Château Frontenac

Culture in Québec City, Quebec, Canada

• Best months: June–November
• Typical duration: 2h
• Elevation gain: 71 m
• Open weeks per year: 26
• Hours: Apr 15-Nov 15 00:00-24:00 open (as recorded 2026-07-15)

Things to do

• attend conferences, weddings, and special events
• enjoy afternoon tea or cocktails
• explore the grand lobby and public spaces
• fine dining, four outlets (focus: locally sourced cuisine)
• fitness and sports
• join a guided heritage tour
• meetings and conferences
• photography
• spa treatments
• stay at the historic luxury hotel
• swimming pool access
• walk along dufferin terrace
• weddings and social events

Amenities

• accessibility services (accessible rooms: available)
• bars on-site
• dine at the renowned champlain restaurant
• seasonal holiday displays

Features

• 18 floors, 79.9 m tall (floors: 18 · height m: 79.9)
• châteauesque architecture (style: Châteauesque · architect: Bruce Price)
• most photographed hotel worldwide
• national historic site (designated: January 1981)
• opened 1893 (built: 1892–93 · last expansion: 1993)
• québec city’s most famous landmark is also the most photographed hotel in the world.
• unesco world heritage area (site: Old Québec)

Nearby

• citadelle of québec (direction: south)
• plains of abraham (park: Battlefields Park · direction: south)
• st. lawrence river views (vantage: Terrasse Dufferin)
• terrasse dufferin (direction: northeast to southeast)
• ursulines monastery (century: 17th · direction: northwest)
• visit nearby old québec

Good to know

• 5-star hotel property (operator: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts)
• toll-free reservations (phone: +1 866 540 4460)