Old Québec Funicular
Acantilado en Québec City, Quebec, Canada
Dentro de: Old Québec
Aire Volador
- Abierto todo el año
- Duración típica: 1h
Acceso y tarifas
- adult standard fare (tarifa: CAD 7)
- free entry children under 117 cm (tarifa: CAD 0)
- free entry pets (tarifa: CAD 0)
- free entry wheelchair users (tarifa: CAD 0)
- group fare per person (tarifa: CAD 5 · minimum group: 25)
Qué hacer
- ride between upper and lower town
- scenic city views (vantage: St. Lawrence River, Château Frontenac)
- walking tour connection — links two levels of Old Québec on foot itinerary
Servicios
- souvenir shop each station (quantity: 2)
Mejor época para visitar
- all seasons (summer: lively streets · temporada: durante todo el año · winter: toboggan run nearby)
- high season extended hours (horario: 09:00–22:00 · temporada: St-Jean-Baptiste Day to Labour Day)
Características
- connects upper and lower town (lower: Petit-Champlain · upper: Dufferin Terrace)
- inclined rail lift (connects: Lower Town to Upper Town)
- lower station in 1683 building (building: Maison Louis Jolliet)
- only funicular in america
- operating since 1879 (year opened: 1879)
- original steam and water counterweight system (year: 1879 · builder: William Griffith)
- reconstructed after 1945 fire (reconstruction year: 1998)
- sitio patrimonio mundial de la UNESCO (site: Viejo Quebec)
Cerca de aquí
- château frontenac (relación: adjacent to upper exit)
- dufferin terrace (level: Upper Town terminus)
- petit-champlain district (level: Lower Town terminus)
- quartier petit-champlain lower station
- vistas del río San Lorenzo — visible from Dufferin Terrace
- terrasse dufferin upper station
Datos útiles
- alternative to steep staircases — mechanical alternative to climbing stairs between levels
- atm at both stations
- cash payment only (payment: cash on-site)
- fare per trip one way — no round trip included
- group guide one free per group (minimum group: 25)
- no reservation required
- abierto todo el año (temporada: year-round including winter)
- regular season hours 9-21h (horario: 09:00–21:00)
- strollers must be folded
- wheelchair access spring summer fall only (restriction: closed in winter when snow)
- year-round operation — serves both summer and winter visitors
Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-QV6E-VCVFV