Few can resist the Charlevoix region's charming landscape, where nature blends with culture in a perfect harmony that has seduced poets, musicians, painters, and writers.

Charlevoix's alluring attractions are spread across six thousand km of land in the heart of the Canadian Shield. Crisp Laurentian waters cascade down the salty streams of the Saint Laurent. Stylish villages are scattered in charming clusters at the side of a mountain. Where the sea and the mountain meet, these elements create an unforgettable panorama.

The spectacular view of the mountainous landscapes of Charlevoix began to take shape 350,000 years ago, when a 15 million ton meteorite crashed to Earth. The collision created a crater 56 km in diameter, making Charlevoix one of the largest inhabited craters on the planet.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the region's incredible popularity created demand for the Richelieu Manor: a 350 room hotel, built in Pointe-au-Pic, at La Malbaie. Guests boarded steam ships, which carried them across to La Malbaie. It was the 'golden age' of Charlevoix, when white boats sailed, where exoticism and romanticism reigned supreme.
Well-to-do visitors built their permanent summer homes along Falaises Road.

As the years pass, romantic locations in the heart of the region sprout networks of hotels and bed & breakfasts, keeping the Charlevoix region's tradition for hospitality alive, continuing on its generous character that began over 200 years ago.