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Old Montreal on Foot: From Place d'Armes to the Clock Tower

A compact half-day through the city's founding streets: the Notre-Dame Basilica, the ruins under Pointe-à-Callière, cobbled Rue Saint-Paul, Place Jacques-Cartier, the sailors' chapel and the river at the Old Port.

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المدة: 1 يوم
المسافة: 3.5 كم
مستوى الصعوبة: سهل
أفضل موسم: May–October, with December a close second for the lights and the snow

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Montreal started here, in 1642, as a fortified mission called Ville-Marie on a point of land where a small river met the St. Lawrence. The whole of Old Montreal fits into well under a square kilometre between Rue McGill and Rue Saint-André, and almost every street in it still follows the lines the French laid down. Walk it slowly and you pass through three and a half centuries in an afternoon: a Gothic Revival church big enough for thousands, the stone foundations of the first settlement, a nineteenth-century market hall that briefly served as a parliament, and the quays where the port did its work until it moved downstream in 1976.

This route is short and flat, which is the point. It runs west to east: from Place d’Armes down to the founding site at Pointe-à-Callière, along the cobbles of Rue Saint-Paul, up and down the slope of Place Jacques-Cartier, past the sailors’ chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, and out onto the Old Port promenade to finish under the Clock Tower. Budget three to four hours if you go inside the basilica and the museum, less than two if you only walk.

Getting there. Start at Place-d’Armes metro station on the orange line; Square-Victoria–OACI (orange) and Champ-de-Mars (orange) also serve the district, and Champ-de-Mars is the easiest station to walk back to at the end. Driving into Old Montreal is not worth it: streets are narrow, some are closed to cars in summer, and parking is scarce and expensive.

Permits & tickets. The streets, squares and Old Port promenade are free. The Notre-Dame Basilica charges admission for visits, and its evening sound-and-light show, AURA, is a separate ticket; both can be booked online. Pointe-à-Callière and the chapel museum are paid. Hours and prices change, so check the official sites before you go.

Good to know:

Notre-Dame is a working church. Visiting hours give way to Masses, weddings and funerals, so check the day’s schedule rather than turning up at a random hour.
Rue Saint-Paul and Place Jacques-Cartier are genuinely cobbled. Wear shoes with real soles, and take extra care in winter, when the stones ice over.
A busy two-way bike path runs along the Old Port side of Rue de la Commune. Look both ways before crossing toward the river.
Old Montreal is French-first. A ‘Bonjour’ as you walk in is the local courtesy, and almost everyone switches happily to English after it.

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يومًا بيوم

اليومالمسافةالصعودالهبوطوقت المشي

اليوم 1 أصعب يومPlace d'Armes to the Clock Tower

المسافة3.5 كمالصعودغير مسجّلالهبوطغير مسجّلوقت المشيغير مسجّل

اليوم 1

Place d'Armes to the Clock Tower

Place-d'Armes metro station ← Clock Tower, Old Port 3.5 كم

التنقّل في هذا اليوم طباعة اليوم

A flat, compact walk from Montreal’s grandest square to the river, following the city’s history from its founding site to its old working port.

مقاطع

Place d'Armes and the Notre-Dame Basilica 0.4 كم خريطة

Place-d'Armes metro station ← Place d'Armes

City sidewalk and paved square

Walk a few minutes south from the station into the square that has been the heart of the old town since the 1690s. The basilica fills its south side: a Gothic Revival church designed by the New York architect James O'Donnell and built in 1824–1829, its twin towers finished decades later. Inside, Victor Bourgeau's deep blue and gold interior and the 1891 Casavant organ, with some 7,000 pipes, explain why it draws millions of visitors a year. The monument in the middle of the square honours Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, the city's founder. Allow about 60 minutes with a visit inside.

