Old Montreal City Walking Tour, Notre-Dame Basilica Admission 2018

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Visit Montreal’s historic centerpiece on this guided walking tour of Old Montreal. Discover the history, heritage, architecture and culture in this, the oldest area of the city of Montreal, dating back to New France. Choose between a 1.5-hour tour around the east or west sides of Old Montreal or a 3-hour tour around both. See famous sites such as Notre-Dame Basilica, Place Jacques-Cartier, Bonsecours Market, Montreal City Hall and Champ de Mars, to name a few. Admission to Notre-Dame Basilica included.

Highlights

Walking tour of Old Montreal with a knowledgeable local guide
Walk through Place d'Armes and Place Jacques-Cartier, two beatiful squares
See Notre-Dame Basilica, City Hall, Bonsecours Market and more
Hear stories and facts about the city's rich history, culture and architecture
Choose from three different itineraries to suit your preferences

What You Can Expect

Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal

Choose to explore the east or west side of Old Montreal on a 1.5-hour tour, or select both the east and west sides on a 3-hour adventure.
Meet the guide and the rest of the tour group near the famous Notre-Dame Basilica, located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street, to begin this walking tour of Old Montreal, the historic centerpiece of this largest city in Quebec.
Notre-Dame Basilica is widely recognized as one of the most impressive landmarks in the world. It’s one of the crown jewels in Quebec's rich religious heritage and a focal point in Montreal’s history. In fact, the original stained-glass windows here paint a story of Montréal’s religious history.
Moving along, learn about this city’s rich history, French heritage, architecture and culture while roaming the maze of narrow streets. Visit some of Old Montreal’s public squares, like Place d’Armes, Place Royale and Place Jacques-Cartier, witnessing the monuments and works of art on display there.
Other points of interest include the 5-story Montreal City Hall; Champ de Mars, a public park that used to be the site of Montreal’s city walls; the former “Wall Street” of Canada, St-Jacques Street; and no visit to Old Montreal is complete without a picture of the Sulpician Seminary, the oldest building of the historic district.
The tour concludes at Bonsecours Market, a 2-story, domed public market which has served as Montreal's main public market for more than 100 years.

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John G

5 star rating: Highly Recommended April 2018

Nice tour of the city sites with very knowledgable, friendly guide.

Molly B

5 star rating: Highly Recommended April 2018

This tour is a great way to be introduced to the history and beauty of Montreal. Our guide was absolutely perfect: native Quebecois, personable, funny, and very knowledgeable. The itinerary worked really well: we did the east part in the morning, had a nice break for lunch poutine, of course!, and the west side in the afternoon. Had time and energy to go back to Notre-Dame afterwards. Terrific tour!

Teresa A

5 star rating: Highly Recommended April 2018

A wonderful tour with our guide Pierre! A very informative and fun tour of east and west Montreal that I would highly recommend this tour to everyone! Thank you Pierre for all the suggestions for restaurants, museums and sites in Old Montreal!

Javier

5 star rating: Highly Recommended April 2018

This is an excellent tour. It was fun and lots of historical information about Montreal. We ended with a beautiful tour of Notre Dame. Excellent!

richard t

5 star rating: Highly Recommended December 2017

Well worth the money very convenient wonderful people had a great time guide was very knowledge about montreal

sudharshan K