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	Four-Day Winter Trip to Québec by bus Download printable version


Day One	Wednesday or Thursday
	Depart school on a deluxe, climate-controlled and restroom-equipped motorcoach.
2:45 pm	Arrive in the South Shore community of Lévis, Québec, meet your guide at the Lévis ferry terminal, and begin your visit with a short ferry ride through the ice, across the frozen Saint Lawrence River, to Québec City.
3:15 pm	There, upon arrival, your guide will lead you on a walking orientation tour through the lower city, ending with a ride on the funiculaire to the boardwalk outside the Château Frontenac.
4:30 pm	Meet the bus in front of the Château, one hour after your ferry departure, pick up your keys, check into your room and freshen up.
6:00 pm	Reassemble in the lobby and walk across Place d'Armes to a 6:15 pm dinner at the Restaurant D'Orsay.
7:30 pm	After dinner, walk back to the Château, pick up your warmest clothing, then walk back to the boardwalk for an ice-skating and toboggan sliding party beginning at 8:00 pm.
10:00 pm	After the toboggan sliding party, walk back into the Château and call it a day. Evening security services begin at 10:30 pm.
Day Two:	Thursday or Friday
7:45 am	Meet your guide in the lobby and walk (weather permitting) to an 8:00 am la Creperie au Petit Coin Breton in the Quartier Latin or Grande Allée.
9:00 am	Return to the Château Frontenac and walk to the west end of the Promenade des Gouverneurs for a 9:15 am group photograph.
9:30 am	Meet your bus depart on a brief city sightseeing tour that will end in the village of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier where for an 11:00 am guided tour of the incomparable l'Hôtel de Glace.
12:00 pm	After your tour of the ice hotel, meet the bus and depart for Village Vacances, the largest winter sports facility in North America, in the nearby village of Valcartier.
12:45 pm	There, upon arrival, you'll be free for lunch on your own in the food court.
1:30 pm	After lunch, you can try inner tubing on the Tornado, a giant inner tube which holds up to eight people at once and brings you twirling down the slopes, or any of its 42 exciting inner tube and crazy carpet slides, or ice skating on the 2.5 kilometer skating rink. Meet the bus and return to the hotel to freshen up and dress for dinner.
6:30 pm	Reassemble in the lobby, then walk with your escort to dinner at the Restaurant le Bonaparte, a fine French-Canadian restaurant in a handsomely restored, 170-year-old building on the Grande Allée (the Champs-Elysées of Québec). After dinner, walk to the National Battlefields Commission's Maison de la Découverte for an inter-active lesson about the history of Québec, from the French Regime through the end of the Second World War. Your day will end with a fascinating lesson about warfare in the time of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm. Walk back to the hotel via the St-Louis Gate, through which the dying General Montcalm was carried in 1759, after the decisive battle youíve just learned about. Overnight security services begin at 10:30 pm
Day Three:	Friday, Saturday or Sunday
8:30 am	Meet your guide in the lobby, then walk to a French breakfast at an unpretentious restaurant in the Quartier Latin.
10:00 am	After breakfast, meet the bus and depart on a city sightseeing tour ending at about noon at les Galeries de la Capitale. After lunch on your own in the international food court, you can take a ride on the indoor roller coaster, or practice your French in a few of les Galeries' 250 boutiques and retail stores.
1:30 pm	Meet the bus and depart for Saint Lambert for a dogsledding excursion in the Québec countryside. There, upon arrival, every student will participate in a 20-kilometer dogsled ride ending with a light snack on the premises.
5:00 pm	Meet the bus and transfer to an authentic French-Canadian cabane à sucre. Upon arrival, you'll be given a tour of the sugar house, then you'll enjoy an all-you-can-eat Québécois dinner and traditional folk dancing. You'll return to the hotel at about 9:00 pm.
9:00 pm	Evening security begins at 10:00 pm.
Day Four:	Saturday or Sunday
7:45 am	Meet your guide in the lobby, then depart for an 8:00 am French breakfast at le Cochon Dingue.
9:00 am	Return to the boardwalk and walk to the rue du Trésor for a 9:15 am multi-media presentation at Québec Experience.
10:00 am	Walk back to the Château Frontenac to check out of your rooms and place your bags on the bus.
10:45 am	Walk with your guide to the Quartier Latin or the *Quartier Petit Champlain*, the oldest part of the city, where the graystone buildings date to the 1600s. There, you'll be free for lunch on your own in one of a dozen European-style cafés.
12:30 pm	Meet your bus in front of the Château Frontenac and begin your journey back to the United States.