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Montreal City Sightseeing Tour with Live Commentary

Montreal, Canada

3 hours 30 minutes
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Experience an overview of Montreal on this guided sightseeing tour of the city. Visit many of Montreal’s top attractions and historical sites like Notre-Dame Basilica, Chinatown, Mount Royal Park, Olympic Stadium, Saint Joseph's Oratory, Old Port, and Old Montreal, to name a few. Hop aboard a comfortable motor coach and get to know the largest city in Quebec province, with live commentary from a professional tour conductor. Montreal hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Sightseeing tour of Montreal aboard a comfortable coach
Admire famous sites such as Old Montreal, Notre-Dame Basilica, and St. Joseph's Oratory
Soak up the quaint French atmosphere and enjoy live commentary from your knowledgeable guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off included

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

See more than you could on foot on this bus tour with easy hotel pickup.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Professional guide
Live commentary
Local taxes

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

1001 Rue du Square Dorchester, Montréal, QC H3B 1N1, Canada
We are located inside the Information Center on the right hand side.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Get to know the city of Montreal, Quebec and its top attractions on this entertaining and educational guided tour. The tour begins with a downtown Montreal hotel pickup, or meet the guide and the rest of the tour group in the city.

Climb aboard a comfortable motor coach and enjoy the view of the city with a live commentary of interesting facts and stories from an expert guide who knows this historic city inside and out. Learn about the past, present, and future of Montreal, the largest city in Quebec, as the coach rolls along from one location to the next.

Enjoy a journey through time in Old Montréal, located between the St. Lawrence Seaway and the downtown skyscrapers. Founded in 1642, this old town is one of the most popular attractions for visitors and locals alike. It’s also the home of the Notre-Dame-Basilica, widely recognized as one of the most impressive landmarks in the world. The original stained-glass windows here paint a story of Montréal’s religious history.

There’s also Olympic Stadium, created for the Summer Olympic Games in 1976. This architectural masterpiece features the tallest inclined tower in the world at 539 feet (165 meters). Mount Royal Park offers an impressive view of the city from its lookout location and St. Joseph’s Oratory is the largest Italian Renaissance-style basilica in Canada.

Other points of interest include Chinatown, Old Port, Bonsecours Market Building, Place Jacques Cartier, City Hall, Place Ville-Marie, and much more.

It truly is a fun and fast way to get to know the city of Montreal and the many amazing attractions it offers.

Old Montreal

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Old Port of Montreal

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Notre-Dame Basilica (Pass By)

Olympic Park (Parc olympique)

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Mount Royal Park

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bonsecours Market (Marche Bonsecours) (Pass By)

Place Jacques-Cartier (Pass By)

Place Ville-Marie (Pass By)

Chinatown (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Tours are offered in French and English with a professional bilingual guide
Near public transportation

Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 52 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.

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The views!

shaddaymedina46, May 2024

The tour was great to see the highlights of Montreal if you are short on time. Good tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable. Thanks!

Great overview and tour of the city!

Karen_B, May 2024

We enjoyed the lookout at Mount Royal Park and Old Montreal. We went Monday morning 4/29/24 and our tour guide was awesome!

You can do much better...

Andrew_L, Apr 2024

This was honestly one of the worst tours I've taken in a while and definitely wouldn't recommend if you're visiting Montreal with limited time. First off, we were delayed and sitting in the bus for 30 minutes to "warm up the engine." Granted, it was snowing that day, but also given that they knew we were coming, this felt like something that could've been handled earlier. While we were waiting, the bus driver decided to come over and talk to everyone. That would have been fine if he had just asked us normal questions, but my group is a group of 5 Asian guys and when we proceeded to tell him that we came from California, he pestered us with "No, but where are you really from?" After which we responded that our parents immigrated from other countries, he tried to say the most simplistic words in those languages, didn't pronounce them correctly, and then told us that we were the ones who didn't understand the language. Okay... Finally, on the road after 30 minutes and the tour was, just passable. The actual tour guide was fine. Nothing exceptional and his jokes weren't great. When it's a "tough crowd" from a 75% capacity bus at least 5-6 times throughout the tour, then maybe there's something missing. The tour itself was fine. We passed by a few attractions but most of it was merely a pass by on bus. The worst part of the tour was our bus getting stuck in traffic, having the tour guide hand the mic over to the driver, and having him rant for 20 minutes about how to not use the card readers in restaurants to tip because it adds 15% on top of tax instead of asking the server to add it manually. It was a lot. The final stop on the tour was supposed to be a view of Montreal from Mount Royal, but in all honesty, it was really underwhelming. It was a viewpoint from the east side, so although you got to see the Olympic Stadium, there was no view of downtown at all. There is a much better viewpoint that's a free hike with a skyline view. The final straw for us, however, was that as we were exiting the bus for this viewpoint, the bus driver looked at one of our friends and muttered a random Japanese brand to him. There was no conversation, no indication...just if to make it even more apparent that we were different because at no point did he say anything else to the non-ethnic people on the bus. It was like something straight out of a Scary Movie and just so unnecessary. Besides the bus not completely breaking down, this tour was honestly just a waste of time. We waited, felt called out, sat in traffic, and got a few minute glimpses of some attractions. Honestly, take the money and get a rideshare to these attractions instead...

