Lots of history, beautiful buildings, and French ambience. A friend and I had a glass of wine on an outside deck on a warm sunny afternoon and listened to two different street performers playing a harp and a guitar at the little park next door.

Charming old world piece of real estate. You can feel transported to old Europe without leaving North America. Delightful assortment of art galleries, artisans, restaurants, coffee shops and boutique hotels. Walk down cobblestone streets. Dine on the sidewalk under arching trees. My only quibble was how many shops were closed on an earlier and glorious Saturday in June.

There are a lot of shops and places to get food and sweets. The streets feel very European and historical. I think it is a little less touristy than upper town. Definitely spend some time in lower town if you are in Quebec.

beautiful, even though touristy. Lovely stone buildings with lots of unique shops and restaurants. You need strong legs to manage the walk back up to the Upper Town but it helps burn off the calories from all the decadent yummies you may have eaten!

To me the Lower Town was full of interesting shops in a quaint setting, and history was secondary, if that. I would have liked to have seen more historical details prominently displayed, not in tiny words inscribed on bronze plaques that are really hard to read. There are no restored museums here, just shopping. An interesting thing is one of... More

Very historical, great shopping and wonderful restaurants! We took the ferry to Levi's for better views of Quebec.

It had a much older feel and look to it, things were not as chain oriented as the rest of the city, great shops, galleries, restaurants

The Fish Market and Farmers Market was a fun place to visit with the locals. A walk in the Marina was relaxing. Found a nice Baguette shop on St. Paul

It is a walkers paradise. There is something interesting around every comer. The Art Galleries are housed in magnificent old buildings .It is well oirth the trip to view both the art and the restorations of the buildings. It is very well done. There are restaurants galore as well as interesting boutique stores. The musical interludes throughout the area were... More