafés, clubs, and restaurants. The street actually has four names: inside the city walls it's rue St-Louis; outside the walls, Grande Allée Est; farther west, Grande Allée Ouest; then finally, boulevard Laurier.

Grande-Allée, Québec City, Canada

Rue du Trésor

Upper Town

In the era of the French Regime, settlers would visit this street to fulfill their tax obligations at the former royal treasury that once stood in this vicinity, which explains the origin of its name, "du Trésor." Now known for its unique cachet, the locale also dubbed "Artists Street" gracefully transforms into an open-air art gallery. Nestled amid historic Château Frontenac and Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec, this cobblestoned street exudes charm and allure. Here, a multitude of artists gather to display their works every day in the summertime and on long weekends. However, during the shoulder season, the street takes on a quieter, more tranquil ambience.

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