◆ Family Day Long Weekend Plus Valentine's Day
Quebec Winter Carnival + Mont Tremblant Skiing
Bonhomme - Mascot of Quebec Winter Carnival welcomes the 62th anniversary！
Parades Dog Selding
Ice Canoe Race Snow Tubing
Snow sculpture & slides Ice ZipLine
Demonstrations Have Some Fun!
Mont-Tremblant
Date： Feb. 13--15, 2016Place： Quebec City / Mont-Tremblant
Family Day on this Feb. is also the Valentine's Day and the day of Chinese Lantern festival. It's a perfect time that accompany your family going to Quebec Winter Carnival and Skiing at Mont-Tremblant.
The Quebec Winter Carnival Festival is a festival held in Quebec City. The festival's events include a winter amusement park, with attractions such as skiing, snow rafting, ice sculptures, snow sled slides and outdoor shows and it is usually held in February. In 2015, the carnival ran from February 1 to February 15.
It is a tradition to feast for a week or two up until Mardi gras ("Fat Tuesday", or Shrove Tuesday) before the 40 day long fasting observance of Lent begins.
After being held on and off for over half a century, the Quebec City Carnival has been held uninterruptedly since 1955. That year, a large ice palace was built for Bonhomme, the carnival mascot, for the first time. The impressive ice construction in Jacques Cartier Square even had a dungeon, used to playfully jail carnival-goers who refused to honour Bonhomme's effigy. In 1973, Bonhomme's palace was moved to be opposite Quebec's National Assembly, at the foot of the upper city fortification wall near the entrance of the main carnival site on the Plains of Abraham.
Popular Events: Ice Canoe Races and Parades
The Canoe Race, a legendary competition, has been held since the Carnival’s first edition. Each year, several courageous teams compete with one another during a tumultuous ride along the St. Lawrence River between Québec City and Lévis.The race is divided into two parts, the preliminaries and the final, on the St. Lawrence River. The Elite masculine class, the Elite Feminine Class and the Sport Class are the three categories included in the program. The men in the competition class go twice around the circuit between Québec City and Lévis;
The most famous attractions of this winter festival are the night-time and daytime parades led by mascot Bonhomme Carnaval. The parades wind through the upper city, decorated for the occasion with lights and ice sculptures.
Click for Official Site：www.carnaval.qc.caMont Tremblant is most famous for ski resorts such as the Mont-Tremblant Ski Resort, which is 13 kilometres from the village proper, at the foot of a mountain called Mont Tremblant (derived from local Algonquins who referred to it as the "trembling mountain").The largest population centre in Mont-Tremblant is Saint-Jovite.
Special Attraction Add-up:
Ice Hotel: a temporary hotel made up of snow, sculpted blocks of ice, and, in some cases, some steel framing. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for the travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and drinks are specially chosen for the circumstances. (Ice Hotel is operate from Jan. 04 to March 29. If the itinerary will be changed, the company will not notice that seperately. )
Itinerary:
Day 1 ( Sat )
Departure in the morning, and arriving at Quebec City in the afternoon. Visiting the old destrict and enjoy a french dinner, then wathing the Parades! Stay one night at Quebec City.Day 2 (Sun )Visiting the Quebec Winter Carnival, the last day as well as the most effective day! After the carnival, we visit to the Ice Hotel.Then, going to Montreal and living in hotel at Montreal where you can enjoy the club nigh.Day 3 ( Mon )After Breakfast, going to Mont-Tremblant where you can skiing and climb the Mont-Tremblant that be called Easton Banff !Ruturn Toronto at the afternoon.
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Price: for Each Person Quad Room
Triple Room
Double Room
Single Room
$148
$178
$198
$288
Price included：1．Transportaion
2．Hotel Accommodation with Full Bathroom and Air Condition
3．Tour Guite Service
4．Sightseeings that be listed in the itinerary
5. Hotel breakfastPrice not included:
1．Meals
2．Gratuities to Driver and Tour Guide: Per Passenger Per day: CAD$93．Any Admission and Attractions' Entrance Fee4．Any Insurance
5．Private expenses such as long distance calling fee, luandry fee and TV selection fee6．The additional costs arising from due to traffic delays, strikes, bad weather (such as typhoons, storms, floods), etc., aircraft cancellation or change the time, or other circumstances beyond the Company's control.7．Expenses that exist after you left the group
Limited Seats, Hurry up!Available seats: > 6
Canivel Traditions:
Bonhomme’s Arrow Sash
The red outfits, the arrowhead sash, tests of strength and skill, Bonhomme’s image, and even a sip of ‘caribou’ are traditions that go all the way back to the origins of the Québec Winter Carnival, some even further back.
The arrowhead sash, inspired by the Amerindian culture, has remained a symbol in Quebecois society thanks to the Québec Carnival. In the 19th century, this belt was used to tie jackets at the waist to prevent the cold from creeping in. It also supported the kidneys in moments of physical effort. It was both a practical and fashionable accessory, worn by both the bourgeois and the peasants. The belt and the red hat, linked directly to Québec folklore, are today considered the primary elements of Bonhomme’s outfit.
Trumpets
The best way to warm is moving and dancing, and to put you in the mood, nothing works better than the long red trumpets carnival-goers toot all along the parade circuits. So dress in something red, tie your belt on and hold on to your hat, because in Québec City, the tradition is to party like crazy!
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