Are you interested in taking your family on a vacation that everyone will love? Look no remoter than Club Med Quebéc Charlevoix. This nature based vast getaway has something for everyone. Opened in 2021, this property is the only Club Med in Canada and the only mountainside resort for the trademark in North America. While this location is often thought of for the winter ski offerings, summer is unquestionably an platonic time to visit for nature and venture loving families. The unspoiled natural landscape is a revitalizing reprieve from our rented municipality lives.
We have experienced a few all inclusive resorts, but this was our first Club Med experience, and I have to say we are sold! Club Med Quebec Charlevoix follows the well known tradition of the Club Med brand, where you are provided spanking-new child care, heady activities and wondrous supplies and service all-included. This nature based club provides fun and educational activities for everyone in the family including a miniature version of the signature circus school.
Read on to find out why Club Med Quebec Charlevoix needs to be your next family holiday destination. We share the ins and outs of the club, what you need to know surpassing you go and increasingly to make sure you have the weightier holiday possible.
Location & Getting to Club Med Québec Charlevoix
Club Med Québec-Charlevoix is located an hour and a half momentum from the Québec Municipality airport. For those coming from the United States, most flights will probably need to connect through Toronto or Montreal and then to Quebec City. Our flight arrived late at night, so we opted for the airport pickup. It was smooth, easy and truly stress free.
If you are visiting Club Med Quebec Charlevoix as part of a larger vacation, there is on site parking that makes it easy to self drive. Covered parking does forfeit an uneaten $25 (Canadian) per day, while the unshut air lot well-nigh 5 minutes walk lanugo the hill is free. If you are considering doing other things during your visit you might price out the forfeit of the transfer versus renting a car. It is an easy momentum to the resort, and you could hands stop off in Quebec Municipality and Montmorency Falls on the way in/out. If we were to visit then during the summer, we would opt to rent a car to moreover explore the surrounding areas.
Also note for late arrivals, all the restaurants are sealed by 9 pm and there is very minimal supplies available. The bar in the theater zone has ready made ham and cheese sandwiches that can tide you over until morning. We highly recommend arriving early in the day to make use of the facilities as much as possible!
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What to Know Upon Arrival
Beautiful overlooks of the St Lawrence River rely you from scrutinizingly every corner of the resort
One of the first things you will need to do once you victorious to the property is get the lay of the land. I have to say there is a bit of a learning lines at this property. To save you a little time and frustration I’ll requite you some details to help you out.
Resort Layout
There are 3 buildings at the Club Med Quebec Charlevoix. Towers A is where all of the whoopee occurs. This is the lobby, restaurants, spa, pool and theater area. It is here that you will register for your activities as well as meet for your activities. Towers B and C are only rooms. Oddly, these buildings do not have the same number of floors which can be troublemaking on your first day. If you are trying to get from Towers B or C to A, the main building, you will go up or lanugo levels, to level 4, to get to level 5 in Towers A. I was so tumbled the first day when the staff would tell us that the restaurants were at level 5, but our elevator map said level 4. There are only two walkway bridges that connect the 3 buildings which is why you will unchangingly need to go up or lanugo a level unless you happen to be on one of the bridgeway levels.
Booking Activities
The next big thing you need to know is that you need to typesetting your activities in whop but only the day surpassing at unrepealable times. Essentially people uncork lining up a bit surpassing 4 pm each afternoon to typesetting their hikes and mountain wanderlust for the pursuit day. Mountain wanderlust can only be booked at this time, while you can theoretically typesetting same day hikes, however, they are often sold out by the morning time slot.
In general, afternoon activities don’t sell out as quickly as morning. On your first day, spend a little time at the hiking sedentary learning well-nigh all the options and making note of what you want to do during your visit. There should be the unshortened week’s list of hikes and times misogynist so you can plan your week, plane though you can’t typesetting in advance.
If you want to typesetting any spa treatments for your stay, this is the time to moreover schedule that as they moreover fill up quickly, expressly during rented times.
Rooms
Parent’s room, with balcony and unfluctuating restroom with full bathtub/shower.
Club Med Québec Charlevoix has a wide range of rooms and suites to accomodate most guests needs. In unstipulated there are superior rooms which have forest views while the next level of rooms up, the Deluxe rooms have wondrous views of the St Lawrence River. Superior rooms can sleep up to 3 in a single room, or 6 in connecting rooms. There is moreover a Superior Family Room which can sleep 4 in two seperate sleeping areas, perfect for families.
