Montreal Travel Guide

Montreal is a city with multiple facets, proud of its contrasts. Third French-speaking city after Paris and Kinshasa,with 3,4 million inhabitants, the city is also a melting pot of cultures from the whole world, as shows the mosaic of its districts and the variety of its gastronomy. Its rich architectural heritage covers four centuries of history, from the French regime to the contemporary era. Islander but opened to the world, Montreal is an effervescent city, always inclined to party!
Montreal offers all the attractions of the large cities of the world. But Montreal also knows how to distinguish itself. Multicultural, it mixes its French accent to those of more than 80 other cultural communities and charms with its American-European atmosphere. Creative, it's a whirlwind of cultural creations, from classic to cutting edge. The city center vibrates with life at the feet of its mountain, while its history takes root in its old districts near the river. On holiday, winter and summer, Montreal lives at the pace of its festivals: jazz, humor, cinema, fireworks and more! Discover its trendy shops, its renowned kitchen, its internal pedestrian network of more than 30 km, its casino. Explore its colored streets, take its various bicycle paths (more than 660 km in the region), feast in its welcoming bars...
Montreal is the most populated city in the province of Quebec and the most populated in Canada after Toronto. The metropolitan population counts 3 635 700 inhabitants with its suburbs.
Some places to see:
- The Mount-Royal park
- Notre-Dame-de-Neiges cemetery
- Sainte-Catherine street
- Saint-Denis street with its coffees and restaurants
- Little Italy and Jean-Talon market: its typical places, its European pace
- Jacques-Cartier place
- The Old Port, historical part, with its walk and its park,
- The underground city
- Sight of Montreal from Saint Helen's Island
- Sight of Montreal from the top of Mount Royal
- The Plateau, the district of the coloured houses like Nottinghill in London. It is the heart of the Montreal's artistic community
- Outremont and Westmount districts with their very beautiful houses