Walking Tours

Cities best reveal themselves on foot, and Montréal is one of North America's most pedestrian-friendly locales. There's much to see in the concentrated districts -- cobblestoned Vieux-Montréal, downtown and its luxurious "Golden Square Mile," bustling Plateau Mont-Royal, and Mont-Royal itself -- and in this chapter are strolls that will take you to the best of all of them.

Also listed is a destination walk that gets you to Marché Atwater, a large year-round market that provides some of the best antiquing in the city; it's an area to take the way locals do.

The city's layout is mostly straightforward and simple to navigate, and the extensive Métro system gets you to and from neighborhoods with ease.

These strolls will give you a taste of what's best about old and new Montréal, and send you off to discover highlights of your own.