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Showing 24 of 64 places in Montreal
The Bell Centre is Montreal’s pressure cooker, where 21,000 fans can make it feel like the loudest room in hockey. Opene...
Once the industrial artery that fueled Montreal’s rise, the Lachine Canal is now where the city slows down—at least for...
Opened in November 1936, Casa d'Italia is Montreal's first Italian community centre, occupying an Art Deco building at 5...
Since its opening in 1899, Westmount Public Library has served as a beloved community hub, evolving with the times while...
The Grande Bibliothèque is a cultural landmark in Montreal, and we’re not being excessive when we say it’s a beacon of i...
Built between 1911 and 1914 to designs by Montreal architect Joseph Venne, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs is one of Verdun...
This urban riverside beach keeps it simple. Verdun Beach offers a surprisingly calm slice of the St. Lawrence riverfront...
Wellington is Verdun's main artery and one of Montreal's most rewarding streets to explore on foot. The appeal is cumula...
The Quartier des Spectacles is Montreal’s primary cultural district, concentrating an unusually dense network of venues,...
Built between 1919 and 1922, Montreal’s Clock Tower stands as a solemn tribute to the Canadian Merchant Navy men lost in...
Completed in 1905 in the eastern neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles, the Chapelle de la Scala Santa is among the most...
At 205 metres to the roof and 232 metres to its spire, Le 1000 De La Gauchetière is the tallest building in Montreal by...
Few landmarks define a city's skyline quite like a blinking red sign visible from across the St. Lawrence. Erected in 19...
Nestled atop Montreal’s Mount Royal, Beaver Lake (Lac aux Castors) is a man-made marvel with a history as rich as its su...
Dawson College is Quebec’s largest English-language CEGEP, and an institution that blends history, academic excellence,...
Since its establishment in 1968, the ITHQ has grown from a modest cooking school into a global leader in hospitality edu...
"Built between 1904 and 1905 by the then-independent City of Saint-Louis du Mile-End, Caserne 30 once served as the area...
"The Mordecai Richler Library is as much a cultural repurposing project as it is a public institution. Housed in the for...
For over four decades, Lave Auto Laurier has operated out of the same corner on Saint-Urbain and Laurier. But since the...
Centered around Lakeshore Road and clustered along the waterfront, the area feels like a holdout from another era: indep...
Saint Patrick’s Basilica has been a landmark of Montreal’s Irish Catholic heritage since 1847, when it opened its doors...
Mount Royal is the beating heart of Montreal. This Quebec heritage site, shaped by famed landscape architect Frederick L...
If Saint-Laurent is where the murals go to be immortalized, De Rouen is where they go to live. Tucked under the train tr...
Once a utilitarian stop in the city’s industrial network, Hangar 1825 now plays a quieter but no less vital role along t...
Showing 24 of 64 places in Montreal
The Bell Centre is Montreal’s pressure cooker, where 21,000 fans can make it feel like the loudest room in hockey. Opene...
Once the industrial artery that fueled Montreal’s rise, the Lachine Canal is now where the city slows down—at least for...
Opened in November 1936, Casa d'Italia is Montreal's first Italian community centre, occupying an Art Deco building at 5...
Since its opening in 1899, Westmount Public Library has served as a beloved community hub, evolving with the times while...
The Grande Bibliothèque is a cultural landmark in Montreal, and we’re not being excessive when we say it’s a beacon of i...
Built between 1911 and 1914 to designs by Montreal architect Joseph Venne, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs is one of Verdun...
This urban riverside beach keeps it simple. Verdun Beach offers a surprisingly calm slice of the St. Lawrence riverfront...
Wellington is Verdun's main artery and one of Montreal's most rewarding streets to explore on foot. The appeal is cumula...
The Quartier des Spectacles is Montreal’s primary cultural district, concentrating an unusually dense network of venues,...
Built between 1919 and 1922, Montreal’s Clock Tower stands as a solemn tribute to the Canadian Merchant Navy men lost in...
Completed in 1905 in the eastern neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles, the Chapelle de la Scala Santa is among the most...
At 205 metres to the roof and 232 metres to its spire, Le 1000 De La Gauchetière is the tallest building in Montreal by...
Few landmarks define a city's skyline quite like a blinking red sign visible from across the St. Lawrence. Erected in 19...
Nestled atop Montreal’s Mount Royal, Beaver Lake (Lac aux Castors) is a man-made marvel with a history as rich as its su...
Dawson College is Quebec’s largest English-language CEGEP, and an institution that blends history, academic excellence,...
Since its establishment in 1968, the ITHQ has grown from a modest cooking school into a global leader in hospitality edu...
"Built between 1904 and 1905 by the then-independent City of Saint-Louis du Mile-End, Caserne 30 once served as the area...
"The Mordecai Richler Library is as much a cultural repurposing project as it is a public institution. Housed in the for...
For over four decades, Lave Auto Laurier has operated out of the same corner on Saint-Urbain and Laurier. But since the...
Centered around Lakeshore Road and clustered along the waterfront, the area feels like a holdout from another era: indep...
Saint Patrick’s Basilica has been a landmark of Montreal’s Irish Catholic heritage since 1847, when it opened its doors...
Mount Royal is the beating heart of Montreal. This Quebec heritage site, shaped by famed landscape architect Frederick L...
If Saint-Laurent is where the murals go to be immortalized, De Rouen is where they go to live. Tucked under the train tr...
Once a utilitarian stop in the city’s industrial network, Hangar 1825 now plays a quieter but no less vital role along t...
