Island of Orleans Food and Drink Tour

Peter, the guide, was excellent, very knowledgeable and entertaining. Loved the visit to Chocolaterie de l'Île d'Orléans, especially the chocolate coated soft ice cream cones!

We enjoyed learning the story behind all the culinary items we enjoyed at each stop, as well as learning about the history of the island. Merci beaucoup!

The tour guide was great and the Isle d'Orleans scenery was very interesting, but as to the tour theme itself, it would be better named the "sweets and a little liquid" tour. Mostly things such as chocolate and nougat with miniscule samplings of some ciders and wines. Don't go while hungry or thirsty. Overall, meh.

Celine was a fantastic tour guide. She shared her knowledge of Quebec City and the Island of Orleans, with humor included. It was a relaxing fun-filled day with sweet treats along the way.

I was happiest with seeing the different parts of greater Quebec city..the i'le d'orleans has its own rural ambience. The houses were quaint. The farming and town history was interesting.

Even though it was raining, the trip was great. Celine was a wonderful guide and took the time to get to know people, explain what was going on and provide great information.

Great guide, very friendly and clean bus and comfortable bus. The island is so charming and well worth a visit.

Our bus tour of Il d'Orlean was average overall based on three factors. First of all, the shuttle bus that arrived to pick us up was packed to capacity (25 occupants). We felt no effort was made to space travelers safely apart from each other & no extra safeguards were put in place (i.e. ensuring every one was fully vaccinated). Our driver, Peter, made sure everyone wore a mask but he encouraged people to drink or eat on the bus at any time, which would require removing your mask. Furthermore, the stops we made on the Island of Orleans did not have the space to handle 25 people in a short period of time. We heard from another traveler that a couple of the places declined to participate on the tour because they could not adequately expand the size of their stores. One store implemented some safeguards but did not expand the space for a large group of tourists. Secondly, we have signed up to numerous food and drink tours in the past, but in comparison to this tour, the sample portions were extremely small. Peter told us not to expect large amounts of food & drink, which we understood, but we anticipated slightly larger portions based on other tours we've attended. Finally, Peter hyped up our last (5th) stop to taste some chocolate samples. When he arrived at the door, the place was locked up. (FYI - We made a trip to the island 2 days later and the place was still closed). Peter felt bad and he tried to compensate by taking our group to a friend's place who had a large aquarium of fish and numerous fishing poles / lures. Peter told us his friend's wife made jewellery but I did not see any on display. We arrived back in Quebec City after 6 PM feeling very uneasy about being so close to our fellow travelers and very hungry. Peter tried his best to make the tour as pleasurable as possible (& he did a good job in this area) and answered all our questions, but our issues were all beyond his ability to fix them. I would encourage Quebec bus tours to make some extra safeguards on their buses and re-examine the places on the Island of Orleans to stop to showcase local food & drink products.

The visit to the chocolate store, nougat factory, and wine maker were worthwhile. The cider facility was less interesting and the jam shop being closed was disappointing.

Celine is a wonderful and fun tour guide. Everything was fun, beautiful and delicious ! We really enjoyed ourselves!