Mauvide-Genest Manor

Charming

We took English guided tour. She was polite but she was too quick, walking from one room to another, assuming we won't take pictures or look around. The place is obviously historic and if you're visit...

Excellent museum of an historic house

Definitely visit if on Ile d'Orleans. Very insightful, excellently restored original manor home from the 1700's. There's a self guided tour that explains everything in detail, as well as excellent wri...

Fun to explore

We showed up just before 5 pm when it was closing, but the historian host happily let us take the tour for as long as we liked. It was a wonderful old historic building with 4 floors. It was really fu...

A must if you're in l'île d'Orléans

A historic manor home that gives an insight of the New France era in Quebec. The building is charming and houses the era's furniture and artifacts. When we arrived at the manor it was about to close, ...

Amazing slice of local history

This is a historic manor home from the New France era of Quebec’s history. The local lord lived here and his property has been well-preserved to give an authentic look at the social history of the reg...