Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. The city is named after Mont Royal, a triple peaked hill located in the heart of the city. The city features a number of world-class museums, a zoo, an insectarium, a Six Flags theme park, a great interactive science museum, and lots of parks. Montreal is full of history with beautiful old buildings, churches, and monuments.
Attractions:
Jardin Botanique are the second largest Botanical Gardens in the world, opened in 1931 and now feature 30 beautiful outdoor displays and 10 exhibition greenhouses.
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal founded in 1860 is Canada’s oldest museum boasts some of the finest paintings, also features native Canadian artifacts and a collection of period furnishings, along with drawings, engravings, silverware and works of art from ancient Asia, Egypt, Greece and South America.
Le Zoo de Granby et Parc aquatique Amazoo Yoplait is a great day-trip destination with animals including chinchillas, poison dart frogs, stick insects, Amur leopards, capybaras, colobus monkeys, fishing cats, llamas, porcupines, kangaroos, snow leopards, meerkats, and numerous bird and reptile species.
Centre Canadien d’Architecture is dedicated to architecture, urban planning and landscape design.
Pointe-à-Callière Museum details Montréal’s development as a trading and meeting place and features high-tech audio-visual displays including artifacts of a cemetery dating to 1643, sections of buildings’ walls from various eras, and remains from 18th-century sewage systems.
Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal boasts exhibitions of post-1940s art from Québec and around the world.
Parc La Fontaine features a number of free performances and activities at the open-air theater, tennis, petanque, ball fields, sand volleyball, picnicking and relaxing in the sun. Two man-made ponds serve double duty, as paddle-boating spots in the summer and ice skating rinks in the winter.
Centre d’Histoire de Montréal features exhibits on the city’s architecture, history and culture, showcasing it all by means of murals, displays and technology.
Biodôme de Montréal the only one of its kind in the world features four distinct ecosystems recreated to represent the four most beautiful habitats found in North, Central and South America. Mammals, birds and plant life thrive in mini-habitats.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Montréal’s oldest church dates back to 1657.
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