Montréal is truly an experience: old world charm, French joie de vivre and a modern style all its own. Montréal is a playground for all sorts of adventures, with a diverse range of sports and open-air activities for everyone. Furthermore, Montréal hosts over 40 festivals ranging from the traditional to the wildly avant-garde. Discover everyone and everything behind the cuisine that’s melted the hearts of food lovers far and wide.

A masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture, Notre-Dame Basilica was built between 1824 and 1829. The magnificent interior decor, in sculpted wood, paint and gold leaf and the boldly modern design of the Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur Chapel captivate hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Paintings, sculptures and stained-glass windows illustrate biblical passages as well as three-and-a-half centuries of parish history of Montréal society. More about the Notre-Dame Basilica

Laughter, humour and fantasy finally have a place of their own! The Just For Laughs Museum is the first of its kind in the world. The Just for Laughs Museum is both a venue for thematic exhibitions and a media documentation centre that contributes to promoting, researching and disseminating information on the phenomena of laughter, humour and fantasy. It celebrates these aspects of the human condition with a playful approach that appeals to a diverse audience, in particular children of all ages. More about the Just for Laughs Museum

Since it opened in 1992, Pointe-à-Callière has managed the archaeological collections of the City of Montréal. Tangible witnesses of the past and changing lifestyles, keys to memory, the Museum's collections are an invaluable resource for research, outreach and educational activities. Its archaeological collections make Pointe-à-Callière an unparalleled location for conserving and interpreting the traces of our city's past. The Museum's reserve-laboratory holds over one million objects and fragments, artifacts and ecofacts. More about the Museum Pointe-a-Calliere

With its collection of 22,000 plant species and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses, some thirty thematic gardens, and teams of researchers and activities staff, the Montréal Botanical Garden ranks as one of the world's largest and most spectacular botanical gardens. No matter what the season, visitors to the Montréal Botanical Garden are sure to be captivated by the colors and fragrances from around the world as they wander from the delightful Chinese Garden to the heart of the Sonoran desert, from the peaceful oasis of the Japanese Garden to the classically designed French garden or the woodlands of the Laurentians. More about the Botanical Garden

Come enjoy an enchanting evening at one of Montreal's most vibrant attractions! Musical revues, recitals, galas, special events and more - year-round acitivities and entertainment galore! In step with Montreal's distinction as a haven of fine gastronomy, the Casino's four restaurants offer a highly varied and delectable bill of fare - from classic gourmet, to the simply delicious. More about the Casino de Montreal

Want to enjoy summer to the hilt, have fun, experience new things, make new discoveries? Plan a day off at the Old Port of Montréal! Located between the St. Lawrence River and Old Montréal, the Old Port promises the best vacation getaway in town, with a host of sports, cultural and recreational activities for the entire family! From extreme adventure to family fun, exploration and discoveries of every sort… the Old Port has it all! More about the Old Port of Montreal

One of the city's best known large venues, this concert barn has played host to everything from Just For Laughs Festival shows, to Nuits d'Afrique events, to Éric Lapointe and the biggest names in Quebec rock, to Maxi Priest and Robbie Williams. Fully licensed and decked out in a colourfully eclectic decor, it also hosts weekly cover bands: Satisfaction plays the Stones, and Trick of the Tail covers Genesis, just to name two. Many a night out in the Latin Quarter has begun within. More about the Medley

This Paris-style river boat is a great way to see sights like Old Montréal, which dates back to 1642, or the turbulent St. Mary's Current, which stopped the first European explorers almost 400 years ago. You will also see Ile Notre-Dame, the man-made island that's home to Canada's only Formula 1 race track, the 20-story Biosphere, designed by Buckminster Fuller for Expo 67, and the St. Lawrence River Islands, havens for migrating birds. There is so much to discover! More about the Bateau-Mouche - Experience Montreal in a different way

One of the first museums in North America to amass an encyclopedic collection worthy of the name, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has, over the past 142 years, has built up a collection of over 30,000 objects - painting, sculpture, works on paper, prints and drawings, photographs and decorative art objects - from Antiquity to today. Year after year, the Museum continues to acquire new works to enrich its collections of Ancient Cultures, European Art, Canadian Art, Inuit and Amerindian Art, Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts. More about the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts