The weather may be in the single digits but there’s skating, vintage luxury shops, an ice hotel, a jazz bar to cozy up in.

If you have extra time, Old Québec (Vieux-Québec) is worthwhile. Clustered around the city's port on the banks of the St. Lawrence River are the quaint stone buildings and narrow, winding ...

A series of bike paths start from the Old Port area and travel along the river and out ... Other routes can be found on the Quebec City Tourism website. There are a couple of area companies ...

The Old Quebec Funicular provides another perspective of the city and the St. Lawrence River while you travel up or down at a steep 45-degree angle. I don’t have a fear of heights but we did ...

You can’t miss the intricate Fontaine de Tourny out front—a gift from Quebec’s iconic Simons store to celebrate the city’s 400th anniversary in 2008. Bar 1608 at the Château Frontenac ...

The nice thing is when you head back into the city, you get to see old Quebec from a whole new perspective ... Heather Greenwood Davis is an award-winning travel writer for the Toronto Star ...

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