TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL | Top 10,000 Places to Visit in Canada
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Dubbed as the “choose lovers paradise”, this shop will fulfill all your cheese needs. The quaint shop also features historical items like ice cream and milk cartons from the 1950s and tools used to make cheese from over 50 years ago.
Photo: www.laiteriesduquebec.com
In the early 1980s, a troupe of performers founded by Gilles Ste-Croix – future co-creator of Cirque du Soleil – took to the streets of Baie-Saint-Paul, a charming village on the shores of the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City.
Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul (The Stiltwalkers of Baie-Saint-Paul) – including one Guy Laliberté – juggled, danced, breathed fire and played music, to the delight of locals and visitors. It would eventually lead to the founding of Cirque du Soleil with Guy Laliberté in 1984.
In 1988, Gilles Ste-Croix became Cirque’s Artistic Director, as well as coordinating a talent search. Gilles Ste-Croix has created numerous shows including Saltimbanco, Alegría, Mystère, Quidam, O and LOVE.
Read more about Gilles Ste-Croix | People of Small Towns
A monumental sculpture, Le Phare, was created by internationally renowned artist René Derouin, in tribute to Cirque du Soleil.
This 10-metre-high metal structure (aluminum, wood and ceramic) holds several hundred ceramic figures on 25 rings stacked one on top of the other, each layer essentially representing a year in the Cirque’s evolving history.
It can be admired at Hôtel Germain Charlevoix, next to the train platform.
Photo: Jeangagnon, Wikimedia Commons
Located in downtown Baie-Saint-Paul, this art museum has featured many exhibitions throughout its years of operation. The architecture of this museum is an art piece itself, in its previous life, the museum was a cinema. The architect wanted to honour its past and embrace classic and elegant design elements.
Photo: www.musees.qc.ca
Sit down and enjoy in-house brewed beers at this micro-brewery.
They offer Belgian-inspired Flacatoune, Milk Stouts, Blance de Charlevoix, and much more. Their products are also available for purchase in many places across Quebec.
Photo: www.bieresduquebec.ca
Enjoy a scenic train ride as a mode of transportation to your next stop or just for something to do!
Prices start from $59 for adults (plus applicable taxes) and $39 for children (plus applicable taxes), choose from a handful of different routes that best fit your travel plans. Take in breathtaking views of the sea, mountains, and rivers that are only accessible via train. This experience will likely be one of the things you do that would make you want to write home about.
Photo: www.viarail.ca
Perched on a hill, in the centre of the 350-year-old town of Baie Saint-Paul sits the Église Baie Saint-Paul. The majestic façade rises above the picturesque town, shrouded in mountains and rivers.
Photo: www.photopierrerochette.com
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