Visit Vieux-Port, where buskers, artists and cafés line the cobblestoned ways. La Balade offers guided tram tours ($5 for 50 minutes); quadricycle and paddleboat rentals combine exercise with sightseeing ($6 for 30 minutes).
Shop along rue St-Catherine, a street laden with international designers and chainlets. Browse labels like Louis Vuitton and Burberry at Ogilvy, the Montreal-exclusive department store (1307 rue St-Catherine Ouest).
Dine on the city’s unique culinary staples, including smoked meat (think pastrami) and poutine—fries doused in gravy and curds—at the famed Schwartz’s (3895 rue St-Laurent) or La Banquise (994 rue Rachel Est).
Listen to the intoxicating sounds of jazz reverberating throughout the artsy Quartier Latin, which attracts locals as well as visitors.
Explore the thousands of fascinating plant and bug species at the exquisite Montréal Botanical Garden and its creepy-crawly Insectar-ium (4101 rue Sherbrooke Est).
