Quebec City Places to Stay July 2026

We have stayed at Hotel 71 and thoroughly enjoyed everything about it. It is in Old Quebec so it’s a boutique hotel in a great location. The Italian restaurant on the premises is excellent.

We have yet to stay there but plan to on a future visit, Le Germain Hotel Quebec. It comes highly recommended from Montreal based cookbook author and former restaurant critic Lesley Chestrman. She travels frequently to the Quebec City area.

Thank you Carole & Claire. Carole would you recommend the upper or lower city neighborhood?

We stayed at the Monasteres des Augustines in Quebec.
https://monastere.ca/en/

It’s a beautiful setting with lovely renovated rooms and both a very healthy breakfast that is for overnight guests and a dinner buffet at extra charge that’s open to all. The food was fabulous and was vegetarian friendly. The Augustinian nuns established the monastery to be the first hospital in North America north of Mexico in the 17th century. It’s now a lovely hotel with the traditional historic areas seamlessly blended with a new modern wing. The nuns now live in a separate area but you can participate in vespers with them. The hotel offers yoga classes too and massages are available. They have a beautiful history museum. (Something for everyone!) We stayed for 5 nights and toured the city mostly on foot from there with a Road Scholar Group. I would definitely return.

We stayed at Auberge Du Tresor for 2 nights post cruise. Fabulous historic (1640) boutique hotel updated with comfortable rooms and amenities. Breakfast was great in the downstairs restaurant and it is in the heart of everything, although we did not find it at all too busy or crowded. The other bonus is it's incredibly reasonable prices.

I walk for exercise nearly every morning and since QC is fairly compact I was able to enjoy upper and lower neighborhoods. The funicular will take you up and save you some hill climbing and you can easily explore the city. I don’t really have a preference of neighborhoods. Our hotel was in a quiet neighborhood when we were there (May and September) but I don’t know what July would be like.

I stayed in Old Town for the ambiance, and loved it. To me, Lower Town is newer and has some well-reviewed restaurants but wasn't what I went to QC for. Check out 4 star Auberge Place D'Armes. Nice breakfast room downstairs which also serves lunch and dinner. Short walk to Cafe Buade, the oldest restaurant in QC (the place to have poutine if that's in your plans.) It's across a small plaza from the Boardwalk and the funicular to Lower Town, and a short walk to the Hotel Frontenac. There is no elevator, but the rooms are comfortable, pretty, and atmospheric. I was there in September and it was very quiet. The main part of Old Town is about a 10-15 minute walk, which suited me fine.

Ten years ago we stayed at Le Germain Hotel Quebec. It was lovely and had everything you would want in a boutique hotel. Wonderful breakfast in a nice courtyard or you could eat in the lounge. It's in a quiet neighborhood with easy access to the sights.

Thank you all so much the details are so very helpful!

Not much on hotels, but might be useful to you - 36 Hours Quebec City. There is a bit on Auberge Saint Antoine.

When I went to QC last spring I stayed at LePriori in the lower town. Very nice small hotel with modern rooms in an old building. There is a separate breakfast room - buffet, serve yourself style - there were various breads, cereals, boiled eggs, coffee, tea, juice.

Only small annoyance was the sink- a modern pedestal with no surround so sometimes water dripped on the floor.

Very close to the Museum of Civilization, Rue St Paul with many antique shops.

Of course staying in the lower town means it is a steep walk to the upper town.

We stayed on the upper city but enjoyed walking in the lower city more.
The lower city is a bit more flatish despite the cobblestones on the pedestrian streets, it was less busy as well during our stay in June.
We used the funicular to travel between the upper and lower city.

The promenade in front of the Chateau de Frontenac was the busiest place in the old city but not overly crowded.

We usually ate at the restaurants in the upper city, afterwards we'd seat at park benches on the promenade while enjoying the view, nice and relaxing.

One caveat, if you choose a hotel that is converted from an old building it might not have a elevator or good A/C , ours didn't, it was only 3 floors but not pleasant to carry luggage and it became uncomfortably hot in the room, parking was limited , we had parking close to the hotel but other guests had to use a parking lot some distance away.

hey hey Peggy Zino
several years ago we were in quebec city for a fall color cruise in october.
we stayed at hoteldescoutelleir.com they offered a continental breakfast deliveerd to our hotel door in a basket, it was great. we did a lot of walking and roaming around upper and lower town. since we were there for their canadian thanksgiving, it is all decorated like halloween with colors, wheat scarecrows,and everything else. stopped at many shops, restaurants, people watching, eating local french food. (crepes, hard cider, poutine and so much more) make sure wherever yo stay there is parking available, i'm sure at a fee.
since you will have a car, make sure about having an IDP (ssaq.gouv.qc,ca) which may be mandatory to get before you leave. lots os changes within countries about driving in different countries, just to be on the safe side. we rented a car for a day and drove to ile de orleans, montmorency falls, sainte anne de beaupre church, canyonsa.qc.ca
urbanguidequebec.com
day trip to ile d'orleans. one of my favorites places on our day trip
we did a tour of the fairmont le chateau frontenac, it was fabulous the to the bar for a drink overlooking the river and promenade. i can't remember if booked at hotel or used cicerone.ca check either one
quebec-cite.com
check what is offered. they may have tourists kiosks in plazas offering other things
tourisme.iledeorleans.com
click doscover and see the many shops listed around the island with art studios, wineries, farm to pick fruit or have lunch.
le grand marche de quebec public market
enjoy, have a great time
aloha
hope you have a great time and just enjoy the area

Thanks princess for the driving tips I had not done any research on that yet. Will make sure all is in order before heading over.