Guidebook for Montréal
Essentials
2050 Boulevard Pie-IX
2050 Boulevard Pie-IXGetting Around
Pie-IX station
Parks & Nature
The Montréal Botanical Garden, one of the city’s jewels, is recognized as one of the world’s greatest botanical gardens. It offers a colourful program of events, exhibitions and activities all year long. With its collection of 22,000 plant species and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses, Frédéric Back Tree Pavilion, and more than 20 thematic gardens spread out over 75 hectares, it’s also a perfect place to enjoy fresh air and natural beauty.
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Montreal Botanical Garden
4101 Rue Sherbrooke EThe Montréal Botanical Garden, one of the city’s jewels, is recognized as one of the world’s greatest botanical gardens. It offers a colourful program of events, exhibitions and activities all year long. With its collection of 22,000 plant species and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses, Frédéric Back Tree Pavilion, and more than 20 thematic gardens spread out over 75 hectares, it’s also a perfect place to enjoy fresh air and natural beauty.
Beautiful and peaceful park Park is essentially an open space with nicely groomed lawns and clumps of trees, crossed north-south by a major bike path and crossed here and there by footpath
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Parc Maisonneuve
4601 Rue Sherbrooke EBeautiful and peaceful park Park is essentially an open space with nicely groomed lawns and clumps of trees, crossed north-south by a major bike path and crossed here and there by footpath
Food Scene
Boulangerie bretonne. Très connue et très bonne. Tout est bon la dedans! / Best bakery in town. Maybe because it's from my home french region: Brittany. Try their ... everything and especially briton specialties.
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Boulangerie Les Co'Pains d'Abord
1965 Avenue du Mont-Royal EBoulangerie bretonne. Très connue et très bonne. Tout est bon la dedans! / Best bakery in town. Maybe because it's from my home french region: Brittany. Try their ... everything and especially briton specialties.
Very nice old tipical local market, where you can buy fresh , bakerry , fruits , vegetables , cheese, flowers, meat, fish ect ..
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Maisonneuve Market
4445 Rue Ontario EVery nice old tipical local market, where you can buy fresh , bakerry , fruits , vegetables , cheese, flowers, meat, fish ect ..
Low-key coffeehouse with brick walls featuring casual eats, baked goods & drinks with latte art.
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Hoche Café
4299 Rue Ontario ELow-key coffeehouse with brick walls featuring casual eats, baked goods & drinks with latte art.
Fun bar with front & back terraces. Great staff and good choice of cocktails and finger food.
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Madame Smith
4061 Rue Ontario EFun bar with front & back terraces. Great staff and good choice of cocktails and finger food.
Good coffee, friendly ambiance in a retro American 60's decor (fits with many things in Montreal!). I like chatting with the staff, there. Try the vintage video game console!
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Atomic Café
3606 Rue Ontario EGood coffee, friendly ambiance in a retro American 60's decor (fits with many things in Montreal!). I like chatting with the staff, there. Try the vintage video game console!
Entertainment & Activities
The Montreal Biodome (French: Biodôme de Montréal) is a facility located at Olympic Park in the Montreal neighbourhood of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome. It hosted both track cycling and judo events. Renovations on the building began in 1989 and in 1992 the indoor nature exhibit was opened. The Montreal Biodome is one of four facilities operated by the Montreal Nature Museum, which include the Montreal Insectarium, Montreal Botanical Garden, and Montreal Planetarium.
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Biodomo
4777 Av. Pierre-De CoubertinThe Montreal Biodome (French: Biodôme de Montréal) is a facility located at Olympic Park in the Montreal neighbourhood of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome. It hosted both track cycling and judo events. Renovations on the building began in 1989 and in 1992 the indoor nature exhibit was opened. The Montreal Biodome is one of four facilities operated by the Montreal Nature Museum, which include the Montreal Insectarium, Montreal Botanical Garden, and Montreal Planetarium.
Accessible by a funicular, The Montreal Tower is the tallest inclined tower in the world, rising 165 metres at a 45-degree angle. At its peak, you can admire the Montréal area and the St. Lawrence Plains 80 kilometres in the distance. Built in 1976 to host the Olympic Games, the recently renovated Sports Centre features seven basins for water sports, training areas, and state-of-the-artequipment. Throughout the year, the Esplanade Financière Sun Life, located at the foot of the Olympic Stadium, offers young and old a diverse program of sporting and cultural events.
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Olympic Stadium
4545 Av. Pierre-De CoubertinAccessible by a funicular, The Montreal Tower is the tallest inclined tower in the world, rising 165 metres at a 45-degree angle. At its peak, you can admire the Montréal area and the St. Lawrence Plains 80 kilometres in the distance. Built in 1976 to host the Olympic Games, the recently renovated Sports Centre features seven basins for water sports, training areas, and state-of-the-artequipment. Throughout the year, the Esplanade Financière Sun Life, located at the foot of the Olympic Stadium, offers young and old a diverse program of sporting and cultural events.
Walking distance from our place. Starcite cinema is a modern 17-screen multiplex with 3D theatres, showing new blockbusters in French.
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Cinéma StarCité Montréal
4825 Av. Pierre-De CoubertinWalking distance from our place. Starcite cinema is a modern 17-screen multiplex with 3D theatres, showing new blockbusters in French.
The Montréal Insectarium, which is considered one of the largest insect museums in North America (+/- 250,000 specimens), is a great place to visit with your kids. (30 mins by bus / 15 mins by car)
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Montreal Insectarium
4581 Rue Sherbrooke EThe Montréal Insectarium, which is considered one of the largest insect museums in North America (+/- 250,000 specimens), is a great place to visit with your kids. (30 mins by bus / 15 mins by car)
Drinks & Nightlife
Great locally-made beer. Artist and young entrepreneurs hangout. Relaxed ambiance. Try the feta olives.
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L’Espace Public
3632 Rue Ontario EGreat locally-made beer. Artist and young entrepreneurs hangout. Relaxed ambiance. Try the feta olives.
Busy and noisy. The drinks are superbly delicious, served in mason jars. I liked the rum based drinks. The menu is huge and the people are cool.
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La Distillerie no.3
2656 Rue MassonBusy and noisy. The drinks are superbly delicious, served in mason jars. I liked the rum based drinks. The menu is huge and the people are cool.
Disco Club that gets up to 700 people on weekends. Pop music from 90's til today on Friday. 80's night on Saturday. Bar opens at 11pm
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La Tulipe
4530 Av. PapineauDisco Club that gets up to 700 people on weekends. Pop music from 90's til today on Friday. 80's night on Saturday. Bar opens at 11pm
Shopping
The Montreal Eaton Centre is a shopping mall located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the heart of the Montreal underground city, and is connected to the Montreal Metro via McGill station
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Centre Eaton de Montréal
705 Rue Sainte-Catherine OThe Montreal Eaton Centre is a shopping mall located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the heart of the Montreal underground city, and is connected to the Montreal Metro via McGill station