Travel: 48 hours in cool Quebec

Quebec City is attracting discerning travellers looking for more than just skiing and Bonhomme.
{SUMMER 2009 GUIDE}

Lower Town

The new Saint-Roch district is a former industrial area that gentrification has finally found. Loft conversions, quality restos and cute independent boutiques are part of the mix-and-match charm that sees a Hugo Boss store on the same street as a pawn shop that appears to specialize in vintage toasters. You can’t miss the energy bubbling up around the grand old church of Saint-Roch.

12 p.m. Check-in at Hôtel Pur (), an airy space with all the hallmarks we’ve come to expect from urban “boutique” hotels—white walls, orange accents, grey banquettes, iPod docks, flat-screen TVs, a pool in a room with massive windows, and housekeepers in charcoal kimono-style uniforms. Request a room facing the spectacular church. (shown, 395 de la Couronne St., 800-267-2002, hotelpur.com)

1 p.m. Lunch, just up the street at Bistrot Le Clocher Penché for classic French bistro fare like duck confit and wild boar. (203 St-Joseph St. E., 418-640-0597)

First published in FASHION Magazine June 2009

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