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About Québec City Québec, the capital city of the Canadian province of the same name, is famous for its French and British roots. Both cultures have been melded into a uniquely refreshing city, a busy seaport and center of services and research still known for its charm, friendliness, and beauty. During the summer, the city of Québec is filled with a festive mood as locals and visitors enjoy cultural and sporting events. The summer festival takes place for a few weeks during June with the numerous free concerts and theatrical performances. At the end of July is Les Grands Feux Loto-Québec, a fireworks spectacular, while August sees the five-day, biennial Medieval Festival and the large-scale, self-promoting Québec City Provincial Exhibition. Québec seizes the opportunities afforded by snowy winters to transformed itself into the world’s snow capital, where activities such as snow rafting, ice fishing, skating and snowboarding become popular activities. The largest singular event on the city's social calendar is the Winter Carnival, reputedly the biggest annual event of its kind in the world and one of the reasons why Québec City gets as jammed with people in the dead of winter as it does in summer. The carnival frolics its way through the first half of February, featuring parades, ice sculptures, dances, a snow slide that sets up on Terrasse Dufferin, and the vigorous downing of locally brewed beers like St. Ambroise and Boréale. The heart of this enigmatic provincial capital is its walled Vieux Québec (Old Québec), which takes up the northeastern end of Upper Town and was World Heritage-listed in 1985. The heart's main artery is Rue St. Jean, clogged with bars, cafes, restaurants and drifting clots of tourists, while running along the cliff edge is a scenic boardwalk called Terrasse Dufferin. Just north of busy Place Royal at the eastern end of Lower Town, and surrounded by the oldest network of streets in the city, is Vieux Port (Old Port) - a more apt name would be Not-So-Old Port, as the area has undergone significant redevelopment. West of the Old Town walls are the less touristy, more down-to-earth neighborhoods of St. Roch (in Lower Town) and St. Jean Baptiste (in Upper Town). You'll find the long-distance bus terminal on Rue Abraham Martin in the northern section of Lower Town, while Jean Lesage International Airport is only a few miles west of town. Top Sights
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