The “kids” room in the Deluxe Family Room. There are two twin beds and the sofa can moreover be made into a bed if needed.
We stayed in a Deluxe Family Room with River View. This is a unconfined option for families who need space, but don’t quite need the luxury of the Exclusive Collection Suites. With the Deluxe Family Room you will have two seperate sleeping areas, plus two toilet areas, but no living room as can be found in the luxury suites. For a family of 3 or 4 this room will be perfect. We loved having the river view to wake up to every morning and the small patio off the room to sip coffee or trammels out the scene below.
One of the two bathrooms in our Deluxe Family Room
For those wanting increasingly space, we recommend the Exclusive Collection Suites, where there are two sleeping areas, two bathrooms and a living area. This accomodation level moreover comes with other perks like priority booking for the spa, wine services and plane room service for a continental breakfast.
Activities
What really sets Club Med Quebec Charlevoix untied from other Club Med offerings in the focus on nature based fun during their summer program. The wide variety of activities on offer are perfect for families or couples looking to get closer to nature and fuel their adrenaline.
Mountain Biking
Mountain bikes plus all of the protective gear is provided!
The top witchery here for many venture loving families is mountain biking. Twice a day, mountain wanderlust classes are offered to guests self-ruling of charge. The classes are organized by age for children and skill level for adults. Children who are worldly-wise to level up their skills, can then take classes with the adults if they want to remoter rencontre themselves. Without 1 session in the 11-13 year old group my son leveled up to Intermediate level 3. From that point on he took his matriculation with the adults and other youth who had moreover been moved up. Overall it was a unconfined wits for him.
For the young ones, this is an AMAZING offering. There are no equipment rentals as it is all included. The bikes are as upper quality as the instructors. We were highly impressed with the gear and instruction offered. Paying for just this vacated would increasingly than pay for your unshortened trip here. For adults, I will requite a word of warning. It is hard, but it is moreover quite fun if you can let go of your fears (I could not!)
As I mentioned above, booking for mountain wanderlust occurs each day between 4:15-6 p.m. on Level 3 of Towers A. If you are at the resort during rented times, I highly recommend lining up surpassing 4 p.m. to ensure you get your nomination of morning or afternoon classes. Mornings tend to be busier, so if you do have the flexibility and want increasingly attention, consider an afternoon booking. We moreover would recommend trying this early on during your stay to maximize your opportunity to velocipede each day.
Thematic Hikes
On the thematic hikes we got to sample a lot of flavours of the forest.
One of the activities I most loved were the educational based thematic hikes. These are increasingly like easy strolls in the forest with an educational component. They are run by an outside group tabbed Foret Gourmande. This group is a co-op that not only leads hikes here at Club Med, but moreover runs a small shop selling unconfined products foraged and produced locally from the forest.
During our week we were worldly-wise to do the Mixology Forest gathering hike, the mushrooms hike and the maple hike. The only one left that we didn’t get to sample was the berries hike, but that is mostly considering they told us that there were no increasingly wild berries.
A sample of the various mushrooms we found on our walk
If you only have time for one hike, I’d suggest the mushrooms hike as it adds in a few components from both the other hikes and is just super interesting! My next favorite was mixology forest foraging. We really loved this one, and would happily do it again. We loved the samples so much that we came when with all of the zestless herbs and syrups that we learned about. I highly recommend these hikes! They are easy unbearable for all month as long as you have some level of mobility to well-constructed a 3km walk over sometimes uneven surfaces. Kids will moreover enjoy these hikes if they are interested in nature and foraging at all.
Regular Hikes & Walks
Apart from the thematic educational hikes, there are moreover increasingly cardio focused hikes on offer. I unfortunately did not get to participate in these as I was not feeling well the morning I had planned to go. I woke up with allergies and wasn’t quite up for the 8km strenuous hike I had signed up for. However, all the guests who I spoke with really enjoyed these hikes as well. There are easier hikes like Le Button (which you can moreover do on your own easily) and the Village walk as well as increasingly challenging hikes going straight up the mountainside! When signing up for the hikes, you will be provided with all of the information necessary to know if it will be right for you.
As a bonus, the resort moreover has self-ruling to use hiking poles at the exit of the Ski Room. I was very happy to see these as I was unable to bring my own.
