Old Quebec

The city of Quebec is divided into an upper and lower portion. In lower Quebec you can find many restaurants, shops, and boutiques. In upper Quebec tourists enjoy the amazing hotel, Chateau Frontenac, located on a boardwalk that overlooks the St. Lawrence river. The hotel is enormous and beautifully designed like a castle. It sits upon the ruins of a castle that once stood in its place and you can even go below the boardwalk to view the basement of the previous castle. A little further up, you can see the Citadel of Quebec. The Citadel is an impressive fortress set up by the British, who once ruled Quebec, for protection against any future attacks by the Americans. The fortress today is a still an active military site and also the home of the Canadian monarch and the Governor General. Tourists can visit the site to learn about its impressive structure and learn about the history of the city’s beginnings. I learned on the tour that the grounds were specifically located on the highest point of Quebec City, overlooking the St. Lawrence river. It is shaped in a star which provides a 360-degree range of coverage for the military site. Although they were never infiltrated or attacked, these military grounds remain an impressive site to see.