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Published: October 14th 2013
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Bridge into Quebec CityHotel 7 Saison may not have been the flashest hotel on the block but we would stay there anytime over a Hilton or similar. The place had character and the staff were such good value. Real people who enjoyed a joke and a chat.
Last night Geoff and I spent several hours chilling with the hotel staff - great night with plenty of laughs...oh and by the way they moved us to another room as they were unable to fix the hot water problem today.
Left Montreal around 9am after breakfast at the hotel and arrived in Quebec City around 11.30am. Drove straight to our hotel - Best western Plus Downtown $78 per night. We are here for 3 nights. There is valet parking here $22 per day including in/out privileges - not much choice with the car parking - streets are narrow and parking on the streets is scarce and metered.
The hotel is only a 1.5km walk from Old Quebec - a nice walk or you can catch the bus if you want. Before heading towards Old Quebec we grabbed a snack downstairs at the Cafe In - part of the hotel. We enjoyed a Duck
Our room at the best westernand blueberry baguette and shared a muffin. (they were ridiculously huge). The hotel also has a restaurant on the premises LE330 Bistro which is open for breakfast and dinner.
Spent the afternoon exploring Old Quebec and I must say it was certainly worth the 8,000 km trip to get here from Vancouver. Everyone who has been here has said Quebec City is amazing and they were right. Three cruise ships were in port today so the streets were pretty packed with tourists up until around 6pm.
We stopped by an outdoor skating rink in the Place D'Youville - this is a refrigerated ice rink just across from Porte Saint-Jean and then walked the cobblestone streets leading to Montmorency park. Some of the streets along our walk dated back to the 16th Century. We had a walk around the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac which is undergoing extensive renovations (as is all the Fairmonts across Canada). The Frontenac was built in 1893 by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is said Frontenac is the most photographed hotel in the world.
Walking around Old Quebec there are many monuments and statues lining the streets and parks. It is difficult to photograph
Cafe Insome of them due to the sheer size!
Walking up Rue Saint Louis we came across an enticing restaurant "Aux Anciens Canadiens" so we decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner. If you eat here between noon and 5.45pm you get a three course dinner including a beer or wine for $19.95 each. We had a soup for appetiser -Grandmas pea soup for me and Pumpkin for Geoff - Chicken Breast stuffed with duck and cranberry for mains - then dessert -strawberry sorbet for me - maple syrup pie for Geoff. Service and atmosphere were great and we were more than full by the time we finished.
Night was falling by the time we left the restaurant so we continued our walk up to the Parliament Building and Geoff snapped some super photos of the Fountaine De Tourny, parliament building and the city.
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