Museum Pass
by Jim_Eliason
If you plan on visiting many of the attractions Montreal has to offer a museum pass can save a lot of money. It costs $45 CD and gives access to most museums and free Metro and bus rides for 3 days. it will pay for itself if you visit more than 3-4 sights on the list. http://www.museesmontreal.org/site/museumspass.htm
Walk the streets and...
by cjdewolf
Walk the streets and experience everyday Montréal. This is a city of people and their neighbourhoods, so join the stream and live like a local. Some of the most interesting streets in Canada are Montréal's own: avenue Monkland in Nôtre-Dame-de-Grace, Sherbrooke in Westmount, Ste-Catherine in downtown Montréal, avenue Bernard in Outremont, the list goes on and on. Get a map, some good walking shoes and wander! I think I will miss the vibrancy of it all. Montréal may be worn around the edges, but there is a level of energy here that is enthralling. I'll miss the pulse of the streets, or just lingering in a sidewalk café and watching the world go by. I'll miss taking strolls in the rain through tree-lined residential streets, and I'll definitely miss some of the very fair architecture.
I HIGHLY recommend a Sunday at tam-tams...
by CASS1DY
If your in town on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the summer, you have to go to the tam-tams. It starts in the spring and goes till the fall but the height of the season is in the summer. Take a good walk around because there are surprises to be found in every part of the park. . . such as the duck tape wars going on in the back field. I reserve every Sunday in Montreal for Mount-Royal. I arrive around 1:00 and stay until dark.
Here's my supply bag:
- fruit and lots of other snacks
- well concealed alcohal
- my hand drum (or any other instrument I feel inclined to play)
- a blanket
- a bottle for water (there are water fountains there)
- my camera
- extra toilet paper (sometimes the bathrooms across(under) the street run out)
- a hat/sun screen
- a sweater just in case it get chilly
Tugboat Daniel McAllister
by yooperprof
The historic tugboat Daniel McAllister is "parked" down by the Lachine Canal in the old port of Montreal, currently undergoing a restoration that will bring it back to its early 20th century shine.
The Daniel McAllister is the oldest and largest Canadian tugboat to be saved - and when restored will be one of the largest ocean-going tugs in preservation in the world. For many decades "she" was a busy workman in the port here, particularly for the Canadian Pacific Ocean Line, helping the "Empress of Canada" and the "Empress of England" on their way.
This tug was "christened" in 1907 with the name of Helena. It underwent name and gender change in 1967 when purchased by the McAllister Towing Co.
Pedestrian attitude
by levoyageur
Always be careful in Montreal because in this city, the pedestrian dont wait the green light before cross the street. Also, Montreal is the only city, with New York than you can't turn right in a red light, it's a good thing!!