Looking for Tadoussac area recommendations
 

We are currently enjoying the beautiful ambience and humidity of Quebec City, and are thinking of taking an overnight trip next week to do some whale watching in the Tadoussac area. We're a family of 4, with 2 girls, ages 9 & 6, and we are amenable to hotels, inns, B&Bs, etc.

Any ideas greatly appreciated!

If you would like a nice treat, try the Fairmont le Manoir Richelieu in La Malbaie. It is another 45 mins or an hour to Tadoussac, IIRC, however you can get to a whale watching port in 30 mins from the hotel. The hotel has a very reasoanable evening buffet, and a camp fire with marshmallows every night at 8pm. Your girls will also love the hotel's pools. We were there last July and are returning in two weeks.

Stop in Baie St Paul on your way to or from the hotel. It's a very pleasant twon for walking around. Lots of restaurants and art galleries.
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Thanks so much for the recommendation. As it turns out, we stayed in Tadoussac so as to be right in town for the whale cruise. The place we stayed was Maison Gautier, which was nothing special, but we got 2 small rooms connected to each other with a bathroom, and breakfast was included for a reasonable rate. The location was excellent, though, just off the ferry, and across the street from the main drag into town.

We ate dinner last night, and lunch today at Cafe La Boheme, which was really terrific. Great food, reasonable prices, nice people, definite boho vibe. They have wireless internet and a place for book exchange too.

Today, we went out on a whale watching cruise with Croisieres 2001; we took the catamaran instead of a zodiac boat. They did a nice job with French and English commentary, but the highlight was of course the whales. We saw three different species, and at one point we were following a pod of around 6 (it could have been more), which were swimming along, breaching. A highly recommended pursuit!

For future reference there are some fabulous B&Bs around Tadoussac that are excellent values. We stayed in one up the hill that was in a new house built for the purpose with views over the river and great food with no taxes.