Cruising along the beautiful city of Montreal with the baby in tow! Keep reading to find out our recommended spots in Montreal, Quebec
For July 4th weekend, we celebrated the United State’s independence day in Canada! Very patriotic of us right? The ticket prices were good for that weekend, its a place that was a quick flight (which was very important for our 1st flight with the baby), its been on our radar for quite while! It was my birthday weekend so gotta celebrate it big and having a baby doesn’t mean you have to stop going places!
It was my first time to Montreal and I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from the largest French speaking province in Canada. It was super charming and there was no language barrier issues as most residents were bilingual. Old Montreal was super cute, cobblestone roads, with a little bit of a European feel.
We stayed at a Airbnb, which I highly recommend. It was super cute, stylishly decorated, in a great location with easy access to many places in Montreal. We had a car so we were able to get to all major destinations within 10 minutes. I love Airbnbs because you are able to interact with a local and get their recommendations on restaurants and the hosts are generally super helpful with anything you need.
I’m all for doing things on the go on vacation, but I usually make a comprehensive itinerary on what there is to do in each new city we visit just to have an idea of what we can choose from especially when you don’t have internet access abroad!
Things to Do:
- Old Montreal – explore the restaurants, shops
- Notre Dame Basilica
- Located in Old Montreal
- Hours: 8:00AM-4:00PM
- $5 admission with free 20 min guided tour
- Old Port of Montreal
- IMAX cinema at Science Centre, clock tower, Montreal science center, open air rink
- Address: De la Commune West, Montreal
- Chinatown
- Check out Dragon Beard Candy, have some bubble tea (boba) & dumplings
- Address: St. Laurent Blvd, Montreal
- Mont Royal
- Address: 1260n Chemin Remembrance
- Parking meters located at view point
- Great view of the city
- Rue Ste.-Catherine: shopping, restaurants, bars, mainly pedestrian only streets; close to McGill Univ and Underground Shopping Centre, close to Musee d’Art Contemporain (185 rue ste-catherine quest)
- Rue St. Denis: explore restaurants and shops
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Jean-Talon Market: 7075 Casgrain Ave, Montreal (Little Italy)Farmer’s Market, Open 7AM-6PM, underground parking
- Underground City 4 levels of underground connections, mall
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Cathedral of Marie-Reine-Du-Monde: 1085 de la Catherdrale, Montreal
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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts [CLOSED MONDAYS] 1380 Sherbrook West, Montreal (downtown)
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Montreal Botanical Gardens/Biodome: $20.00-2-3 hours, park on side streets and walk or easy metro access
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Olympic Park: 4545 Pierre-de-Coubertin, Montreal
Notre Dame Basilica
How gorgeous is this basilica inside?
Cooper checking out the Old Port of Montreal
More of the Old Port
Jazz Festival going during 4th of July Weekend
Checking out Mont Royal
On our way to Schwartz Deli, Mont-Royal Plateau area around St. Laurent…. so many really cool graffiti art walls in the area
Hope you enjoyed these photos! Please let me know how you liked Montreal if you have ever been or if you have any questions for me. Read my favorite Montreal eats next!
Love,
Julie
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17 Comments
Love this post and really love that you’re taking your baby in tow! Even more awesome you celebrated Independence Day in Canada haha! Montreal is on our list and will have to come back to this post so we can plan exactly what we want to do. Safe travels to all three of you! 🙂
April 6, 2016 at 7:25 PMAw, thanks for the kind comment! 🙂
May 9, 2016 at 8:35 AMI really want to visit Canada! Montreal looks gorgeous and your baby is too cute. He looks so calm too, like a good little traveler!
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April 23, 2016 at 1:56 AMAww thank you so much!! We hope he will stay a good traveler! haha
May 9, 2016 at 8:35 AMSuccessful first trip with baby – well done! Montreal looks amazing, love the pics.
August 8, 2016 at 6:41 PMWow Montreal looks beautiful
August 8, 2016 at 7:52 PMMontreal looks fabulous – so much colour and variety of things to do!
August 9, 2016 at 9:40 AMWe really enjoy visiting Montreal especially on long weekends. It is like getting a taste of Europe without having to leave North America. Looks like you had a blast.
August 13, 2016 at 7:54 AMI love love love Montreal! We went there a couple of years ago with our tow kids and had a fabulous time: we keep saying that is we were to move across the ocean, we would go to Montreal!!
August 16, 2016 at 9:50 AMI’ve heard amazing things about Montreal and I’d love to visit! So wonderful that you took your baby around – he looks so adorable and his post-nap hair is hilarious! <3
March 8, 2017 at 3:34 AMCooper is adorable! I keep hearing more and more great things about Montreal. I think I need to plan a trip. The Jazz Festival looks fun.
March 8, 2017 at 4:19 AMI’ve never been to Montreal but have heard such wonderful things! Your photos make me want to go soon! Love that you list out all the things to do with links and prices. So handy! Great post. I’ll have to look at plane tickets 🙂
March 8, 2017 at 11:35 AMWe went Mexico for election day so we can understand leaving America for the 4th of July. We didn’t even know Trump was elected until the monologue of the nightly stand up act. I bet that was a great time to be in the city too. Just getting warm and active. I haven’t been to Montreal but the Biodome is high on my list. It seems like you can visit every ecosystem in Canada in one stop.
March 10, 2017 at 2:27 PMI’ve never been (I don’t think), but I do have family there! I need to explore more of Canada!! Also, the basilica is GORGEOUS! The ceilings look so high, which adds to how beautiful and grand it looks
March 11, 2017 at 3:29 PMMontreal is so fun and so different from the rest of Canada! You’ve got a great list going on and I haven’t been to half of those places! Haha I also love how you take pictures of Cooper at all the attractions 😛 Something to show him when he grows up!
March 12, 2017 at 12:50 AMI’ve heard so many great things of Montreal! Looks like there’s no shortage of things to do there. I really gotta make it out to the east coast soon!
March 12, 2017 at 7:37 PMI never have visited Montreal, but these fun-loving pics make me wanna go as soon as! I only recently found out about the basilica. I’m left completely breathless looking at the photos wow!
March 19, 2017 at 9:02 AM