. CLIMATE, PARK, GREEN SPACES AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES The Québec region offers many green spaces near and around its urban centers. Parks, wildlife reserves, and outdoor recreation centers are supplied with the latest equipment. The metropolitan region of Québec City is beautified by a climate that allows you to live a wellbeing life. Lots of activities are offered year-round like: canoe-camping, climbing, mountain biking, alpine and cross-country skiing, snow rafting, ice skating, windsurfing and many more. You can also go hunting and fishing in many places including Laurentides and Portneuf reserves. The proximity of mountains, forests, lakes, rivers and the St.Lawrence River itself, confers on the metropolitan region of Québec a unique character and guaranties a privileged environment for nature lovers as well as for winter or summer outdoor sports enthusiasts. Near Québec down-town, you'll find « Le parc des Champs-de-Bataille (Plaines d'Abraham) » This park was the site of the 1759 battle between the French and the English. Commemorative tablets, monuments and pieces of ordnance are scattered on a 250 acre area of gardens and shrubberies. Most municipalities place at your disposal a vast choice of recreational equipments like tennis courts, baseball diamonds, football and soccer fields, swimming pools and interior and exterior skating rings. Make sure you visit our aquarium. . A UNIQUE CHARACTER IN AMERICA Declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO, just like Warsaw, Rome and Jerusalem, Québec matches harmoniously old stone walls and modern towers, narrow streets and vast boulevards, wildlife reserves and technology parks. Québec is the cradle of the French presence on this continent and for this reason, the region greatly deserves the title of the most European City of America. The omnipresence of water with its marinas, lakes and rivers, reminds us that the region is, with a unique character, wide open on a continent celebrated for its economic vitality and its prosperity.