Discover Saint-Tite-Des-Caps

Hiking with views of the St. Lawrence River

Visitors looking to include hiking and culture in their travel plans in Saint-Tite-des-Caps have several options to consider: the Saint-Tite-des-Caps sector of the Sentier des Caps de Charlevoix has seven hiking trails. The Église de Saint-Tite-des-Caps is also part of the town’s religious heritage. The trails lead to viewpoints overlooking the St. Lawrence River and the Montmagny Islands archipelago. This gives you the chance to decide whether hiking will be the main focus of your stay or whether you would also like to visit a heritage site.

The seven trails range from 4 to 12.8 km in length and total 28 km. This gives you a choice of different trail lengths, without implying a specific walking time or difficulty level. When planning your day, you can take the length of each trail into account and choose the one that suits your planned hiking day. The viewpoints are a shared destination on all seven trails: each offers views of the river and the archipelago. These views connect the different trails, even though their lengths vary.

From a day trip to a long-distance hike

At the Sentier des Caps reception desk in Saint-Tite-des-Caps, visitors can choose between a one-day hike and a 51 km long-distance hike. This makes the planned length of your hike a practical decision: will you stick to one day, or would you like to include a longer hike in your trip? If you are planning with family, you can make this choice together with the question of how much of your stay you want to devote to hiking.

Several Sentier des Caps routes are also offered over 2 to 6 days, with luggage transport and return transport. The stated duration and the two transport services are therefore important features for anyone considering a multi-day hiking option. You can distinguish this option from the one-day hike and the 51 km long-distance hike, rather than treating all the offers as the same kind of outing. When planning a vacation rental in Saint-Tite-des-Caps, it may be helpful to first decide whether you want to focus on individual trails, a day of hiking, or a multi-day route.

A short trail and a heritage site

The Marécage du chemin du Curé offers a different scale: it has a 250-metre-long boardwalk and around ten information panels. Compared with the trails that stretch for kilometres, this is a much shorter route. The information panels give this stop its own focus; you can take the trail length and number of panels into account when choosing an activity. If you would like to include different types of outings in your trip, you can consider this trail separately from the longer hiking routes.

The Église de Saint-Tite-des-Caps is a religious heritage site in Saint-Tite-des-Caps, built in 1893. This gives the choice of destination a cultural dimension in addition to its hiking options. Anyone interested in religious heritage can include the church as a separate aspect of their travel plans. You can shape your stay around your own interests, choosing from the hiking trails, the short boardwalk, and the heritage site.

More destination pages: Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, L'ange-Gardien, Boischatel, Saint-Ferréol-Les-Neiges, Beaupré, Chateau Richer.

Go to the main travel overview: La Côte-De-Beaupré.