Quebec city, the falls and the cathedral on our own?

[kacurl]

We are here from 9 to 6 and wanted to see both of these places before coming back and walking around. The cathedral would be where we spend the most time. Would the bus to the falls work then maybe Uber to the cathedral? How long a drive is it to the cathedral from the falls and then back to the port? Thank you

[martincath]

Hopefully you'll get some QC locals responding to your questions - but for general logistics like this nothing much has changed since my last visit! You could manage to use transit both there and back, but you'd save significant time driving - it's almost an hour from the falls to the cathedral by bus, vs. <20mins driving if traffic isn't too bad. Google maps is your friend for any other such route planning.

 

Edit - from your other car rental question, not sure if you meant the downtown Cathedral (Notre-dame) or St Anne's in this question... if it's the latter, you definitely want to rent a car as transit won't get you there at all...

Edited April 14 by martincath

[kacurl]

Thanks for reply. Yes, looking at St Anne's!!

[TMLAalum]

Google St Anne de Beaupre & Falls tours. There seem to be several half-day options that take you to both the church and Montmorency Falls by bus. 

[princeton123211]

On 4/9/2024 at 5:39 PM, kacurl said:

Would the bus to the falls work then maybe Uber to the cathedral?

Personally I would just Uber the whole thing-- why wait around for the bus? From the center of Quebec City it's about a $63 Uber to the Basilica (so really around $45 US) and then you could just break the ride up on the way back stopping at the Falls (or vice versa, it doesn't really matter). But it shouldn't cost more than $100 US round trip regardless of which leg you stop at the Falls at. 

 

Taking an Uber for everything here could save you upwards of an hour waiting for a bus which will give you more time to tour the city on your return. 

 

On 4/9/2024 at 5:39 PM, kacurl said:

How long a drive is it to the cathedral from the falls and then back to the port?

It's about half an hour to the Basilica from central QC. The Falls are only about 10-15 minutes outside of town so roughly half way (travel time wise) to St Annes.