• Old Montreal
  

  
  Old Montreal is a major tourist attraction; with some of its buildings dating to the 17th century, it is one of the oldest urban areas in North America. Architecture and cobbled streets in Old Montreal have been maintained or restored to keep the look of the city in its earliest days as a settlement, and horse-drawn calèches help maintain that image. The old town's riverbank is taken up by the Old Port (Vieux-Port)
  
  

• Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal
  

  
  Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal. Built around 1830, the church's Gothic Revival architecture is among the most dramatic in the world; its interior is grand and colourful, its ceiling is coloured deep blue and decorated with golden stars. It is filled with hundreds of intricate wooden carvings and several religious statues. Unusual for a church, the stained glass windows along the walls of the sanctuary do not depict biblical scenes, but rather scenes from the religious history of Montreal.
  
  

• Old Port of Montreal
  

  
  The Old Port stretches for over2 km along the St-Lawrence River. It was used as early as 1611. It offers riverfront access for walking, cycling, roller-blading, quadricycle, pedalo and Segway rentals. It is also located at the eastern end of the Lachine Canal, which has itself been extensively refurbished as a popular destination for cycling, roller-blading and pleasure boating.
  
  

• Montreal City Hall
  

  
  The five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style.
  
  

• Saint Joseph's Oratory
  

  
  Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on Westmount Summit in Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada's largest church.
  
  

• Mount Royal
  

  
  Mount Royal is a hill overlooking the city. It offers great views of the downtown. It's a park -- there are deep woods all around. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also co-designed New York's Central Park. The lush forest was badly damaged by mayor Drapeau’s morality cuts (to remove any opportunity for people to have sex in the bushes) of the mid-1950s
  
  

• Montreal International Jazz Festival
  

  
  The world's largest jazz festival, this festival is a major international event, attracting many big name artists. Many streets in downtown Montreal are closed off to traffic for two weeks and several concert stages are set up. There are numerous free outdoor shows and indoor concerts
  
  

• Montreal International Fireworks Competition
  

  
  This fantastic festival features full-length fireworks displays, accompanied by orchestral music, by national teams from about a dozen countries around the world.
  
  

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