عن هذا المكان

The Basilica of Our Lady of Montreal, also known as Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal, is a minor basilica of the Catholic Church in the historic Old Montreal district of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, on the corner of Saint Sulpice Street. It is situated next to the Saint-Sulpice Seminary and faces the Place d'Armes square.
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Down to the founding site at Pointe-à-Callière 0.5 كم خريطة

Place d'Armes ← Pointe-à-Callière Museum

Gently descending city streets

Head downhill toward the river to the spot where Maisonneuve and the first French settlers landed in 1642. Pointe-à-Callière, opened in 1992 for the city's 350th birthday, is built on pilings directly over what it shows: the remains of Fort Ville-Marie, Montreal's first Catholic cemetery and an old collector sewer you can walk through underground. Even if you skip the museum, the square outside is the true starting line of the city. Allow 60 to 90 minutes inside.

عن هذا المكان

Pointe-à-Callière Museum is a museum of archaeology and history in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1992 as part of celebrations to mark Montreal's 350th birthday. The museum has collections of artifacts from the First Nations of the Montreal region that illustrate how various cultures coexisted and interacted, and how the French and British empires influenced the history of this territory over the years. The site of Pointe-à-Callière has been included in Montreal’s Birthplace National Historic Site since its designation in 1924.
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Rue Saint-Paul 0.8 كم خريطة

Pointe-à-Callière Museum ← Place Jacques-Cartier

Cobbled street, uneven in places

Turn east along Montreal's oldest street, laid out in 1672 on the line of a path beside the first fort and named for Maisonneuve. Much of it is still cobbled, lined with grey-stone warehouses turned into galleries, shops and small hotels. It was the city's main street for generations, and at this pace, with the river a block to your right, you can see why. About 20 minutes.

عن هذا المكان

Saint Paul Street is a street in the Old Montreal historic area of Montreal, Quebec.
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Place Jacques-Cartier and City Hall 0.4 كم خريطة

Rue Saint-Paul ← Montreal City Hall

Sloping cobbled square

Climb the long, sloping square that runs from the waterfront up to Rue Notre-Dame. It began as the gardens of an eighteenth-century château and became a market after the château burned in 1803; the column at the top, raised in 1809 for Admiral Nelson, is the city's oldest public monument (the statue on it is now a replica). Across Rue Notre-Dame stands the Second Empire City Hall, rebuilt inside its original walls after a 1922 fire. From its balcony in 1967 Charles de Gaulle called out 'Vive le Québec libre'. About 30 minutes.

عن هذا المكان

Place Jacques-Cartier is a square located in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an entrance to the Old Port of Montreal.
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The sailors' chapel and Bonsecours Market 0.5 كم خريطة

Montreal City Hall ← Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel

City streets and cobbles

Drop back down to Rue Saint-Paul and walk east to the long silver dome of Bonsecours Market, a Neoclassical hall finished in 1847 that was the city's main market for a century, housed the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1849 and later served as city hall. Just past it is the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, founded by Marguerite Bourgeoys in 1655 and rebuilt in 1771, known as the Sailors' Church for the mariners who came to pray here. The small museum inside includes a climb up the tower for a view over the port. About 45 minutes.

عن هذا المكان

Bonsecours Market is a two-story domed public market located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at 350 Rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal. For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849.
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The Old Port to the Clock Tower 0.9 كم خريطة

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel ← Clock Tower, Old Port

Waterfront promenade and quays

Cross Rue de la Commune (watch for the bike path) and walk out along the quays of the Old Port, which stretches for more than two kilometres along the St. Lawrence. Finish at the white Clock Tower on the Quai de l'Horloge, completed in 1922 as a memorial to Canadian sailors lost in the First World War. When it is open to visitors, its 192 steps lead up to views of the Jacques Cartier Bridge and the river. From here, Champ-de-Mars metro is about a 15-minute walk uphill. About 30 minutes.

عن هذا المكان

The Montreal Clock Tower, also known as the Sailor's Memorial Clock, is located in the borough of Ville-Marie and is situated in the Old Port of Montreal. The construction of the tower began in 1919, and was finished in 1922. The Clock Tower is 45 m (148 ft) tall with 192 steps from the bottom to the top of the tower. It has three observation stops along the staircase and the outside walls of the Clock Tower are white in colour. The structure consists of the principal tower as well as a smaller tower that is 12 m (39 ft) and architecturally similar to the main tower. The two towers are connected by a white 13 m (42 ft) curtain wall. The tower consists of four translucent clock faces. These are each 3.7 m (12 ft) in diameter and were designed by the English engineering firm Gillett & Johnston.
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