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Lévis
City in Quebec, Canada

Lévis

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

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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.

Get in

Getting to Lévis

Lévis is located along Autoroute 20 (Trans-Canada Highway), with the downtown area being accessible via exits 325 or 327. The Pierre-Laporte Bridge (Autoroute 73) and Quebec Bridge (Route 175) connect with Quebec City. Orléans Express, toll-free: +1-833-449-6444. Service from Montreal, Drummondville, Rivière-du-Loup, and Rimouski. VIA Rail Canada, toll-free: +1-888-842-7245.

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    Québec – Lévis Ferry

    6001 Rue Laurier (Lévis intermodal station), toll-free: +1-877-787-7483, stq-quebec@traversiers.gouv.qc.ca.

See

Worth seeing

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    A.C

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

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    Chapelle processionnelle Saint-François-Xavier du Vieux-Lauzon
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    Chapelle processionnelle Sainte-Anne du Vieux-Lauzon
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    Chaudière Falls
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    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.

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    Maison Alphonse-Desjardins
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.

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    Quai Paquet

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

How locals move

Getting around Lévis the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wilfredor (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.