Gondola Ride to Le Massif Mountain
One of the unconfined things well-nigh a summer visit is having lift tickets for unlimited rides on the Le Massif de Charlevoix gondola to the top of the mountain. The gondola ride to the top takes virtually 15-20 minutes each way and offers a stunning panoramic view and an zillions of hiking and wanderlust trails for use. The gondola operates from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We rode the gondola several times to do our own hikes and my son used it for his mountain wanderlust class. This was a really unconfined wing to our stay.
If you have time for only one hike at the top of the mountain, we suggest Le Button. It is an overall easy stroll through the forest, with a climb up 160 stairs to a lookout point over the river, Le Massif Charlevoix region and the resort. This is perfect for a well-spoken day.
Circus School
I will shoehorn the thing I most knew well-nigh Club Med surpassing our visit was that they are an all inclusive resort, but that they had the uber tomfool Circus School at their many resorts. While the Club Med Quebec Charlevoix does have a miniature version of this archetype school, it does not have the trapeze lines like you might have seen or experienced at other resorts. If that is one of your main attractions, this may not be the resort destination for you. Circus classes are offered in the morning (mainly for smaller kids) and in the afternoon at 3 p.m. for the flying arts – ropes and silks. I sat in on a few classes and was really impressed with the instruction and organization. We didn’t quite have unbearable time to do the hikes and the circus program!
Other Amenities
For our family the outdoor activities were the highlight for us, there are a few other suavities worth noting.
Nightly Entertainment
If you are familiar with other all inclusive resorts, you will know that nightly entertainment is a key full-length of a stay. We loved that much of the entertainment here was curated and performed by staff we saw each and every day virtually the resort. During our stay, we saw live bands, a fun show tabbed Music Factory where the staff dressed the part of famous musicians, a carousel circus performance, a pirate show and our favorite the kids show. My son was unchangingly ready for the nightly shows and wouldn’t let us leave until the famous Club Med song was sung at the end!
Indoor Swimming Pool
The resort has an indoor pool that was massive and beautiful! We visited a few times to trammels out the scene and lounge in the hammocks, but never had time to unquestionably swim. On the one rainy day we had during our visit, the pool was hopping. We managed to still velocipede ride and hike in the rain, but most quests opted for this indoor fun. For the adults there are moreover hot tubs on site that are unconfined without a strenuous mountain wanderlust session!
Club Med Spa
Another mindfulness I was unfortunately not worldly-wise to partake in was the Sothy’s Club Med Spa. I had limited time misogynist from my all my hiking and wanderlust and sadly they did not have misogynist times when I was free. The spa looked lovely and is top of my list for our next visit. Looking at the spa menu, the prices are quite reasonable as well, which I was surprised to see. Plane though I didn’t get to go, I recommend making a booking upon your arrival, so you don’t miss out!
Yoga Classes
Next to the spa on the 3rd level of the main towers is a space for yoga classes. This is the perfect place to start your day or to come to relax and unwind. There are yoga classes offered throughout the day including vinyasa, hatha and restorative yoga.
Club Med Fitness Center
The resort moreover has a fantastic fitness part-way for use by guests during their stay. Two rooms house an variety of equipment including treadmills, bikes and all the weight machines you could need. Additionally, there is flipside room with space for cardio work on your own.
Kids Club at Club Med Québec Charlevoix
One of the weightier features of Club Med resorts are the wide-stretching kids club offerings. Club Med Quebec Charlevoix moreover has unconfined options for child superintendency during your stay. There is a Victual Club Med for infants and small children, the “Mini -Club Med” for kids weather-beaten 4-10 years old and of undertow the Passworld Teen club for teens.
During our visit, we were worldly-wise to trammels out the offerings of each and spy out the kids at play throughout the resort as we went on our excursions. The kids all looked to be having a wham all the time and seemed to really love the instructors. The staff were active, engaging, and often seen playing with the kids when they were off work!
We met a family who were sending their 8 month old to the Victual club for the first time ever. They were nervous, but when we saw them next, they said their victual was perfect and had a nice stay. He was happily stuff dropped off again!
The Mini Club Med activities include hiking, butterfly catching, insect identification, and a host of other outdoor adventures. While indoors, the children have a large play zone and their own private outdoors zone as well.
Dining at Club Med Charlevoix
One of the weightier parts of Club Med in unstipulated is the all inclusive nature of supplies and beverage. Knowing that you can eat and drink to your heart’s content during your stay and not receive a massive snout at the end is really a unconfined way to vacation.
Le Marché
At Le Marche, there are chef’s preparing many dishes right in front of you.