Thumbs Up!

Dawn_P, Apr 2024

I absolutely loved riding around the different provinces of Montreal. The old, new, upcoming and historic sites broaden my view of Montreal. The Commentator was interesting and funny. I loved he interacted with the bus driver. What a comical pair! I am pleased with the service that was provided.

It was a small group of...

Doretha_H, Apr 2024

It was a small group of us. Both the driver and tour guide kept us entertain and laughing. Wish it we would have spent more time in Old Town and passed by Notre Dame.

Our guide was very...

Bonnie_G, Apr 2024

Our guide was very knowledgeable as well as humorous. We had opportunities to get out of the bus and take pictures.

Quick overview of the...

Aruna_V, Apr 2024

Quick overview of the city. Andre was efficient and kept us on time. Good tour. Driver was also good

ENTERTAINING

Roshini_D, Apr 2024

Andre and Angelo were very entertaining I would highly recommend this tour. They were very funny 😁 👍

Go elsewhere

JOEL_K, Apr 2024

Crowded bus with questionable site selection. We should have booked a private tour. Too many groundhog sightings and discussions of local liquor habits.

Montreal isnt that interesting

wegetup66, Apr 2024

Tour was ok because Montreal is just ok compared to Quebec City. In my humble opinion. The driver and tour guide were courteous and knowledgable.

Great tour

Peggy_G, Apr 2024

Great tour guide and driver. Had a few great laughs. It was well worth it. Would recommend to everyone.

Confusing Ticketing Process. Beware!

David_C, Apr 2024

I booked online & received what I thought was a barcode ticket to show to the driver, much like booking any bus journey. I presented my phone to the driver who told me I needed a paper ticket & should go to the Gray Line ticket office. I did so and was told by the ticketing clerk that she had my details & I didn't need a ticket. I walked back to the bus & told the Gray Line receptionist what I had been told. He didn't believe me & called the office to check my story. He was told by the person in the office that I was correct & he apologised to me. On boarding the bus the driver asked me for my paper ticket! I am an ancient person and can do without an unnecessary walk & 3 Gray Line personnel telling me different stories. In addition, there is nothing on their website to explain the requirement & process of converting your eticket to a paper one. The tour itself was fantastic and André's in-depth knowledge of his home city was wonderfully interesting.

The tour was not as...

Ranajit_M, Mar 2024

The tour was not as advertised. There were NO thirty minute stops as in description. One stop for food at the end Passed mostly non descriptive places Very disappointed

Good tour

Janine_J, Mar 2024

Interesting tour. Good overview of the city. Learned a lot about the points of interest. Comfortable bus.

Snow day

Josephine_H, Mar 2024

So it snowed in Montreal that morning there were certain parts of the tour that were not accessible as roads were closed. There was also a funeral for a former prime minister of Canada occurring in old Montreal so that part of the tour was also skipped. Not to the fault of the tour guide for sure who was excellent and funny and knowledgeable. I think it was just an unfortunate day for a tour. I would try this company again under different circumstances.

An engaging guide (Louis)...

Terry_C, Mar 2024

An engaging guide (Louis) who gives an interesting and palatable run down of the key sights and stories of Montreal.

A great overview of the city from a warm bus

Adrian_K, Mar 2024

A very knowledgeable guide led our tour providing interesting and relevant information about the Old Montreal, Downtown and Plateau. We saw all of the major landmarks allowing us to have a reference point to return to. The bus was clean and modern and very comfortable.

Well worth the money

garylabella, Mar 2024

Both the guide and driver were tremendous in every way. We really enjoyed the tour immensely because of them.

Great 3 hour tour!

Sarah_L, Mar 2024

It was a great 3 hour trip during which we got a great overview of the city. Our tour guide, Andre, was funny and entertaining and very knowledgable. Highly recommend for an overview of Montreal when you don't have a lot of time (we were only there for a couple of days.)

Excellent Experience

Kars_T, Feb 2024

The market/lunch! We loved Bridget! She was so knowledgeable! Thank you! Seeing all the different areas was very interesting!

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