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Explore Montreal
Parc Jean-Drapeau
The park offers many activities including cycling, swimming, hiking, an amusement park, water park, paddle boarding, gardens, and art installations.
Mount Royal
Mount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal and is ideal for admiring a wide variety of plants and birds or enjoying outdoor activities. It offers a striking view of the downtown area and the St. Lawrence River.
Old Port of Montreal
Locals and visitors alike come here for strolling, cycling and in-line skating. Cruise boats, ferries, jet boats and speedboats all depart for tours from various docks.
Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal
Montréal's famous landmark, Notre Dame Basilica, is a 19th-century Gothic Revival masterpiece with spectacular craftsmanship – a visually pleasing, if slightly gaudy, symphony of carved wood, paintings, gilded sculptures and stained-glass windows.
Montréal cuisine
Part of the joie de vivre culture of Montréal includes chowing down on great grub. Sink your teeth into a juicy smoked-meat sandwich at world-famous Schwartz’s deli. Discover why Montréal locals fervently adore their bagels at the wood-fire bakeries of Fairmount Bagel Bakery or St-Viateur Bagel. Sample poutine at La Banquise. Finally, quench your thirst with a locally produced beverage, such as Rise kombucha or 1642 Cola.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montréal's Museum of Fine Arts is an accessible and beautifully updated oasis of art housed in architecturally striking buildings. A visit here is a must for art-lovers, with centuries' worth of paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, furniture, prints, drawings and photographs on display.
Visit a Public Market
One of the best ways to savour the city is to visit one of the local public markets. With a wide range of regional products from across Québec, Marché Jean-Talon — located in the heart of Little Italy — is the largest and most culturally diverse market in Montréal. For a smaller yet equally delicious option, the art deco-style Marché Atwater offers an array of specialty products and delicatessen treats. Wherever you go, be sure to sample seasonal treats such as maple syrup in the spring, strawberries in the summer, and Macintosh apples in the autumn.
La Grande Roue de Montréal
Canada's tallest observation wheel, at 60 meters high, offers 18-minute rotations, allowing you to enjoy an exceptional 360-degree view of Montreal. You'll be amazed by the panoramas that stretch over 28 kilometers, highlighting the city's vibrant neighborhoods and historic sites.
Jardin Botanique de Montréal
The Montréal Jardin botanique (Botanical Garden) is recognized as one of the largest and most beautiful in the world. Its rich collection of 22,000 plant species and cultivars, its 10 exhibition greenhouses and some 30 thematic gardens make the venue exceptional.
Montreal Murals
Montreal is covered with murals. Public art is a huge part of the city’s cultural landscape. Boulevard Saint-Laurent is now the largest street art corridor in Canada, with works ranging from figurative representations of historic Montrealers to more abstract designs: The MURAL Festival website has a wonderful dynamic map to help you navigate them all.
Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill
Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill is hailed as one of the finest live-music jazz venues in Montreal—you'll find pros dropping in to listen as well as perform. The space is a small and intimate club downtown, so there really isn't a bad seat in the house.
Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History
Pointe-à-Callière, in Old Montreal, is the largest and most frequently visited history museum in Montreal, and the largest archaeology museum in Canada. Even its location is significant: It's built on the site where Montreal was founded in 1642. In addition to the permanent exhibitions, Pointe-à-Callière also presents three to four temporary exhibitions a year, including on topics far from Montreal, like Easter Island and the Royal Queens of Ancient Egypt.
Lachine Canal
The Lachine Canal flows from the historic buildings of Old Montreal, past the gentrified glass condo buildings of Griffintown, and through the hipster neighborhood of St. Henri before flowing into the industrial areas of Angrignon and Lasalle. If you have time, try Adventures H2O's water activities: kayaks, paddle boats, electric boats, or canoes. Book ahead online.
La Fontaine Park
Spread out over 40 hectares of greenery, a major attraction of the park is its walking and biking trails, making it a great summer destination for a leisurely hike.
Discover Little Italy
Little Italy is a neighbourhood north of Mile End that remains filled with Italian ristorantes, cafés and pastry shops (mmm cannoli) — but is now mixed with a rich multicultural mélange. Whatever your tastes, though, it’s a foodie’s paradise.
Little Portugal
Montreal’s Little Portugal is lined with Portuguese businesses with an amazing cluster of bakeries, cafés, and churrascaria spots with famed rotisserie chicken and pastel de nata.
OASIS Immersion
OASIS uses 105 lasers and 119 surround-sound speakers to project immersive projections on the walls and floors, turning over 21,000 square feet of convention centre space into a technicolor dreamscape. The show itself is a stunning display of natural landscapes, videos of artists performing and creating, poetry that floats across the screen, and psychedelic designs that transport the audience. Expect to hear lots of "oohs" and "ahs."
PHI
PHI is dedicated to the presentation of art and culture through a wide array of inspiring and vibrant experiences, right in the heart of Old Montreal. This multifunctional site includes an art gallery, cinema, theatre, performance space, and production facilities.
Cité Mémoire
Cité Mémoire, the largest outdoor video-projection installation in the world, features 25 tableaux composed of images projected on alley walls, trees and the ground throughout Old Montréal accompanied by narration, and music. The work as a whole tells stories of famous and not-so-famous Montrealers; and they put forward themes and values central to the city's identity.