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Ice hotel, Zippered together

Ice hotel, Zippered together.

Carnaval

Where to Stay

The Quebec City region has 12,000 hotel rooms, from guest houses to grand
hotels. The Greater Quebec Area Tourist and Convention Bureau offers
information at (418) 649-2608 or quebecregion, as does Tourisme
Québec, at (877) 266-5687 and at .

Castlelike Château Frontenac. 1, rue des Carrières, Quebec City,
Quebec G1R 4P5; (800) 441-1414 or (418) 692-3861, fax (418) 692-1751.
The 607 rooms, $75 to $396, are in 18th-century
French chateau style. It has dog sled and ski packages.

For views of Old Quebec from just outside the walls, try the Hilton Quebec, 1100,
boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Quebec, Canada G1K 7K7; (418) 647-2411 fax
(418) 647-6488. The 571 modern rooms feature large windows. Doubles $82 to
$185.

In the Lower Town, wooden floors and maple furniture give a cozy appeal to
Auberge St.-Pierre, 79, rue St.-Pierre, (888) 268-1017, fax (418) 694-0406, .
It has 33 rooms and 10 suites, costing $59 to $132, including full breakfast.

Where to Eat

For great views and food, try the very formal Le Champlain in the Château
Frontenac, (418) 266-3905. A five-course tasting menu costs $83 a person, wine
included; à la carte dinner for two, with wine, about $150. Closed Monday.

A place for sandwiches, soups and patisseries is Au Palet d'Or, 60, rue Garneau
(at Rue St.-Jean), (418) 692-2488, fax (418) 692-5096. Soup, sandwich, pastry
and coffee is $3.95.

There's a bistro environment at Le Cafe Bruyère, 1200, rue St.-Jean, (418)
694-0618, fax (418) 694-2120. A three-course dinner with a pint of local beer
costs $27 and under.

You can look down on the city from L'Astral, the revolving restaurant at Loews Le
Concorde, 1225, place Montcalm, (418) 647-2222, fax (418) 647-4710. The focus
is on international and Québécois cuisine, like medallions of caribou; dinner for
two with wine, about $85.

Where to Play

At Aventure Nord-Bec, 665, rue St.-Aimé, St.-Lambert de Lévis, Quebec G0S
2W0, (418) 889-8001, fax (418) 889-8307, a half-day dog-sled excursion costs
$52 and $13.20 for children 12 and under. Snowshoe, snowmobile and camping
(in cabins) trips are also available.

Cross-country skis can be rented daily at the Plains of Abraham, for $3.30 an
hour or $6.60 a day. But call ahead: there are only 10 pairs available and sizes
are limited. The Pavillon, the services building, is in the park near the
intersection of the Rue de Bernières and the Avenue Briand. Park information:
(418) 649-6157 and (418) 628-4212 for trail conditions

The toboggan run, Glissades de la Terrasse, is on the Terrasse Dufferin. Rental
of a toboggan for an hour is $10 (maximum four people) or $1 a ride and 65
cents for children under 6. Open daily 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; (418) 692-2955.

The Place d'Youville ice rink, opposite St.-Jean Gate, is open daily 11 a.m. to 10
p.m. Skates rent for $3.30 an hour and $1.30 for each additional hour; (418)
691-4685.

Le Funiculaire, with entrances on the Terrasse Dufferin or 16, rue
Petit-Champlain, runs between the upper and lower cities from 7:30 a.m. to
11:30 p.m.; 85 cents each way. It is wheelchair accessible; (418) 692-1132.

The Quebec-Lévis Ferry leaves every half hour from 10, rue des Traversiers, by
the Place Royale. The round-trip fare without debarking is $2.40; with stopover,
$3; (418) 644-3704.

Posted by dc at January 16, 2004 03:24 AM