Self-guided audio tours

Discover Quebec City at your own pace.

Explore streets steeped in history, landmarks and architecture, peppered with surprising anecdotes, with GPS-guided audio on your own phone. Download the free VoiceMap app for iPhone and Android, use it offline, and start whenever you like. Tours run 30 minutes to 1 hour.

A group gathered with their guide under the trees in Old Québec.
Self-guided audio

The Heart of Old Quebec City

An essential guide to its historical treasures. Meander through the fortified city and learn about its major landmarks.

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A guide laughing with her group on a street lined with red umbrellas in the Lower Town.
Self-guided audio

Place Royale & Petit-Champlain

Discover the birthplace of Quebec City and wind back the clock to the foundation of New France.

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Visitors gathered along the fortifications overlooking the St. Lawrence River.
Self-guided audio

The Fortifications

A unique heritage site in North America. Follow the thread of history along Quebec's impressive ramparts.

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Self-guided audio tour. Bought and played in the free VoiceMap app on your own phone, offline, any day, any time.

How the audio tours work

Each self-guided tour is a GPS guided audio walk. You buy it in the free VoiceMap app, download it to your phone and play it offline. The audio follows your position, so you are always taken to the right place at the right time. Bring your own headphones.

Prefer a guide? See the Old Quebec walking tour or every Quebec City tour.

Common questions

Do I need internet during the tour?

No. Download the tour in the free VoiceMap app first, then play it offline. It runs on your phone’s GPS.

When can I take an audio tour?

Any day and at any time, whatever date you bought it.

How long do the audio tours last?

Between 30 minutes and 1 hour, at your own pace. The Heart of Old Quebec City takes about 1 hour from Place d’Armes.