Traveling to Quebec? Check out these three accommodations with sustainable practices.

If you're planning a visit to Quebec and prefer to stay in hotels committed to sustainability, you're in luck. Discover three Biosphere sustainability-certified hotels in Quebec, Canada.

Fairmont Le Château Frontenac

Fancy sleeping in a room overlooking the St. Lawrence River or the old town of Quebec? Perched atop a hill, you'll find the iconic luxury hotel Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.  One of its main attractions is its spa, where you can relax in a whirlpool bath and enjoy facial and body treatments with essential oils and basalt stones. And the best part? All these luxuries do not need to be incompatible with sustainability. 

The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac team contributes daily to sustainable development, both with large projects and small actions. In particular, they are proud to be the first historic hotel in Canada to achieve carbon neutrality. What does this mean? It means that a company does not emit CO2 into the atmosphere or that it offsets emissions that cannot be eliminated.

But sustainability involves much more than carbon emissions and it only takes a little imagination to make a difference. This hotel has installed bee hives on its roof to help this important pollinator. In total, their hives are home to 70,000 bees that produce almost 300 kg of honey per year. Of course, this honey is used in their kitchens and cocktails.

Don't miss other outstanding best practices at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, which have been verified with Biosphere certification.

Nomad Hotel

Before coming to Quebec, Romuald Georgeon had been the manager of a Parisian hotel for 30 years. Together with his partner Olivier Donzelot, who for years ran the French-speaking subsidiary of the Swiss company LINK Institut, a leader in marketing and social research, they decided in 2013 to buy a run-down tourist hotel to create one of the best boutique hotels in Canada. Thus, the Nomad Hotel was born. Its name reflects the spirit of the founders: considering themselves epicurean travelers with a great curiosity. 

Motivated to discover new countries, new cultures and gastronomy wherever they go, the two partners sought to create a truly different hotel for travelers, not tourists, and they succeeded. Without sparing time or energy, all the decisions they made until the current Nomad Hotel came to life, have entailed a series of efforts and good practices in terms of eco-responsibility and social responsibility.

In 2023, the Nomad Hotel became the first hotel in Quebec City to obtain Biosphere certification, and among its many sustainability initiatives, on an environmental level, 99% of its energy comes from renewable sources, and in an entire year, all the emissions emitted by the hotel (levels 1 and 2), are equivalent to 20% of the emissions of a single Canadian individual -about 3 tons of Co2-. If you want to learn more about the Nomad Hotel's sustainable practices, be sure to visit their profile.

Auberge Saint-Antoine

Do you like history? Then you'll love this place. The buildings that make up the Auberge Saint-Antoine have been part of Quebec's history for hundreds of years. In 1992, the Price family offered its first 23 rooms and gradually opened more. During the construction work, numerous relics were discovered, some dating back to 1600, which are now on display in the establishment's common rooms. Each room has its own history and artifacts, which are always explained on the bedside table of the room.

At Auberge Paint-Antoine, they believe that true luxury is meaningless if it comes at the expense of nature and humanity. They are very aware of the footprint that tourism can leave on the planet and, therefore, every day they strive to carry out their activity in the most respectful way possible. Aware of the importance of kilometer 0, they have a vegetable garden that supplies the establishment with food more than half the year; as they themselves call it, an ultra-local production, from the field to the table, from April to December.

But Auberge Paint-Antoine's sustainability practices don't end there. Visit their website with the efforts recognized by the Biosphere certification and learn about all the initiatives of this lodge in the three strands of sustainable development: climate change and environment, society and culture, governance and economy.