Montreal General Tips by GUYON

Favorite Thing: Get a map of the city.
Here is the city center.

Fondest Memory: Montreal is divided East - West by the rue Saint Laurent.
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Favorite Thing: Basilique Notre Dame 424 Rue Saint Sulpice or 110 rue Notre Dame - Montreal QC. (514).842.2925.
Metro : Place d'Armes -
Price : 2$CND -
Open 7AM to 8PM in Summer.

Fondest Memory: Built in 1824 - 1829 by James O'Donnel, an Irish architect who converted to the catholicism to be burried under his work.
A Frenchman, Henri Bouriché, created the sculptures of the altar.
He drew his inspiration from the Sainte Chapelle in Paris (to compare, see my travelogue about this monument on my Paris Page).
The organ is famous because it has 4 manuals (keyboards), 97 stops and 7000 pipes.
The stained glass are recent (1929).

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Favorite Thing: Notre Dame (one more time. It is so beautiful).
A funny thing : there is a Joan of Arc's statue in the church.
A message to the English Canadians ?

Fondest Memory: There are daily guided tour in English and in French between 9AM to 4PM. They last 20 mn.

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Favorite Thing: Have a look on the city from the Mont Royal. To go there : take the metro until Guy - Concordia then the bus (several lines).

Fondest Memory: The park is very large and you have to climb by stairs to reach the belvedere.
Behind the belvedere, there is the Chalet, a nice 19° Century building.

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