CA · Quebec · 46.81°N 71.21°W

quebec city

Walled streets, steep lanes, river views and French-Canadian comfort food.

Best time
May–October are best for the old town, with summer busiest and autumn colour from late September. Winter is snowy and very cold; the Winter Carnival in late January and February makes it a deliberately wintry trip.
How long
2–3 days
Getting there
Fly to Montreal with one stop, usually via Paris, Istanbul or Doha, about 22–26 hours all in, then about 3 hours by train or car. Quebec City is 12 hours behind KL, 13 from November to early March. Malaysians need a Canadian visitor visa, or just an eTA if flying in with a valid US visa or a Canadian visa held in the last 10 years.
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Dear group chat,Walled streets, steep lanes, river views and French-Canadian comfort food.— gowherelahTo: whoever’s drivingQuebec CityCA, Quebec
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≈ 14,417 km from KL, as the crow flies
Skyline of Quebec City viewed across the St. Lawrence River from Lévis, Quebec.

Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0

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Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each.

Quebec City's old town is the only walled city north of Mexico, on a cliff above the St Lawrence River. Stone houses, steep lanes and the turreted Château Frontenac make it feel like a corner of France.

Makan

  1. PoutineChips, cheese curds and gravy, Quebec's comfort food. Ask what's in the gravy.Map ↗
  2. Maple taffyHot maple syrup poured on snow and rolled onto a stick, at sugar shacks and the winter carnival.Map ↗
  3. Pouding chômeurSponge cake baked in maple syrup, a Depression-era Quebec dessert.Map ↗

Things to do

  1. The wallsWalk sections of the old ramparts and gates that still circle the upper town.Map ↗
  2. Petit-ChamplainNarrow lower-town lanes of stone houses and shops below the cliff.Map ↗
  3. Terrasse DufferinA wide boardwalk beside the Château Frontenac, high above the river.Map ↗
  4. Montmorency FallsA waterfall taller than Niagara, 15 minutes from town, with a cable car and a bridge across the top.Map ↗

Good to know

  • Halal is limited in the old town; Sainte-Foy, near Université Laval and the city's main mosque, has more North African and Middle Eastern places.
  • Take the funicular up from the lower town and walk the steps back down.

Last checked October 2026. Things change, so check opening times, fees and transport before you go.