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	Three-Day Château Frontenac by Bus Download printable version


Day One	Thursday or Friday
	Depart school on a deluxe, climate-controlled and restroom-equipped motorcoach.
3:30 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 to Québec City.
4:00 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.
5:00 pm	Meet the bus in front of the Château, one hour after your ferry departure (that is, if you left on the earlier ferry at 2:30 pm, meet your bus at 3:30 pm), pick up your keys, check into your room and freshen up.
6:45 pm	Walk to dinner at Restaurant Saint Amour, a fine French restaurant in the walled city.
8:15 pm	After dinner, walk to the National Battlefields Commissionís 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.
10:00 pm	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.
10:30 pm	Overnight security services begin at 10:30 pm
Day Two:	Friday or Saturday
8:00 am	Meet your guide in the lobby, then depart for a French breakfast in the Quartier Latin.
9:15 am	Return to the Château Frontenac where you’ll assemble for a group photograph on the Promenade des Gouverneurs.
9:45 am	After the photo, walk with your guide to Place Royale where you will begin a cultural and historic *"Chasse au Trésor"* that will test you on what you have learned thus far about the rich history of New France.
11:30 am	The treasure hunt will end at the Assemblée Nationale from which you will walk into the Quartier Latin where youíll be free for lunch on your own on rue St-Jean.
1:45 pm	Meet your bus and depart for the magnificent *Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré*. This gothic cathedral is renowned for its enormous proportions and superb stained glass windows. More than a million visitors tour the basilica every year.
3:00 pm	Depart for the *Parc de la Chutes Montmorency*, where the first battle between Generals Wolfe and Montcalm took place during the epochal summer of 1759. Upon arrival at the falls, you will walk across a footbridge that crosses directly over the top of the 83-meter high falls, then down a 250-foot staircase that's so close to the face of the falls, you'll feel the mist.
4:00 pm	Meet the bus and return to your hotel to freshen up and dress casually before your evening at the sugar shack.
5:00 pm	Depart for a ride through the rolling hills and quaint villages of rural Québec to an authentic French-Canadian cabane à sucre. After an all-you-can-eat dinner of typical Québécois fare, you'll learn some traditional dances and folk songs, and your evening will end with a sugar-on-snow party, with real maple syrup and real snow (stored in the winter and served every day of the year).
9:00 pm	You'll return to the hotel at about 9:00 pm. Evening security services begin at 10:00 pm.
Day Three:	Saturday or Sunday
7:45 am	Meet your guide in the lobby, then walk to the Quartier Petit Champlain for a French breakfast at le Cochon Dingue.
9:00 am	After breakfast, return to the rue du Trésor for a three-dimensional, multi-media presentation at Quebec Experience.
10:00 am	Return to the hotel to check out of your room and place your bags on the bus.
11:00 am	Walk to the Quartier Petit Champlain the oldest part of Québec City, where the ancient greystone buildings and cobblestoned streets date back to the 1600s. There youíll be free for some lunch on your own and some last-minute gift shopping and picture taking.
1:00 pm	Meet the bus in front of the Château Frontenac and depart for the United States.