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Get to know Quebec City by joining the Staircase Challenge | Canada Voices

Open this photo in gallery:The annual Défi des Escaliers, or Staircase Challenge, sees some 2,600 runners and walkers enjoy stunning views while climbing more than 30 staircases.Louis Charland/SuppliedLost among the clichéd descriptions of Quebec City – its cobblestoned streets, its European cachet, its terraced restaurants – rests one obvious yet often-overlooked geographic fact – it is located on a promontory whose upper and lower towns are connected by more than 40 staircases. Each snakes up the vertical escarpment that makes up the city’s natural defences. Scampering up and down these staircases allows for unique glimpses of Quebec City’s past, which…

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