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By Les Promenades Fantômes

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Free cancellation available
Price is RM 83 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Funeral rites of New France
    • Early burial ground for colonists. Cemetery of the Poor and Smallpox cimetery
    • Notre-Dame Basilica ( outdoor)
    • Hotel-Dieu ( outdoor) Irish Quarter & Celtic Cross
    • Morrin centre

Activity location

    • Quebec City
    • Quebec City, Québec, Canada

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Passage du Chien-d'Or, Québec City, QC G1R 3W9, Canada | Your guide will meet you next to the Saint-François de Laval statue.
    • Québec, Québec, Canada

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Quebec: Death in New France Animated Walking tour EN

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m
    1h 15m
  • English

Select this option to book in English

Language options: English
Starting time: 20:30
Price details
RM 83.03 x 2 AdultsRM 166.06
Total
Price is RM 166.06
Until Thu, 5 Nov

Quebec: Death in New France Animated Walking tour in French

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m
    1h 15m
  • French

Sélectionnez cette option pour la visite en français

Language options: French
Starting time: 20:30
Price details
RM 83.03 x 2 AdultsRM 166.06
Total
Price is RM 166.06
Until Thu, 5 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    A Ghostly Tour of Old Quebec – From Sacred Grounds to Forgotten Graves
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    Introduction to the funeral rites of New France: processions, burials, blessings, and beliefs
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    Stop in front of Notre-Dame Basilica to uncover the history of the crypt and Quebec’s earliest cemeteries
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    Walk through the Latin Quarter:
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    Cemetery of the Poor
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    Smallpox cemetery (picotés), victims of the deadly epidemic
  • Inclusions
    Walking by Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec, a key site during epidemics and end-of-life care
  • Inclusions
    Exploration of the Irish Quarter and its Celtic Cross
  • Inclusions
    Final stop at the Morrin Centre – a former jail and colonial college
  • Inclusions
    A chilling walking tour blending history, legends, beliefs, and spine-tingling stories
  • Exclusions
    Outdoor tour only – no entry into buildings
  • Exclusions
    Tip for your guide

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Pets (assistance dogs allowed)
    • Not suitable for: Children under 6 years, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

  • Get ready to discover the true face of death in the 17th century!

    This new animated guided tour of New France plunges you into funeral rites, ancient cemeteries and approximate burials of the period through the gloomy tales of your highly (or almost) alive guide.

    What were the resting places in Old Quebec? How were the bodies of the criminals, the poor and the elite disposed of? What were the settlers’ rites of passage? How was death viewed at the time?

    Come and uncover well-buried mortuary secrets during a morbid but oh-so-entertaining tour!

Location

Activity location

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    • Quebec City
    • Quebec City, Québec, Canada

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Passage du Chien-d'Or, Québec City, QC G1R 3W9, Canada | Your guide will meet you next to the Saint-François de Laval statue.
    • Québec, Québec, Canada