On Saturday morning, I took the hotel shuttle to the maglev station.

The hotel has recently opened a large swimming pool in a garden on the outskirts of town, 10 minutes by hotel shuttle.

He replaced the words "courtesy van," for instance, with "free hotel shuttle," "because that's what it is," he said.

It is car-free, but not traffic-free - electric buggies operating either as hotel shuttles or as public taxis zip around the streets.

Taxis, buses and hotel shuttles run from the airport to the city centre (from £1.80; aeroportdequebec.com).

Parking shuttles and hotel shuttles are provided at no cost.

They rode together from a hotel near here in seven borrowed buses, and four hotel shuttles that followed.

The hotel shuttle takes guests into Charlestown, with its craft shops, restaurants and old Jewish cemetery, where I leave little rocks on the ancient tombstones.

The first level accommodates all limos, taxis, hotel shuttles, public and charter buses, plus the rental car ready/return lot.

Location Downtown and 15 minutes' walk to Medran (the main ski-lift): otherwise, use the efficient hotel shuttle.