Things to Do in Québec City

About 12 km, roughly 15 to 20 minutes by car. The park has a cable car, and many tours combine the falls with the old town or Île d’Orléans.

The old town is small enough to explore alone. A guide adds the history that the streets do not show; the guided walks with the funicular or the street-theatre routes do that best. Wear sturdy shoes, because the town is steep.

No. The city sits on the St. Lawrence River and has no sea beach. The waterfront is for walking, and a walk with a ferry crossing to Lévis is among the listed tours.

Not as a normal half-day trip. Tadoussac, the usual base, is about 200 km away, roughly 2.5 to 3 hours each way by car, so it means a very long day or an overnight stay. No tour in the current inventory departs from the city for whales.

No. Many of the most-reviewed Québec trips start in Montréal and spend hours on the road. We leave them out because they are not tours of Québec City. Montréal is roughly three hours away by train.

Only in winter. In the 2025–26 season the operator listed visits from 4 January to 22 March 2026. Dates are set each year, so check the booking page before you plan around them.