DAY 12-The End

Our Sunrise Tours Creme de la Creme Trip ended today with some of us flying home and others riding the bus back to St.Louis. It was such a fun filled experience from the luxurious hotels to fine dining experiences.

I highly recommend Sunrise Tours as they offer such a wide variety of trips and strive to provide a memorable travel experience every time.  

They hire only the best people to take care of their clients.  Ruth Smith, our Tour Director, worked non-stop not only to meet our needs but also anticipated what would make the trip even more enjoyable for us.  Always smiling David Bruning was our highly competent bus driver.

My 3 favorite attractions were:

The Parliament 

the  Sainte Anne de Beaupré Basilica in Quebec City

 and the Montmorency Falls

If you’d to see more pictures and the videos, go to Facebook and in the search block type in Sunrise-Canada Creme.   There are several videos there including our tour of lower Quebec and both falls.

(Backup) DAY 8 - Continued

DAY 8 - Montmorency Falls

After an uplifting visit to the Basilica, we went to the Montmorency Falls.   

Open year-round, the spectacular falls at 272 feet high are 99 feet higher than Niagara Falls.  After arriving at the lower level cable car area,  we immediately heard the roar of the rushing water which I found so energizing.  The cable car ride to the top cliff provided us with breathtaking views of the falls.  

From the top, I took the panoramic path to the first suspension bridge overlooking the Falls.   It was quite a hike for me, but I was determined to make it especially when one of the other group members, a lady who was 82, passed me on the path.    

We enjoyed a delicious late lunch at the Manoir Restaurant located a short walk from the Cable Car.

I loved Quebec and our hotel as it was located right in the heart town, within walking distance of many fine hotels and lower Quebec.   If you didn’t feel like walking, you could take the Old Quebec Funiclar railway, located less than a block from our hotel, down to the Petit Champlain shopping district. 

That evening we strolled the Governor’s Promenade behind our hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, shown below.    The Promenade runs along the St. Lawrence River from behind the  Frontenac Hotel past the Citadel ending at the Plains of Abraham, a famous battlefield.   

The Promenade had many interesting attractions including the luge and canons.

Views from the Promenade