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Your tour begins with a narrated drive to Cap-Diamant ("Cape Diamond"), the official name of the promontory on which the Upper Town of Québec City is located. Jacques Cartier, the French explorer who found glittering stones in on this great rock formation, thought the stones contained diamonds. After he brought samples of these stones back in France in 1542, experts concluded that these "diamonds" were actually quartz, hence the proverb, "As fake as a Canadian diamond."

Upon arriving at Cap-Diamant, you'll make a photo stop then embark on a narrated drive back to the pier. En route, you'll pass through Parc des Champs de Bataille, the site where the French surrendered to the British in 1759. Today, the park features 267 acres of grassy hills, sunken gardens, monuments, artillery artifacts, fountains and trees. You'll continue to Musée National des Beaux arts du Québec, and travel along the Grande-Allée, the Champs-Élysées of Québec lined with quaint shops, sidewalk cafés and boutiques, to the Hôtel du Parlement, an imposing Second Empire style building overlooking the city. Then head to the Château Frontenac for a brief description and free time.

Drive by Place Royale. This handsomely restored square in the heart of Lower Town boasting 17th and 18th-century stone architecture. The site of Samuel de Champlain's first settlement, the square is home to Notre Dame des Victoires, one of the oldest stone church still standing in North America.