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Lévis

Lévis is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St.

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The place

Lévis is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Lévis

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Laval University

    Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Université Laval traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, which was founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663.

    3.6 km · public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Old Quebec

    Old Quebec is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town and Lower Town, the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    6.1 km · historic neighborhood in Quebec City, Canada, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Colisée de Québec

    Colisée de Québec, known as Colisée Pepsi from 1999–2015, is a defunct multi-purpose arena located in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the home of the Quebec Nordiques from 1972 to 1995, during their time in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League.

    8.1 km · multi-purpose arena in Quebec City · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

    The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is located in National Battlefields Park and is a complex of four buildings.

    4.7 km · art museum in Quebec City, Canada · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Centre Vidéotron

    Centre Vidéotron is an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The 18,259-seat arena replaced the old Colisée Pepsi as Quebec City's primary venue for indoor events.

    7.9 km · indoor arena, hockey venue and concert venue in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral

    The Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec is the primatial church and seat of the Archdiocese of Quebec, located at 16, rue de Buade, Quebec City, Quebec. It is the oldest church in Canada and the first to be elevated to the rank of minor basilica, receiving the honor from Pope Pius IX in 1874.

    6.7 km · Catholic basilica-cathedral in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Parliament Building of Quebec

    The Parliament Building of Quebec is an eight-floor structure in Quebec City, Quebec. It is home to the National Assembly of Quebec.

    6 km · parliament building of Quebec · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Plains of Abraham

    The Plains of Abraham is a historic area within the Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was established on 17 March 1908.

    4.9 km · battlefield park in Quebec City, Canada · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Édifice Price

    The Price Building is an 18-floor skyscraper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1928–1930 amid controversy for Price Brothers Limited, it is the tallest building in the Old Quebec historical district, as well as one of the oldest skyscrapers in Canada.

    6.6 km · skyscraper in Quebec City, Canada · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Musée de la civilisation

    The Musée de la civilisation, often directly translated in English-language media outside Quebec as the Museum of Civilization, is a museum located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is situated in the historic Old Quebec area near the Saint Lawrence River.

    7 km · Canadian museum (Quebec city) · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    A.C

    Davie Shipyard Historic Site (Lieu historique du chantier A.C.

  2. 02
    Chapelle processionnelle Saint-François-Xavier du Vieux-Lauzon
  3. 03
    Chapelle processionnelle Sainte-Anne du Vieux-Lauzon
  4. 04
    Chaudière Falls
  5. 05
    Lévis Forts

    A group of three forts that were an integral part of the Québec fortifications, built by the British Army to defend Québec City from Lévis south of the St.

  6. 06
    Maison Alphonse-Desjardins

From Wikivoyage: Lévis, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Parcours des Anses (Route of the Coves). Multifunctional path (cycling, pedestrian, skating) along the St. Lawrence River for 15 km; this cycle route is part of Route Verte 1. Throughout the route, this path offers views of the Pierre-Laporte and Québec bridges, Cap Diamant, Old Québec (and the fortifications), Château Frontenac, the towers of the Upper Town, the Old Port, Montmorency Falls and Île d’Orléans.

  1. 01
    Quai Paquet

    6075 Rue Saint-Laurent, Lévis (located near the Québec-Lévis ferry dock).

From Wikivoyage: Lévis, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Lévis

Airports
Quebec Jean Lesage (YQB), 12 km · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau (YUL), 240 km
Stations
Gare du Palais, 6.9 km · Charny railway station, 5.5 km · Port of Quebec, 7.5 km · Sainte-Foy railway station, 4.4 km
  • Montréal → Lévis
    235 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · C$31–42
  • Ottawa → Lévis
    381 km · quickest by air, 6h 20m · C$140–220
  • Hamilton → Lévis
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Lévis

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lévis. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundCross with the ferry for $3.65 (an experience in itself) and bike west on the south shore until you reach the Quebec Bridge and cross back on the north shore to connect with the Samuel-de-Champlain promenade and Corridor du Littoral.
  • Get aroundDriving in the Old Town can be tricky, since the cobblestone streets were designed for narrow 17th-century horse carts rather than 21st-century SUVs.
  • Get aroundBy charter bus Operates a ferry across the St.
  • Get aroundThe ferry operates throughout the year between 6 am and 2 am.
  • Get aroundThe ferry departs typically once an hour to Quebec City and once an hour from Quebec City, but frequency of departures increases up to every 40 minutes to Quebec City during the weekday morning rush hour and up to every 40 minutes to Lévis during the weekday afternoon rush hour.

From Wikivoyage: Quebec City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    355 km
  2. 02
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    696 km
  3. 03
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    3,208 km
  4. 04
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    3,227 km
  5. 05
    SabaNL

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    3,321 km

If you know how people move in Lévis – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Lévis

Lévis is 6 km from Québec, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.