Audio tour · Canada

Montreal

A self-guided audio walking tour of Montreal.

Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, Montreal has always been a collision point of cultures. From its early days as a French settlement, the city grew into a major commercial center, hosting the 1967 International Exposition and the 1976 Summer Olympics. Today, it remains a powerhouse of arts and industry, claiming titles like UNESCO City of Design. Explore a place where the rhythm of the Canadiens' 24 Stanley Cups meets the global stage of the Montreal Jazz Festival. In the app, 100 stops in Montreal are narrated aloud, about 2h 50m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.

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What you'll hear in Montreal

The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.

Montreal Biosphere. Look up at this massive geodesic dome.
Saint Joseph's Oratory. You are standing in front of Canada's largest church, and its scale is immediately apparent.
Montreal Biodome. You might be looking at a very modern natural history museum, but its history is much older.
Windsor Station. Take a moment to look at this building.
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral. Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral.
Jarry Park Stadium. The Expos were Major League Baseball's first Canadian franchise.

All 100 stops in Montreal

Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route.

Skyscraper (24)

1250 René-Lévesque
Place Ville Marie
Sun Life Building
1000 de La Gauchetière
Tour de la Bourse
Château Champlain
Aldred Building
Alexis Nihon Complex
Tour des Canadiens
Royal Bank Tower (Montreal)
1501 McGill College
CIBC Tower
Maison de Radio-Canada
800 Saint-Jacques Street West
Le Centre Sheraton Hotel
L'Avenue
Le Port-Royal Apartments
1000 Sherbrooke West
500 Place D'Armes
Palais de justice (Montreal)
Telus Tower (Montreal)
Victoria sur le Parc
Hydro-Québec Building
E-Commerce Place

Landmark (22)

Montreal Biosphere
Montreal Biodome
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Fort Ville-Marie
Place Bonaventure
Atwater Market
Les Foufounes Électriques
St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal
Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal)
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal Aquarium
Le Château Apartments
George Stephen House
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Peck Building
Crystal Palace (Montreal)
Saint Helen Island Fort
Montreal Symphony House
Victoria Memorial (Montreal)
Fort de la Montagne
Bâtiment 7 (Montreal)

Square (11)

Place d'Armes
Place Jacques-Cartier
Dorchester Square
Victoria Square, Montreal
Saint-Louis Square
Phillips Square
Place du Canada
Cabot Square, Montreal
Place d'Youville
Place Émilie-Gamelin
Place Jean-Paul Riopelle

Religious (11)

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
St. James United Church (Montreal)
Notre-Dame Church (Montreal)
Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom
Church of St. Michael and St. Anthony
St. George's Anglican Church (Montreal)
Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul
Saint-Jacques Cathedral (Montreal)
Church of St. John the Evangelist (Montreal)
Church of the Gesù (Montreal)

Stadium (9)

Jarry Park Stadium
Verdun Auditorium
Autostade
CEPSUM
Maurice Richard Arena
Montreal Olympic pool
Paul Sauvé Arena
Centre Étienne Desmarteau
McConnell Arena

Park (6)

Jean-Drapeau Park
Tam-Tams
McTavish reservoir
Frédéric-Back Park
Des Rapides Park
Westmount Park

Museum (4)

Saint Joseph's Oratory
Château Ramezay
Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Just for Laughs Museum

Monument (4)

Maisonneuve Monument
Macdonald Monument
Irish Commemorative Stone
Roddick Gates

Theatre (4)

Empress Theatre (Montreal)
Théâtre Saint-Denis
Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Théâtre Fairmount

Historic (3)

Windsor Station (Montreal)
Hochelaga (village)
St. Anne's Market

Bridge (1)

Samuel-De Champlain Bridge

Tower (1)

Monument-National

Walking routes in Montreal

Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.

Île Sainte-Hélène and the Old Port Frontier. A sweep from the glassy Biosphere dome across Jean-Drapeau Park and the old fort to the cobblestones of Place Jacques-Cartier (8 stops)
The Oratory and Westmount's Living Rooms. From the great dome of Saint Joseph's Oratory down through Côte-des-Neiges into leafy Westmount, where community theatres, synagogues, and parkland share the same quiet streets (7 stops)
Olympic East and the Spirit of Hochelaga. The Biodome, the Olympic pool, and a string of legendary arenas mark this east-end route through the neighbourhood where Montreal's sporting soul still burns (8 stops)
Cathedrals, Castles, and the Heart of Downtown. A compact downtown loop linking Windsor Station's sandstone arches to the soaring spire of Mary Queen of the World and the sleek towers that rose up around them (8 stops)
Jarry, Fairmount, and the Green North. An unhurried journey from the old Jarry Park Stadium through a storied performance hall to the wide meadows of Frédéric-Back Park (3 stops)
The Golden Square Mile and McGill's Gates. Stroll the grandest stretch of Sherbrooke Street past the Museum of Fine Arts, Victorian mansions, and the storied Roddick Gates into the McGill campus (8 stops)