Montréal Attractions & Activities

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Address: 4777, av Pierre-de Coubertin, Montréal, QC H1V 1B3

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Montréal's Biodôme is the only one of its kind in the world. It features four distinct ecosystems recreated in the former Olympic Games Velodrome. Created to represent the four most beautiful habitats found in North, Central and South America. Mammals, birds and plant life thrive in mini-habitats. Visitors, especially...

Address: 1920, rue Baile, Montréal, QC H3H 2S6

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Housed in an award-winning building, this museum is dedicated to architecture, urban planning and landscape design. To that effect, it exhibits the works of prominent architects and also displays its own collection of prints and drawings (numbering more than 65,000). The museum also maintains a library and gardens. In...

Address: 335 place d'Youville, Montréal, QC H2Y 3T1

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This museum takes special pride in preserving Montréal's past and making it come alive for visitors. The facility features exhibits on the city's architecture, history and culture, showcasing it all by means of murals, displays and technology. Permanent exhibits highlight residents of the city over the last 100 years...

Address: 400, rue Saint-Paul est, Montréal, QC H2Y 1H4

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This small chapel, Montréal's oldest church, dates back to 1657. Margaret Bourgeoys, who founded the Notre Dame congregation of nuns, initiated construction, originally to provide sailors a refuge of peace and comfort. Legend has it that Montréal's founder, Paul Chomedey, personally cut timbers for the small chapel. A...

Address: 4101, rue Shebrooke est, at parc Maissoneuve, Montréal, QC H1X 2B2

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Montréal's bountiful Botanical Gardens are the second largest in the world. The gardens opened in 1931 and now feature 30 beautiful outdoor displays and 10 exhibition greenhouses. Each display offers visitors a view of a different climate, country or flowering style. An insectarium is also part of the gardens and...

Address: 525, rue Saint-Hubert, Granby, QC J2G 5P3

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Located about an hour's drive southeast of Montréal, the Granby Zoo is a great day-trip destination, particularly if you have kids. Among the animals are chinchillas, poison dart frogs, stick insects, Amur leopards, capybaras, colobus monkeys, fishing cats, llamas, porcupines, kangaroos, snow leopards, meerkats, and...

Address: 185, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, QC H2X 3X5

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The Museum of Contemporary Art boasts exhibitions of post-1940s art from Québec and around the world. Canada's only major museum of contemporary art, this complex has hosted over 600 exhibitions and attracted over 1.6 million visitors. It also maintains an extensive contemporary art library.

Address: 1380, rue Sherbrooke ouest, at ave de Musée, Montréal, QC H3G 1J5

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The Musée des Beaux Arts, founded in 1860, is Canada's oldest museum and boasts some of the finest paintings in the country. Among its permanent holdings are artwork from Canadian artists and those created by European masters. The museum also features native Canadian artifacts and a collection of period furnishings,...

Address: ave du Parc-Lafontaine and ave Papineau, Montréal, QC

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One of the city's largest and most popular parks. Warm weather activities here include a number of free performances and activities at the open-air theater, tennis, petanque, ball fields, sand volleyball, picnicking and relaxing in the sun. Two man-made ponds serve double duty, as paddle-boating spots in the summer...

Address: 350, place Royale, Montréal, QC H2Y 3Y5

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The Pointe-à-Callière Museum stands at the point of Montréal's city founding and provides a fascinating introduction to its history. The museum details Montréal's development as a trading and meeting place and features high-tech audio-visual displays. Among the exhibits are artifacts of a cemetery dating to 1643,...