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In winter, Quebec City looks impossibly romantic. Snowdrifts cover the city’s centuries-old walls. Lovers walk hand-in-mittened hand down cobblestone streets. It’s all so dreamy and seductive and, well, hot. But, if your idea of a romantic getaway includes getting active outdoors, you’ll discover a chilly truth. In Quebec City, in winter, there must be 50 ways to freeze your lover.
No month has more frosty fun than February. Visit in 2013 during Winter Carnival (February 1 to 17) and enjoy nighttime parades, outdoor dance parties and oodles more…So grab a friend, Svend. Get on a plane, Jane. And prepare to fall in love with Quebec City’s winter charms.
Continue reading this article in up! magazine. For tips on beating chilly temperatures, check out the companion article Top 5 ways to stay warm.
I once visited Quebec City in February, which was colder than I could imagine.
I don’t think I’ve ever felt colder than when I had to climb out of my clothes and into a sleeping bag at the Ice Hotel (the whole place is made of ice and the temperature in the rooms is about the same as a freezer). For your next frosty visit, here’s an article I wrote about staying warm: http://www.upmagazine.com/content/5-ways-stay-warm-winter. Thanks for commenting!