Le Marche is the storeroom style restaurant and is honestly the main one you will need although it is unconfined fun to sample the other offerings as well. While this is a buffet, you will find various stations with a doughboy preparing your supplies fresh while you wait. The fish station was unchangingly pumping out fresh fish, and in the mornings, made to order omelets and fried eggs were moreover stuff prepared.
We were squandered yonder by how good the supplies was at the buffet. Many vast resorts that have a storeroom option are mediocre at best, but the supplies here was truly gourmet. There was so much variety every day from Asian inspired dishes (we had Okonomiyaki, fried rice, Chicken biryani, pho and more!) to archetype family favorites like pizza and pasta. The pizza husks was out of this world. It was freshly prepared and so good. We ate pizza every day just considering of this!
Le Chalet Restaurant
Le Chalet offers dining between storeroom meal times as well as a unique offering of regionally inspired dishes. We were unable to visit for any meals other than an early dinner one night where we sampled the “Tasting Menu”. This was perfect for a table service meal in trappy surroundings with gorgeous views. As the waitress told us “This is a sample, then you can go fill up increasingly at Le Marche”!
Our sampling included a local charcuterie workbench with cheeses and meats, followed by deep fried oreos that were AMAZING! We really enjoyed our “fine dining” evening here as it was nice to have someone serve us at the table.
Terroir & Co Speciality Restaurant
The only restaurant that is not included in your stay is Terroir & Co., a cheese fondue restaurant. We were hosted for a meal here and really enjoyed it. If you are triumphal something special or just want to try out what a fondue meal is like, this is well worth the uneaten cost. The cheese fondue and versicolor local charcuterie meats were all sourced locally from the Charlevoix region. Reservations are required.
Club Med App
It is recommended surpassing your inrush to download the Club Med app. While the app doesn’t quite do all the things I had hoped it would, it is a useful resource surpassing and during your stay. You will need your name as it is written on your reservation as well as your booking number to log in. Once you are logged in you can see the daily “dress code”, which are fun ways to connect with the staff and other guests. During our stay, there was a 45 day, pastels and a chocolate and surf day!
Also in your app will be the daily schedule of events – yoga, nightly entertainment, etc. Hopefully as time goes on, this app will let you do increasingly like typesetting your spa visit, hikes and more. For now, it’s a work in progress.
Things I Would Do Differently Next Time
Ping pong is unchangingly fun.. expressly with these views!
We loved our stay here and would love to return not only to trammels out the winter ski offerings, but moreover to explore increasingly of the mountain in summer.That said, for our next trip, I would do a few things differently.
Make time for Quebec City
Every person we met was surprised that we hadn’t taken time to explore Quebec Municipality en route to the resort. I think if I were to come again, I would typesetting a few days in the municipality surpassing or without our Club Med experience. While you can take a day trip to the municipality through the resort, it sounds like it’s well worth spending a few days.
Rent a Car
If we were to do it again, I think I would probably rent a car so that we could victorious at a increasingly reasonable time. This would have unliable us to spend a day or two in Quebec Municipality as well as to explore the zone on the way to and from the resort. With the self-ruling parking option, it may end up stuff virtually the same price as the shuttle transfers.
Arrive early in the day
I felt that this resort did have a bit of a learning curve, so it would have been helpful to have an afternoon to get the lay of the land, trammels out the activities and uncork easing into our time at the resort. We arrived late at night and had to jump right in.
And now we will have to return to wits the ski in ski out, group ski aspects of the resort in winter. I can imagine stuff out for a day of skiing at this inclusive ski resort would be just what the doctor ordered for a winter family holiday.
Why Club Med Quebec Needs to Be Your Next Family Vacation
Who is Club Med Quebec Charlevoix for? Honestly this destination is perfect for a multigen holiday, for families with kids of all month and of undertow couples too. The mountain wanderlust option really offers a unique opportunity for families to get outdoors and yoke together. It offers the younger ones the worthiness to test themselves and really go without their goals.
Hiking here is wonderful for most everyone in the family. The thematic hikes are spanking-new and a unconfined opportunity to have hands on learning while on vacation. You know we love that as homeschoolers.
Club Med Québec Charlevoix provides a unique, venturesome all inclusive vacation that will meet the needs of all of the family members young or old, ensuring that everyone has a really good time in the unconfined outdoors. I have never traveled with my parents, but I could see this stuff a place they would really enjoy as well. I know my son would be off riding bikes and I would be hiking while the parents could go to the spa. At the end of the day, this is a vacation everyone in the family will remember, talk about, and want to return to then and again!
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