Vacation packages to Québec City will take you to the most European city in North America. Certainly the charming atmosphere and its winding streets lined with stone buildings, bistros, and shops give Québec City an "old world" feel that isn't found anywhere else on the continent. Rich in culture, you'll find museums and galleries of all sorts, and nowhere is the European character more clear than on a romantic St. Lawrence dinner-cruise in a Paris-style riverboat.
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Historical Québec
There's no North American city where rich history echoes more strongly than Québec City. The fortified city walls are relics of the turbulent colonial past, and the city's historic district makes Québec City the first city in North America honored as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The Seasons of Québec City
The highlight of any winter rail tour in central Canada, the Québec Winter Carnival (or Carnaval de Québec) is the world's largest winter carnival. Held for the first time in 1894, this annual celebration is one of the most unique festivals in the world, 17 days of pure winter wonderland. The carnival is presided over by the festival's ambassador, "Bonhomme", a grinning, charismatic snowman with a red toque (aka stocking cap). Highlights of the celebration include both day and nice parades, spectacular international ice sculpture competitions, nightly fireworks, and the opening and closing ceremonies at the ice palace of Bonhomme himself. Another popular Carnival tradition dating back to 1894, a canoe race across the St. Lawrence River challenges strength and skill, and sometimes forces racers to pull their canoes along large frozen stretches of ice.
As a natural destination for a winter tour of Québec's scenic countryside and Montréal, or as a summer stopover in a cross-country train tour of Canada, Via Rail offers train vacation packages year-round featuring Québec City. Only the luxury and comforts of train travel in Canada offer the perfect complement to the relaxed charm and elegance of "la belle province".
VIA Rail Routes to Québec City
The following VIA routes travel to Québec City and several are featured in our
VIA Rail vacation packages for this destination:
Montréal-Charny-Québec
The Ocean: From
Montréal to
Halifax, Nova Scotia (stops in Charny)
The Chaleur : From
Montréal to the Baie des Chaleurs (stops in Charny)
To book vacation packages to Québec City, or for questions and custom itineraries, please speak with one of our train travel specialists at toll free 1-888-730-9500.
For travelers outside of North America, click here for our International toll free numbers.