La Vieille prison de Trois-Rivières (MQCP)

Great experience. Tour was really informative. They don't offer bilingual tours when we were there but I was able to translate for my family and the infographics on the walls were french and english. Don't forget to check out the museum attached as there's a section dedicated to the prison. Our tour guide was nice, knew lots about the prison. I would recommend this tour.

This is very unique attraction and a must-visit in Trois-Rivières! You could only visit the site on a guided tour, and it's super cool to see the different floors, and even the dungeons in the basement if you could even call that a basement. Note that most of the tours are in French, and English tours are not always offered - you could check the website for the timing and availability. There were only French tours when I visited so I took that; however, it turned out that the guide we had talked so quickly that I could barely understand him maybe only 10%. In comparison, I listened to the French audio-guide at the nearby Museé Borealis and I understood about 70%, and there were even a few times on the prison tour when we passed by other groups and the other guides clearly spoke at a slower pace. I asked our guide if he could speak slower and he did for a few sentences before picking up the pace again I do understand that without conscious effort it is hard to change your speaking speed.nnAdditionally, our guide spoke as if he were reciting, which felt a bit robotic, and always delivered a long speech at one or two stops per floor before giving us a long-ish time to explore around. It would have been much nicer if he talked like telling us a story, and made more stops in different rooms with shorter explanations each. Overall, I would love to visit again and perhaps try a different guide in French, and I hope the administration would take note of these suggestions.

Very cool tour and museum. Very descriptive and organized. Much more interesting than the Pop museum. Glad we did both because the Pop museum wasn't worth it to do alone.

Very interesting tour with a friendly guide. I did it in French but you can ask for English tour at the reception it's not everyday that you can have in english!! So maybe it's better to get the information before to go.nIf you are lucky you can get some true stories that happen in the jail. I feel I little sad but it's interesting to know !

Great place to visit, tour guide was amazing and had great knowledge about the history of the prison