Day 01 : MONTREAL
Upon arrival at Montreal, make your own way to the Hotel of your choice. Check-in at the Hotel. Day free at leisure. Overnight at the Hotel.

Day 02 : MONTREAL
Some of the highlights of this fully-narrated tour are a stop at the beautiful Notre Dame Basilica (entrance not included), residential and financial districts, historic Old Montreal, the charming Latin Quarter, enjoy an outside view of the Olympic Complex, travel through the campus of McGill University and savour the panoramic view from an observation point on top of Mont Royal. The tour can be considered a complete tour of the city, as it will bring passengers by more than 200 points of interest. Complimentary shuttle to the departure booth is offered from all Montreal hotels featured in the Accommodation section. (OPTIONAL). Overnight at the Hotel.

Day 03 : MONTREAL
Day free at leisure for shopping & other independent activities. Overnight at the Hotel.

Day 04 : MONTREAL
In the afternoon check out and proceed for your onward journey.
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Montréal Attractions

Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal
116 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal , Quebec H2Y 1T2
Tel: +1 514 849 1070

Completed in 1829, the 3,800-seat Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal is a colossal neo-Gothic church with a spectacular interior of breathtaking vaulted ceilings, ornate woodcarvings and attractive stain-glass windows.

Musée des Beaux-Arts (Museum of Fine Arts)
1379-1380 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Quebec H3G 1J5
Tel: +1 514 285 1600

Assembled over a 130-year period, the 25,000-piece collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most comprehensive in North America. It contains a great many works by Canadian artists, including a large section devoted to native work by Inuit and Amerindian reflecting the diverse cultural heritage of Montreal's many ethnic groups.

Musée d' Archéologie Pointe-à-Callière
350 Place Royale, Montréal, Quebec H2Y 3Y5
Tel: +1 514 872 9150

Built around the excavated remains of the original settlement of Montréal, the Musée d' Archéologie Pointe-à-Callière is a fascinating maze of corridors reconstructing historical events with the use of holograms and tableaux.

Botanical Garden
4101 Rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal
Tel: +1 514 872 1400

Second only to London's Kew Garden (the largest of its kind in the world), the 181-acre site contains ten large glasshouses displaying many exotic species of flora and fauna. There is an insectarium, poisonous plant garden and a Japanese garden where Montreal can boast one of the best collections of bonsai outside Japan.

Casino de Montréal
1 Avenue du Casino, Montréal, Quebec H3C 4W7
Tel: +1 514 392 2746

Built as the French Pavilion for Expo '67 on Ile Notre-Dame, the Casino de Montréal is one of the world's largest containing 88 gaming tables and 1700 machines. Access is restricted to over 18s with a dress code that excludes tracksuits, shorts and denim trousers or jackets.

Musee d' Art Contemporain de Montréal
185 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, Quebec H2X 3X5
Tel: +1 514 847 6226

Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal is the only collection in Canada entirely devoted to work by Canadian and international contemporary artists.

St. Patrick's Basilica
454 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1A7
Tel: +1 514 866 7379

This gem of church architecture is to Montreal's English-speaking Catholics what the Basilique Notre-Dame is to the city's French-speeking Catholics. Rarely visited by Montreal tourists, this 1847 church is one of the purest examples of Gothic Revival style in Canada.

Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin
118 Rue St-Pierre, Montréal
Tel: +1 514 845 6108

A small museum devoted almost exclusively to the works of Marc-Aurèle Fortin, one of the most innovative landscape painters of the twentieth century. The museum also hosts exhibitions of current works by Québec artists.

Centre de Commerce Mondial de Montréal (Montreal World Trade Center)
747 Square Victoria, Montréal, Quebec H2Y 3Y9

Now Montreal's financial district, the area is one of the oldest parts of the city and contains many beautifully restored nineteenth century buildings.

Musée George-Etienne Cartier
458 Rue Notre-Dame Est, Montréal, Quebec H2Y 1C8
Tel: +1 514 283 2282

Housed in two exquisitely restored period buildings, this nineteenth-century interactive museum features animations and exhibits which tell the story of one of Canada's most famous French-Canadian statesmen. Guides at the Musée (also known as the Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site) enrich the ambience, by wearing Victorian costumes and role-playing Cartier's friends and servants.

Chateau Ramezay
280 Rue Notre-Dame Est, Montréal, Quebec H2Y 1C5
Tel: +1 514 861 3708

One of Montreal's eighteenth-century colonial buildings, formally the Governor's residence and now a museum, its collection covers the history of Montréal and Québec, from pre-Columbian native society to the early twentieth century. Outside, the 'Governor's Garden' has recently been sympathetically restored.
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Montréal Travel Tips

When to Visit - Arts and Events

Montreal has a wealth of festivals throughout the year, particularly during the warm summer months. June sees top racing drivers compete in the Molson Grand Prix; there is the Competition Concours d'Art International Pyrotechnique (International Fireworks Festival) and the start of the Montreal Jazz Festival. This festival brings together over 2000 musicians for eleven days of the best in Jazz, Blues, Latin, Gospel and Cajun music. July has the Festival Juste pour Rire (Just for Laughs Comedy Festival), a 12-day festival attracting over 600 performers and around 350,000 spectators with the Festival International Des Films Du Monde (World Film Festival) running from late August to early September.

Montréal Dining

With more than 4,000 restaurants serving international cuisine from 80 countries, Montreal is one of the world's foremost epicurean centres. Gourmets and gastronomes, as well as visitors and Montreal residents can savour an amazing variety of tastes in an incredible selection of venues. From an intimate candlelit dinner for two to a conference-size business lunch, top chefs prepare food to tempt even the most jaded palette. A speciality of Montreal is the creative mix of nouvelle and traditional French cuisine, producing an abundance of deliciously distinctive dishes.

Montréal Tipping Advice

As in the rest of Canada, a service charge is not automatically added to a restaurant bill in Montreal as service personnel often rely on tips to supplement their wages. For waiters, bartenders, taxi drivers and the like, 15 percent is standard. Baggage handlers at hotels and airports should be given one Canadian dollar per bag, a hotel doorman, 50 cents to one Canadian dollar for loading or unloading luggage (or other similar service) and the maid should be left one to two Canadian dollars per day.
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TOUR COST :
Hotel Rate (Per person on Twin sharing basis)
Wandlyn Inn (2*) USD 120.00
Novotel (3*) USD 143.00
Wyndham (4*) USD 266.00
Fairmount Queen Elizabeth (5*) USD 346.00

PRICE INCLUDES:
1. 03 Nights accommodation at the Hotel of your choice on room only basis no breakfast included.
2. All applicable taxes.
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