Montreal Highlights: Scenic City and River Tour

Experience the best of Montreal with a tour of Mount Royal, Olympic Park, Notre-Dame Basilica, and a scenic St. Lawrence River Cruise. Discover stunning views, impressive architecture, and fascinating history.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal - Take in the stunning views of the city
  • Mont-Royal - Along the way you will pass multiple points of interest such as; the Golden Square Mile - located at the base of the mountain, this bustling neighborhood is known for its victorian-era architecture and affluent area, you will also pass Notre Dame des…
What's Included
  • Small Group (Max 6 Guests) Guided Driving Tour
  • Notre Dame Basilica (Admission Included)
  • AML Boat Cruise (Admission Included) (March - October)
  • Complimentary Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off Anywhere Downtown Montreal
  • La Grande Roue (Admission Included) (Replaces Cruise During Off Season)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The tour commences with a scenic drive through Westmount en route to Mount Royal. En route, participants will pass the renowned St. Joseph’s Oratory, the largest church in Canada. Upon reaching Mount Royal, guests can enjoy stunning views of the city skyline and natural surroundings, with opportunities to capture memorable photos.
The next destination is…

Location
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
3800 Queen Mary Road,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Vince_m
Dec 21, 2025
Première Fois Sur la Montagne Royale - This was an excellent day spent with an extremely knowledgeable Guide. Despite the freezing temperatures, Bill managed to give us a tremendous first-time introduction to this beautiful city.
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Marietina_a
Nov 27, 2025
Excellent guide and tour!... - Excellent guide and tour! Highly recommend this very personalized and wonderful tour. Our guide was amazing! Being first time visitors this was the best way to orient to the city!
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Robert_g
Nov 15, 2025
So much to see! - Great tour! Bill was very knowledgeable & friendly. He catered to everyone’s requests. Thoroughly enjoyable & relaxed tour. So much to see. Excellent driving thru much construction.
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Teodora_p
Oct 30, 2025
Montreal a must city tour! - Bill was very knowledgeable and informative. It was a pleasure having him as our guide today. Thank you.
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Michael_r
Oct 25, 2025
City Life - Very personal and casual. Great time Our guide was very knowledgeable about the city and could add personal antedites
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Jerry_v
Oct 24, 2025
Montreal Highlights - Excellent experience. Bill made the trip! Extremely knowledgeable and personable. We visited sites that were off the normal tourist trail in addition to the highlights of Montreal. Kept the group organized and on time. Thank you Bill.
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Howie_w
Oct 23, 2025
Excellent tour. Plenty to... - Excellent tour. Plenty to see. Boat cruise was really nice. The tour guide was really good. The observatory is a great site. Got to pass the famous homes too.
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Rosanna_g
Nov 6, 2025
Montréal Premium Driving Tour with River Cruise and Notre Dame - Bill was very professional, knowledgeable friendly and informative. We learned a lot of Montréal culture and history. The places we visited were great. Unfortunately the River Cruise was not available. That was the only disappointment.
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Linda_n
Nov 1, 2025
Local Knowledge Deficit - Confusing directions and inadequate help because phone line connected to main office we now know is in Niagara Falls and person did not know Montréal. Got dropped off in front of a building that had doors locked to access parking garage. Did not understand beforehand we had to walk in the dark and cold windy streets to the opposite street on the other side of the bldg about a block walk to go into the parking garage. This parking garage was not our choice. Viator directed us to park there because we were in our own private car and I guess since we were not at a downtown hotel for pick up, this was their solution. Too bad the assigned pick up and drop off spot was not on the same street as the parking garage. It would have been very simple to have made that happen. So it was very disturbing and inconvenient when one of our party who was mobility disabled had to hobble the extra distance when it could have been easy.
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Relax796343
Oct 30, 2025
Communications not complete. - Communications on directions where to meet our tour driver were time consuming as person who tries to help not in Montreal and did not understand the city layout or street names. She had us meet him in front of the convention center but parking garage was on the back side of the building a block away. When we returned later that night the driver didn’t tell us the doors would be locked on the side where we were picked up so we had to walk around to the other side and enter through the parking garage. We had two people with mobility issues on a dark windy and cold night. We should have been picked up and dropped off at the parking garage entrance to begin with. Not sure why the company rep arranged for pick up and drop off far away from access to our car. Confusing. Also we’re not told until after we paid for our tour that the boat cruise was discontinued for winter season a day or two before we were told it was included. I’m sure the tour company had to have known the boat was being taken out of service long in advance as it boat operator had the date posted on their own website. Also we were expecting to see the AURA light show as part of our tour and it was not explained n the tour information that our visit to Basilica Notre Dame that it was not included. Frankly with these two discrepancies in the offerings the tour was overpriced and no alternative for us once we paid amd didn’t find out the changes until too late to bail out. $500 for two disappointments were too much. Our driver was very pleasant but gave wrong information a few times. Told us certain religious figurines came from northern Canada made out of teak. We are wood knowledgeable people who work with exotic woods. Teak only comes from SE Asia. He also told us all doors were open to the convention center late so no problem coming back to our car. Not true. We will be telling our well traveled times to avoid your tour group. Not worth the aggravation and blatant ignorance of all employees we came in contact with. Total negligence in planning and communicating. Asia.
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up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).