Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
One of the only walled cities in North America, Quebec City is quite the looker (and easy to travel to from the East Coast). In fact, it’s home to the most photographed hotel in the world, the 125-year-old Chateau Frontenac. But you don’t have to stay there to enjoy its many charms, especially during the postcard-like winters. Elizabeth Avery, who has been globetrotting solo for 50 years, has returned to the city six times, and she highly recommends what the city has to offer in winter sports, what with the surrounding regions’ 1200-plus miles of cross-country ski trails.
As for food, there is so much more than poutine, though if you must—and you must—get them at Chez Gaston, probably the fanciest-sounding greasy spoon ever. Quebec City’s quintessential dish is tourtière, a flaky, double-crusted meat pie; try that and a maple pie, too, at Aux Anciens Canadiens, which, true to its name, has been serving traditional Quebecois fare since 1675. Ogle at the pastries and friends at the Halles Sainte Foy Market, or make a friend or two while letting a local food tour do all the research for you.
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