Free walking tour of Old Montreal (friendly covid-19)

Your Guru: Helene
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Montreal
Available in Spanish, French
1 hour and 45 minutes

About the Guru

Hi! I’am a passionate “globetrotteure” who travelled around the world and worked for many years guiding French, English, Spanish travellers around Canada. I am a professional licensed guide of Montreal and I can give you the inside “scoop”of the city, from history, cuisine, architecture and more.

About the Tour

Montreal stretches over a 50km long island and the old city is located on the shores of San Lorenzo. In just 375 years it was founded by French missionaries in 1642, 3 centuries of history that made Montreal the first major commercial center in Canada.

In this free walking tour we will visit:

Plaza de Armas: Monument to the founders.
Notre-Dame Basilica: masterpiece, considered one of the splendid churches in North America
Bank of Montreal
Seminary
St-Jacques Street: In this "Wall Street" of Canada where the statement "Montreal was the metropolis of Canada" takes on all its meaning. Bold architecture, banks and insurance companies, very beautiful facades etc.
Plaza Victoria: Park, subway, underground city, ICAO and World Trade Center.
Porto Vecchio: In its glory days and for centuries it was one of the most important inland ports in North America.
Set of historic and romantic streets that descend to the San Lorenzo river.
Place Jacques-Cartier: Hotel de Ville, the town hall, the Bonsecours market, the chapel, the S-Paul street and Notre-Dame