Trois-Rivières Self-Guided Walking Tour and Scavenger Hunt

Duration2h - 3h

Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before

Instant confirmationYour booking is confirmed right away

TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesEnglish, French

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Are you looking for things to do in Trois-Rivieres Quebec? Our 2-hour self-guided walking tour and scavenger hunt talked you through the old town. Learn about its history and have fun. Solve challenges at each stage to discover your next destination.

Buy either a single or a group ticket.

Walk from City Hall to the port park, then from the Ursuline Museum to the Assumption Cathedral while passing through parks, seeing old mansions and the old prison. You will have fun taking on our challenges.
Or, do the exact same tour, only starting and ending in Harbor Park, convenient for cruise ship travelers.

The Trois-Rivieres Tourist Scavenger Hunt is a 2.5 km / 1.6 mi walking tour with challenges along the way. It should take you 2 hours to complete.
- A fun learning experience
- See the sights! 35 locations
- Learn some local history
- Fun for all ages, kids included
- Stroller accessible throughout
- 2 areas of difficulty for wheelchairs
- Pet-friendly throughout

Options

Trois-Rivières City Hall Singl

Mini Individual tkt Option: This option is a mini self-guided walking tour with challenges at every stop, individual tickets.
Starting point:
Parc Champlain, 1225 Pl. de l'Hôtel de Ville, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 4S7, Canada

Trois-Rivières City Hall Group

Mini Scavenger Group Option: This option is a mini self-guided walking tour with challenges at every stop, for groups of up to 6 people.
Starting point:
Parc Champlain, 1225 Pl. de l'Hôtel de Ville, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 4S7, Canada

Trois-Rivières Harbor Group tk

Duration: 2 hours: The only difference is the start/end location, which is in Harbor Park, convenient for cruise ship travelers.
Harbour Park start: Exact same tour, different start/end location
Mini Scavenger Group Option: This option is a mini self-guided walking tour with challenges at every stop, for groups of up to 6 people.
Starting point:
Parc portuaire, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada

Trois-Rivières Harbor Single t

Mini Individual tkt Option: This option is a mini self-guided walking tour with challenges at every stop, individual tickets.
Starting point:
Parc portuaire, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada

What's included

Scavenger hunt instructions on your smartphone (data required)
24/7 customer support
42 varied challenges

This tour is strictly exterior sightseeing, you need not enter any of the locations seen on it.
You can pause the activity to visit any of the locations along the tour route.

What to expect

10m

Start your adventure in the central town square, between City Hall (where you start) and the main cathedral (where you'll end). Learn about the city's history and solve a challenge.
Pass by

See and learn about the Brutalist city hall building.
Solve a challenge.
Spend 5 minutes here.
Pass by

See and learn about the main theatre & arts center in the heart of the city.
Discover how Trois-Rivière became the capital of poets.
Solve a challenge.
Spend 5 minutes here.
Centre d'exposition Raymond-Lasnier
Pass by

See and learn about this art expo center, and its focus on poets.
Solve a challenge.
Spend 5 minutes here.
5m

Discover an interesting monument, honoring poets.
Solve a challenge.
Salle J.-Antonio Thompson
Pass by

See another of the city's important theatres and learn some of its history.
Solve a challenge.
Spend 5 minutes here.
Le Memphis Cabaret
Pass by

See and learn about this cabaret, owned by an Elvis Presley impersonator and Quebec celebrity. Discover what is on show and solve a challenge here.
Spend 5 minutes here
Pass by

See the CBC's local French television and radio station building.
Solve a challenge as you walk on Rue des Forges, an important cultural street in Trois-Rivières.
Spend 10 minutes.
Pass by

See this old post office and learn its history. Discover how it was transformed into a Canadian Forces recruitment center.
Solve a few challenges here.
Spend 10 minutes
Place Pierre-Boucher Fountain
15m

See this beautiful fountain and learn about the cathedral that once stood here, before the great fire.
Learn about the great fire and solve a few challenges while you're here.
15m

Walk through this park and realize how high up you are relative to the mighty St.Lawrence River below.
Learn more about the city's history
Solve several challenges while here.
Parc Portuaire
15m

Walk through the port park along the St.Lawrence River. See several monuments and solve many challenges while you're here.
Learn about the odd races that used to occur here.
10m

Walk uphill through this park which presents several monuments.
Learn about the Ursuline Order of nuns and solve a few challenges while here.
Musee Des Ursulines
Pass by

See the Ursuline Museum in their old convent. Learn more about this order of nuns as you solve a few challenges, before making your way to the next stop.
Spend 5 minutes here.
Pass by

See one of Trois-Rivières' oldest buildings. Learn about its history and how it was spared from the great fire of 1608.
Solve a challenge here
Spend 10 minutes here and walking to your next destination
Pass by

See another of the city's older buildings, this one from 1797. Learn about its occupant's history and significance to the city.
Solve a challenge.
Spend 5 minutes here
5m

See this small park with significant monuments. Bronze Russian cannons from the 1828 Crimean War.
Solve a challenge while here.
Pass by

See a government office building and solve a challenge as you walk around it to your next destination.
Spend 5 minutes here.
La Vieille Prison de Trois-Rivieres
Pass by

See Trois-Rivières old prison which is now a tourist attraction you can visit.
Learn about its history and solve a challenge.
Spend 5 minutes here
Musee Pop
Pass by

Walk around and learn about the Musée Pop.
Solve a challenge in its front court.
Spent 5 minutes here.
Manoir Boucher de Niverville
Pass by

See the old governer's house, dating to 1668, from the French regime.
Learn some of its history and more recent history as you tour its exterior art installations.
Solve 3 challenges when here.
Spend 10 minutes on-site.
Cathedrale de l'Assomption
Pass by

See a few monuments as you approach your final destination, the city's cathedral.
Learn some of its history and fun facts.
Solve a few challenges on your way here.
Spend 10 minutes

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

For our Harbor tour, once you're standing in Trois-Rivière's Parc Portuaire (Harbor Park), and have completed the transaction with our website, follow the start instructions in the "Order Complete" email.

Meeting point

For our regular tour, once you're standing outside Trois-Rivière's City Hall, in Parc Champlain, and have completed the transaction with our website, follow the start instructions in the "Order Complete" email.

End point

For our Harbor tour, once you're standing in Trois-Rivière's Parc Portuaire (Harbor Park), and have completed the transaction with our website, follow the start instructions in the "Order Complete" email.

End point

For our regular tour, once you're standing outside Trois-Rivière's City Hall, in Parc Champlain, and have completed the transaction with our website, follow the start instructions in the "Order Complete" email.

Additional information

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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