How many days do you need in Montreal?
Three days. That is the length of the itinerary we built for Montreal.
Here is what each day holds. Every stop below carries its time, and every gap says how to get to the next stop, with the walk or drive time wherever both stops are mapped.
Montreal · 3 days Canada
Best time: May to October for terrace season.
Old MontrealDay 1
⛪9:30 AMNotre-Dame Basilica
An 1829 Gothic Revival interior in deep blue and gold, one of the most elaborate in North America.
🚶 ~8 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.3 mi
🌆12:00 PMOld Port and the cobbled streets
The waterfront and the eighteenth-century grid behind it, closed to traffic in summer.
🚶 ~11 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.4 mi
📍3:30 PMPointe-a-Calliere
The archaeology museum built directly over the excavated foundations of the original 1642 settlement.
The mountain and downtownDay 2
📍9:30 AMMount Royal
The hill the city is named for, landscaped by the designer of Central Park, with a lookout over downtown and the river.
🚶 ~14 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.5 mi
🖼️1:00 PMMontreal Museum of Fine Arts
Five connected pavilions on Sherbrooke, strong on Quebec and Canadian art.
🚶 ~15 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
📍4:30 PMUnderground City
Thirty kilometres of connected passages, malls and metro links under downtown, built for the winter.
Plateau and the marketsDay 3
📍10:00 AMPlateau Mont-Royal
The residential quarter of exterior spiral staircases, murals and small parks, best walked without a plan.
🚶 ~52 min · 🚗 ~7 min · 1.9 mi
🍽️1:00 PMJean-Talon Market
A large open-air market in Little Italy, at its fullest from late summer into autumn.
🚶 ~31 min · 🚗 ~4 min · 1.2 mi
📍5:00 PMMile End
The old Jewish and Greek quarter, now studios and cafes, and the home of the wood-fired Montreal bagel.
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