1, 2 & 3 Day Montreal Itineraries

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Day 1: Old Montreal & the Waterfront

Morning (09:00 - 09:45)

Notre-Dame Basilica, 110 Notre-Dame St W, Montreal, QC, Canada

Start on Place d'Armes at the basilica's blue, gold, and silver-starred sanctuary — confirmed not part of the Montreal Museums Pass, so budget for its own $16 daytime ticket.

Tickets: $16 adult daytime Sightseeing Visit, no reservation required during regular hours (Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, Sun 12:30pm-4pm); not included on the Montreal Museums Pass.

Duration: ~30 - 45 min

Late morning (10:00 - 12:00)

Pointe-à-Callière, 350 Place Royale, Montreal, QC, Canada

Walk a few minutes to Place Royale for Montreal's archaeology museum, built directly over the city's 1642 founding site, including its underground archaeological crypt.

Tickets: $30 adult ticket, confirmed included with the Montreal Museums Pass (one visit per card).

Duration: ~1.5 - 2 h

Travel: ~5 min walk from Notre-Dame Basilica

Afternoon (12:15 onward)

Old Port of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Finish with a free walk along the waterfront promenade — pass the Clock Tower and, if you'd like an extra paid activity, the Grande Roue de Montréal observation wheel.

Tickets: Free entry to the waterfront itself, open 6am-midnight; only specific activities inside (the Big Wheel, river cruises) are separately ticketed.

Duration: ~1.5 - 2.5 h, self-paced

Travel: ~5 - 10 min walk downhill from Pointe-à-Callière

Route Map — Day 1

📍 Pinned landmarks on map:

1. Notre-Dame Basilica 2. Pointe-à-Callière 3. Old Port of Montreal

💡 Practical Tips & Recommendations

• Notre-Dame Basilica is not on the Montreal Museums Pass — budget for its ticket separately from any museum-pass day.
• Pointe-à-Callière is confirmed included on the Montreal Museums Pass — one visit per card.
• The Old Port waterfront itself needs no ticket or pass at all; only specific activities inside it are paid.

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Day 2: Downtown Art on Sherbrooke Street

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Morning (10:00 - 13:30)

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC, Canada

Spend the morning and early afternoon across the MMFA's interconnected pavilions — Canada's largest art museum by collection size — confirmed included on the Montreal Museums Pass.

Tickets: $32 adult ticket at the door ($30 online), confirmed included with the Montreal Museums Pass (one visit per card); closed Mondays.

Duration: ~2.5 - 3.5 h

Afternoon (14:00 - 16:00)

McCord Stewart Museum, 690 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC, Canada

Walk east along Sherbrooke Street to this history museum on Montreal life past and present — another confirmed Musées Montréal participating museum, making it a natural pass-covered pairing with the MMFA on the same street.

Tickets: Confirmed on Musées Montréal's own participating-museum directory; check the museum's own site for its current individual ticket price before visiting without a pass.

Duration: ~1.5 - 2 h

Travel: ~10 - 15 min walk east on Sherbrooke Street from the MMFA

Route Map — Day 2

📍 Pinned landmarks on map:

1. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 2. McCord Stewart Museum

💡 Practical Tips & Recommendations

• Both stops today are on or just off Sherbrooke Street, an easy walk apart — no transit needed.
• The Montreal Museums Pass grants one visit per museum, so using it on both stops in the same day makes efficient use of an Excursion Card's 3-day window.
• The MMFA is closed on Mondays — plan this day for another weekday or a weekend instead.

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Day 3: Olympic Park & Space for Life

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Morning (09:30 - 11:30)

Biodôme de Montréal, 4777 Pierre-De Coubertin Ave, Montreal, QC, Canada

Spend the morning walking through the Biodôme's four reconstructed ecosystems of the Americas, from tropical rainforest to the Sub-Antarctic islands penguin colony, inside the former 1976 Olympic velodrome.

Tickets: $25.50 adult ticket (regular rate), confirmed included with the Montreal Museums Pass (one visit per card); Espace pour la vie recommends booking a timed ticket online in advance.

Duration: ~1.5 - 2.5 h

Midday (11:45 - 12:30)

Olympic Stadium, 4545 Pierre-De Coubertin Ave, Montreal, QC, Canada

Step outside to see Montreal's 1976 Olympic Stadium and its distinctive leaning tower, right next to the Biodôme — a free-to-view exterior landmark if you're not booking its separate observation-deck ticket.

Tickets: Free to view from outside; the Tower's observation deck is a separate ticketed activity not modelled in this guide — check the Olympic Park's own site for current pricing before assuming any pass covers it.

Duration: ~30 - 45 min (exterior); longer if booking the tower

Travel: ~5 min walk from the Biodôme, within the same Olympic Park complex

Route Map — Day 3

📍 Pinned landmarks on map:

1. Biodôme de Montréal 2. Olympic Stadium

💡 Practical Tips & Recommendations

• The Biodôme is confirmed included on the Montreal Museums Pass — one visit per card.
• Espace pour la vie's other Space for Life sites (Biosphère, Insectarium, Jardin botanique, Planétarium) are also confirmed Musées Montréal members, if you want to extend this into a full Space for Life day.
• The Olympic Stadium Tower's observation deck is not modelled in this guide — treat any pass coverage for it as unconfirmed until you check directly.

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1, 2 & 3 Day Montreal Itineraries

Day 1: Old Montreal & the Waterfront

Notre-Dame Basilica, 110 Notre-Dame St W, Montreal, QC, Canada

Pointe-à-Callière, 350 Place Royale, Montreal, QC, Canada

Old Port of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

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Day 2: Downtown Art on Sherbrooke Street

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC, Canada

McCord Stewart Museum, 690 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC, Canada

💡 Practical Tips & Recommendations

Day 3: Olympic Park & Space for Life

Biodôme de Montréal, 4777 Pierre-De Coubertin Ave, Montreal, QC, Canada

Olympic Stadium, 4545 Pierre-De Coubertin Ave, Montreal, QC, Canada

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