Are you visiting Montreal for just 3 Days? Here is a Trip Itinerary on what to do and see during your stay.

Day 1

Take a morning flight to Montreal International Airport (YUL)

8pm – Have Dinner @

Le Local  [French tradition and New World pizzazz]

Address: 740 Rue William

Have “Québec duck confit” and “hazelnut-crusted salmon”.

11pm - Prohibition Jazz

Upstairs Jazz Bar

Address: 1254 Mackay Street

During Prohibition in the United States, Montreal was a hotbed of jazz; nearly a century on, it still is!

Day 2

Montreal, Quebec

8:30am – Have Breakfast @

Olive + Gourmando

Address: 351 Rue Saint Paul West

Have “spicy poached eggs with cheese” and “roasted tomatoes”.

9:30am

See Place d’Armes

9:45am

Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours (18th-century)

Address: 400 Saint Paul Street East

Climb 69 steps to the top of the tower for views over the city, the St Lawrence River and the Grand Prix motor racing circuit on Notre-Dame Island.

11am

Walk along the old Port to the Place Royale.

Indulge in cakes at

Maison Christian Faure

(Faure has been rated “world’s best pastry chef”).

Across the square, dig into Montreal’s history at the

Pointe-à-Callière Museum (The basement is actually a 17th-century archaeological site)

Address: 350 Place Royale;

~C$20pp

12:30pm

Walk north to Christ Church Cathedral.

Underneath is the Promenades Cathedrale, part of Montreal’s 20-mile-long Underground City, with its shops and restaurants.

Have a snack at Second Cup, a chain that is a Canadian institution. You are 55 feet beneath the Anglican cathedral that was propped up with stilts 25 years ago during the excavations for this shopping mall. Not only did services carry on as usual, the building only moved 3/16 inch.

3:30pm 

Improve your appreciation of Canadian artists, from the Group of Seven to Quebec painter Jean-Paul Riopelle at the:

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Address: 1380 Sherbrooke Street West

free entrance

5:30pm

Spend the late afternoon shopping à la Montreal. Both professional and amateur chefs forage at the Marché Jean-Talon (open daily; metro Jean-Talon), a market piled high with local produce and gourmet treats.

See Rue Saint-Denis shopping street

8pm  - Have Dinner @

Au Cinquième Péché

Address: 4475 Rue Saint-Denis

Have the five-course tasting menu

~C$60pp

OR

Brasserie T!

Address: 1425 Rue Jeanne-Mance  [the Quartier des Spectacles (Entertainment District)]

~C$40pp.

Day 3

Montreal, Quebec

10am

Parc Jean-Drapeau

Biosphere

Address: 160 Chemin Tour-de-l'Isle,Île Sainte-Hélène, Parc Jean-Drapeau,Montreal,QC,H3C 4G8, H3C 4G8, Canada [the former pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair Expo 67]

Hours: Open today · 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Phone: +1 514-283-5000

12:30pm

1976 Olympic Park, Montreal

Take the glass funicular to the top of the Olympic Park Tower

At 165 metres, the Olympic Park Tower is the tallest inclined tower in the world! Its 45-degree angle is awe-inspiring, especially when you consider that the Leaning Tower of Pisa’s tilt is only 5 degrees! From its summit, visitors can admire the entire Greater Montreal region and up to 80 kilometres of the St. Lawrence River valley. A breath-taking panorama, it has been awarded a three-star rating—the highest available—by the renowned Michelin Guide!

A common question from visitors is how can a structure with an incline as dramatic as the Montreal Tower stand? The answer to this riddle lies in mass ratio: the top of the tower has a mass of 8,000 tonnes which is permanently attached to the infrastructure and the solid concrete base buried ten metres below ground level. This base has a mass of 145,000 tonnes, or the equivalent of three aircraft carriers!

Visitors can reach the top of the Montreal Tower on a mesmerizing climb in a glass-encased funicular that holds up to 76 passengers.

The funicular is the only one in the world that operates on a curved structure. It has a hydraulic system that allows the cabin to remain horizontal during the two-minute ride to the top. ~C$22.50pp

Address: 4141 Avenue Pierre-de Coubertin, Montréal, QC H1V 3N7, Canada

Hours: Open today · 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Phone:+1 514-252-4141

Also see:

The Biodome [The former Olympic Velodrome - indoor displays of natural history and wildlife, from beaver and lynx stalking through the maple trees to monkeys and birds frolicking in the tropical rainforest.

If time permits also see nearby:

The Planetarium

The Botanical Garden

The Insectarium

Take a night flight out of  Montreal International Airport (YUL)

                         

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