Québec City, the oldest city in Canada, is a favourite destination among those who want to wander down cobbled streets lined with stone tin-roofed houses. Established in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, Québec City began in what is now known as Petit-Champlain and Place Royale, before moving up to the top of Cap Diamant — which gave the settlers a better view of the St Lawrence river, and thus a better chance of defending themselves against possible enemies — and stretching into what we now call Vieux-Port.

Our self-guided Instagram tour of Old Québec will take you through Old Québec, which is perched atop of Cap Diamant, then down the cap, into Vieux-Port, Place Royale, and Petit-Champlain, before returning you to the starting point.

The beauty of a self-guided tour is that you have complete control: start whenever you want, choose which points of interest to spend time and which ones to skip, take as many café breaks as you want — we’ll mark cafés on the tour map as well as wifi hotspots!

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