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Downtown and Underground Montreal Walking Tour

Downtown Montreal and Underground RESO Walking Tour

Montreal, Canada

1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the city of Montreal and RESO on this 1.5-hour tour of downtown Montreal and The Underground City, also known as RESO. Stroll down St. Catherine Street as you tour Montreal, and stop by the Christ Church Cathedral, Les Cours Mont-Royal, and Dorchester Square. Then head underground to RESO, the city which was started in 1962, to experience its hotels, shops, restaurants, and bars.

1.5-hour downtown Montreal and underground RESO tour
Go below ground to visit RESO, the Underground City
Stroll through the underground area, and pass shops, hotels, restaurants, and bars
Walk through Montreal, and wander St. Catherine Street, which runs parallel to the largest segment of RESO
See the Christ Church Cathedral, Les Cours Mont-Royal, and Dorchester Square
Learn about Montreal’s history and present

What's Included

Professional guide

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

1255 Rue Peel, Montréal, QC H3B 2Y1, Canada
Directions: The tour departs and finishes at Gray Line Montreal, inside the Tourist Information Center located at 1255 Peel Street, where staff will greet you.

Start time

01:30 PM

What To Expect

Meet your tour guide and group in central Montreal at the tourist information center a little before 1:30 p.m. Your tour starts at 1:30 p.m., and goes through downtown Montreal.

Follow your guide across St. Catherine Street, the area parallel to the largest segment of the underground portion of RESO. Along your above-ground portion of the tour, see Christ Church Cathedral, Les Cours Mont-Royal, and Dorchester Square.

Afterward, go underground to RESO, also known as The Underground City, which was formed in 1962. About 500,000 people circulate the underground city every day, and it has plenty of hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops to be explored.

Along your tour, learn about Montreal’s and RESO’s history, as well as what’s happening in both cities present day. Once your time is up, your guide returns you to the place where you met — the tourist information center in central Montreal. Arrive there at about 3 p.m.

Gray Line (Pass By)

Rue Ste.-Catherine

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Dorchester Square (Pass By)

Les Cours Mont-Royal (Pass By)

Cathedrale Christ Church Cathedral (Pass By)

Underground City

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Please dress according to weather conditions
Wheelchair accessible
We recommend bringing water and snacks
Stroller accessible
This activity does involve climbing several flights of stairs

Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

Reviews

3.0

29 reviews

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Terrible customer service

Jodi_L, May 2024

We arrived at the tour and no tour guide showed up. After I called viaitor they told me the tour was cancelled. They never notified me in advance. Very poor customer service. They should have emailed me to let me know so I didn’t plan my day around the city your. Very disappointing.

It was canceled and no...

Beth_S, Jun 2023

It was canceled and no one told us . We just showed up to the meeting spot and we were then told. Never received any communication from Viator about it.

Don’t book

april_p, Aug 2022

There were none. The guide was awful and basically took our group to a Main Street where we stood around until everyone decided to leave since the guide wasn’t doing anything. Went back to tour office and requested refund.

Bad

turtleluv323, Sep 2018

Below expectations. Spent most of the tour above ground. Tour guide soft spoken and not very knowledgeable. Boring tour.

The tour is a not a must see :-(

Domohina_D, Jul 2018

The tour started late because of the guide (15' late while tour is supposed to be like an hour long or so). The guide didn't really answer to questions and take care of some american tourists of the group in a self-serving way ? Must see because the underground network is famous but the tour is really not ! Disappointing.

Great tour guide! Beautiful City and...

Kenneth J, Mar 2018

Great tour guide! Beautiful City and new we know more about it!

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable...

James T, Oct 2017

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and really knows and is proud of this great city. Would recommend to all.

Extremely interesting to see the...

Debi W, Jun 2017

Extremely interesting to see the underground - thought we could do it ourselves, however, getting the tour guides info was very helpful in knowing the how's and why's. We loved this tour...

This tour involved a lot of walking...

Timothy R, May 2017

This tour involved a lot of walking, and mostly just showed some underground malls. If you have another option, I would take it.

This is a walking tour of malls. We...

Heather D, Oct 2016

This is a walking tour of malls. We were expecting more interesting sights and insights into the history of the city and its people. We didn't a tour guide to shoe us basis malls, though they are underground.

Since this was NOT the tour I ended up...

Linnea, Sep 2016

Since this was NOT the tour I ended up doing I cannot rate it correctly. HOWEVER, the walking tour of Old Town Montreal that I was suggested in it's place was lovely

The tour guide was very good. It was...

Rosemsry S, Jan 2016

The tour guide was very good. It was really interesting to tour Montreal in this way. I couldn't believe, when we arrived on the train that we were in the Underground. I didn't know this until we took the tour that day. I rate this 5 stars.

The guide was very good. The tour is...

Lionap, Jan 2016

The guide was very good. The tour is important for first time in montreal

We had an excellent, informative and...

Sharon L, Nov 2015

We had an excellent, informative and interesting guide. Highly enjoyed this tour and a different perspective on Montreal.

Extremely interesting. We were...

Michael B, Oct 2015

Extremely interesting. We were completely unaware of the Montreal Underground so everything was new for us. Very competent and knowledgeable guide.

Small group, guide was very good highly...

Ricardo R, Oct 2015

Small group, guide was very good highly recommended

The most important thing about our...

Jerry G, Oct 2015

The most important thing about our Montreal Walking Tour was our guide. She was knowledgeable about Montreal's past and present she adjusted the tour as needed to accommodate our group, whether we were interested more in one thing or another, whether we needed more rest stops or were raring to go. She was open and friendly, so we asked all kinds of questions and she happily answered. Her sense of humor helped us all to relax and get to know each other more easily. She gave us more time because we were all having so much fun - so she didn't go strictly by the clock but accommodated our interests and walking speed in order to get as much information as possible into our tour. I would definitely enjoy another tour by the same guide. And I will definitely pass the word about the Montreal Walking Tour to all my friends. Definitely 5 stars!

We thought it would be more the history...

Shirasp, Aug 2015

We thought it would be more the history of the tunnels, maybe some behind the scenes. In the end we just walked through a large part of the mall. To be fair, we were able to navigate on our own later on, but it was not really what we were expecting.

While the tour guide was very nice, the...

Nina L, Aug 2015

While the tour guide was very nice, the tour was terrible. It was basically a tour of malls. An hour and a half of walking through malls. Who wants to walk around five malls and not stop in one store? They also pointed out two business buildings above the malls. This was a waste of time and money.

This was a very unique tour. The guide...

Jessica M, May 2015

This was a very unique tour. The guide was very knowledgeable and we would have never known about or been able to navigate the underground city with out this tour. We even braved it 2 days later and were able to travel via the pathways from place de armes to the Canadiens arena. Very worthwhile tour.