Attractions: Morrin Centre

Explore Quebec City on a relaxed historical walking and tasting tour led by a seasoned, licensed guide. As you move through the city streets, you’ll hear stories that bring the area’s fascinating history to life and point out some of its lesser-known charms. The pace will allow you to take in the atmosphere and ask questions as you go. Along the way you’ll discover a selection of hidden treasures and enjoy local-flavoured tastings and products, either during the walk or after the tour. These food and drink moments will complement the historical context and give you a taste of the region’s culinary character. The tour runs rain or shine, so come prepared for the weather and be ready to explore both the sights and the local flavours.

This ghost tour of Quebec City begins in front of the Morrin Centre at 44 Chaussée des Écossais. At night, you will explore the narrow, shadowed streets of Old Quebec accompanied by some of the most important criminals of New France. Your guides will be the executioner Jean Rattier or his wife, Marie Rivière. As you move through the old quarter, you will walk the dark lanes and encounter the figures who once haunted this city. Along the way, the guides portray these notorious characters, and you will meet the worst criminals associated with New France. The experience focuses on the atmosphere of Old Quebec at night and on meeting these historical personalities as you pass through the area around the Morrin Centre.

On this animated guided tour of New France, you will explore the face of death in the 17th century. As you move through Old Quebec, the guide will lead you into funeral rites, ancient cemeteries and approximate burials from the period. Along the way, you will consider where people rested, how settlers marked rites of passage, and how death was viewed at the time. You will also examine how bodies of criminals, the poor and the elite were handled and hear the gloomy, theatrical tales narrated by your guide — described as highly (or almost) alive. The experience aims to uncover well-buried mortuary secrets in a morbid but entertaining way. The tour departs from outside, in front of Monument François de Laval (3 Passage du chien) and finishes outside the Morrin Center.