The closest thing to a European old town in North America, buried under proper snow from December to March. The Château Frontenac presides over lanes of stone houses and glowing shopfronts, a toboggan run has hurtled along the Dufferin Terrace since 1884, and from January you can drink cocktails in an actual ice hotel. Come during February's Winter Carnival, and pack for minus twenty — the cold here is not a metaphor.
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