They're excited to tell you about their city, and immensely proud of living in such a historic spot. Canadians make the trip an absolute pleasure.
Québec City's oldest portions, collectively Vieux-Québec, is divided into upper and lower portions.
The two are connected by "the breakneck stairs," taking you down from the Chateau Frontenac to Rue du Petit Champlain, the quaint shopping and dining district, at the base.
Québec City wears its nearly 500 years well. It's the only walled city in the US and Canada to have its original fortifications, and it's impressive.
Québecois cuisine is, unsurprisingly, French! Expect frites (French fries), tartare (raw meat), pate, and wine at lunch, throughout your trip!
Built as a railway hotel, meant to encourage travelers to explore Canada by train toward the end of the 19th-century, the hotel has been expanded several times, to become the behemoth you'll see today.