QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC, CANADA
Quebec City is by many accounts the most French
city in New France. The Old Town's centerpiece,
the magnificent Château Frontenac, seems
transported from the palatial landscapes of the
Loire Valley, and its French-accented streets lead
past white-stone buildings that evoke old-world
medieval villages. The only remaining walled city
in North America outside of Mexico, Quebec City
was fortified in the 17th century soon after its
founding in 1608. Its strategic setting on the rocky
promontory of Cape Diamond gave troops a close
view of the St. Lawrence.
Discover Quebec City's Old Town, a UNESCO World
Heritage Site, in Upper Town, pass Dufferin Terrace,
where Samuel de Champlain built his fort in 1620,
and the elegant Château Frontenac, perched atop a
hill overlooking the St. Lawrence River. Continue to
the Lower Town to see Place-Royale, once home to
wealthy merchants, and Notre-Dame des Victoires,
North America's oldest Catholic church. At the Plains
of Abraham, where the French surrendered New
France to the British in 1759, admire sweeping vistas
from Cap-Diamant, before continuing along the
scenic Grande Allée. Venture outside the city to the
majestic Montmorency Falls, cascading 82 metres to
the St. Lawrence River below.
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