Like Charles Dickens, you will be fascinated by the city of Québec, the “Gibraltar of America” with “its giddy heights, its citadel suspended, as if it were in the air, its picturesque steep streets…” In the heart of the first city to be founded in North America, standing on an archaeological site that formerly housed wharves, cannon emplacements and warehouses, the Auberge Saint-Antoine bears witness to the history of this important commercial and military port. Many relics from the French and English colonial times were discovered when the Auberge was built. Now they can be found among the elegant designer interior of this irresistibly charming museum-hotel.
Unique in the world:
Relics from the french and english colonial times were discovered when the auberge was built. now they can be found among the elegant designer interior.
Here the chef loves to share his passion for fresh produce that arrives daily from the organic vegetable garden!
In between the tomatoes, salads and various cucurbits, this vegetable garden is home to a very healthy micro fauna! The gardener, with a watchful eye, is keenly aware of the importance of his endeavour: each season he and the chef deliberate on the varieties of vegetables to be grown. In high season, his illustrious crops are found daily in the kitchens where his troops sublimate them into delicate dishes. In winter, local organic producers step into the breach and you might find in the woods someone gathering the most beautiful mushrooms, mindful to let the little ones grow and multiply…
