Discover the historic heart of the city as you join a guided walking tour through the cobbled streets of Old Montréal. Navigate lanes lined with stone facades to the lively Old Port and the open-air stage of Place Jacques-Cartier, where buskers, terraces and market stalls animate this centuries-old riverside quarter.

Unpack layers of history from fur-trading post to cosmopolitan Montréal. Hear how French and British influences shaped the harbor, warehouses and public squares, and how the St. Lawrence River powered commerce, shipbuilding and today’s vibrant waterfront culture.

Follow La Route des Saveurs, where farm stands, cheesemakers and orchards trace a delicious path through Charlevoix. In artsy Baie-Saint-Paul, sit down to a Be My Guest lunch at Au Poulailler, set beside the Gouffre River, and taste dishes that spotlight seasonal produce from the surrounding countryside.

Hear the story of a former chicken coop reborn as a greenhouse and community food space, a project that champions local agriculture and sustainable renovation. Chat with your hosts about regional traditions as Québec wines complement inventive, garden-led cuisine.

Explore Hydromel Charlevoix, an artisanal hive-to-glass économusée where beekeeping know-how meets Charlevoix terroir. Walk through the production journey from harvest to bottling and see how nectar gathered across meadows and forests becomes characterful honey wines.

Savor a small-batch mead tasting that may include classic hydromel, spiced cuvées and honey-based liqueurs. Guides unpack floral notes, structure and balance, revealing how location, season and craft shape the distinctive profiles of each pour.

Glide across the St. Lawrence on the ferry to Île-aux-Coudres, where orchards, tidal flats and village lanes slow the pace. Take in broad river views and the island’s windbreak poplars as you explore its maritime landscapes and time-honored foodways.

Meet local makers at Boulangerie Bouchard and Cidrerie et Vergers Pedneault to sample heritage recipes and apple-based specialties. Along the shoreline, look for the ingenious wooden stake-fishing structures that reflect centuries of resourceful coastal life.

Step inside the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec’s renowned pilgrimage site welcoming visitors for over 350 years. Admire shimmering mosaics, sculpted capitals and a soaring nave that draws the eye upward in a quiet play of light.

Learn how devotion to Saint Anne shaped this sanctuary’s legacy, and pause before the famous ex-voto offerings that line the entrance, a moving testament to faith, healing and gratitude across generations.

Explore UNESCO-listed Old Québec with a Local Specialist, tracing fortified ramparts, stone alleys and the river-facing boardwalk of Dufferin Terrace. Hear how strategic cliffs and star-shaped defenses defined this singular French-speaking capital.

Delve into military history at the Plains of Abraham and view the star-shaped Citadel, still an active garrison. The city’s café culture, elegant squares and copper roofs reveal a distinctive Old World atmosphere anchored firmly in North America.

Experience the Huron Traditional Site in Wendake with a Wendat storyteller, learning about longhouses, seasonal lifeways and enduring craftsmanship. Exhibits and narratives illuminate a living culture rooted in the lands along the St. Lawrence.

Continue to a Sagamité dinner where ancestral recipes meet contemporary flavors. Share corn soup, game and berry notes as you raise a glass together. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience supports community-led cultural preservation and responsible tourism.

Join an optional whale-watching cruise where the Saguenay Fjord meets the St. Lawrence, nutrient-rich waters that attract migrating giants through summer and early fall. Naturalist guides outline behavior, identification and conservation.

Scan the horizon within the protected Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park to spot minke, fin and humpback whales, and occasional belugas. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; departures are weather-dependent for wildlife welfare and safety.

Visit Montmorency Falls, whose cascade plunges from a basalt cliff in a thundering veil. Framed by parkland and river views, the site reveals the dramatic geology that shapes Québec’s shoreline.

Continue to Île d’Orléans for dinner and live music at Le Moulin St-Laurent, a historic mill setting that celebrates local produce and conviviality. This optional outing is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Discover the Cuivres d’Art Albert Gilles Museum, where generations have mastered repoussé copperwork to create luminous religious panels and contemporary art. Exhibits reveal tools, techniques and commissions spanning nearly a century.

Watch artisans coax warm metal into relief, then try a brief hands-on workshop to appreciate the craft’s precision. This optional cultural experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.