One recommendation for my time in Quebec City was to visit Montmorency Falls. I paid little attention to the suggestion at the time assuming any attraction like that would be out of the city and difficult to reach without a car.
But my visit to the tourist infomation centre the other day paid off. Not only was there a bus travelling to the falls every 10 minutes, it only took about half and hour and cost $3 each way.
After leaving my luggage at the station (travelling with ViaRail has been great), I bought some lunch from the supermarket and caught the next #800 bus. The falls was the last stop, but I disembarked to no signage at all. But I could hear the water so followed a little gravel track in that direction. A few hundred metres later I was at the suspension bridge. The weather wasn’t great, but I put up with the rain and walked down the stairs on the edge of the cliff to view the falls from the bottom. This waterfall is 30-metres higher than Niagara, but not as wide.
Waterfalls fascinate me. I’m always amazed at how much water continues to flow down the rivers to sustain the power of the falls. And how quickly the river calms at the bottom.
I followed the walkway, which was wet with both rain and the spray from the falls, around to the cable car station. I saw pictures of the falls in winter – it would be a pretty amazing sight. I ate my lunch then it was up the cable car to the top!
Back in the city I decided to check one last thing off my list. I really wanted to see the Old Town from the water. When walking through it, it’s hard to get a good view of what you’re in the middle of. There are so many levels! The Quebec-Levis ferry runs regularly across the St Lawrence River. I was going over at a peak time so only had to wait 10-minutes on the other side before the 15-minute trip back.
I would have loved to do this at dusk or night, but it was beautiful anyway. The Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac is such a dominating presence in the landscape. I just love the little pointy buildings!
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Love your article! I’ll try to remember to take the ferry with my parents, do you remember the price?
Xoxo!
It was about $6 return so super cheap. It’s just the everyday ferry that takes cars and people across the river.