Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal is defined by a colossal copper dome that rises high above the northern slope of the mountain. As the largest church in Canada, it stands as a prominent landmark visible from across the city, its…
The Best of Montreal
This route highlights Montreal’s most iconic landmarks, from mountaintop views to world-class museums and historic sites. It is the definitive introduction to the city's unique cultural and architectural landscape.
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1. Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
2. Kondiaronk Belvedere
The Kondiaronk Belvedere is a large, semi-circular stone terrace that acts as the primary viewing platform on the southern slope of Mount Royal. It was built in nineteen oh six to serve as the centerpiece of a panoramic vista envisioned by…
3. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts spans five distinct pavilions along Sherbrooke Street West, recognizable by the mix of its original nineteen-twelve neoclassical stone facade and the modern, glass-fronted structures added over the…
4. Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
The green copper dome of the Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral rises above the downtown skyline, a distinct architectural echo of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Completed in eighteen ninety-four, this cathedral was built to replace the…
5. Place des Arts
Place des Arts is defined by the rigid, geometric stacks of concrete panels that cover its theatre buildings, a signature of the Brutalist style chosen for the site in the nineteen-sixties. Conceived in nineteen-fifty-five by a group of…
6. La Grande Roue de Montréal
The sixty-meter-tall Ferris wheel in the Old Port of Montreal rises as the highest observation wheel in Canada. It operates throughout the entire year, rotating visitors through forty-two climate-controlled gondolas equipped with tempered,…
7. The Biosphere, Environment Museum
The Biosphere is a massive, open-air geodesic dome rising seventy-six meters in diameter on Saint Helen’s Island. Designed by architect Buckminster Fuller for the nineteen sixty-seven World Exposition, the structure is composed of an…
8. Jean Talon Market
The Jean Talon Market is a vast, square-shaped expanse filled with open-air aisles and permanent specialty shops, easily identified by the bustling crowds gathered around its central building, known as the chalet. Inaugurated in nineteen…
9. Jardin botanique de Montréal
The Jardin botanique de Montréal spans seventy-five hectares and is defined by its administrative pavilion, an H-shaped building constructed between nineteen thirty-two and nineteen thirty-eight in the Beaux-Arts and Art Deco styles. Its…