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Montreal City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
3.5

Montreal City Hop-on Hop-off Tour

By Gray Line
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See Montreal’s top sites with a 2-day hop-on hop-off bus pass that gives you the curated experience of a guided tour and the freedom to enjoy the city at your own pace. Get great views from the bright red, double-decker buses, choosing from 10 stops such as the Old Port, Mount Royal Park, Chinatown, and more, with a tour conductor available on each bus.
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Ages 0-99
Duration: 2 days
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Live guide: English, French
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Highlights
  • 2-day access to a Montreal hop-on hop-off bus route
  • See the city’s top sights without the hassle and expense of parking
  • Onboard guides to share Montreal facts and answer questions
  • Great introduction to the city for first-time visitors

  • Hop-on hop-off tour with bilingual guide (French and English)
  • Local taxes
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Make your way to any of the 10 centrally located bus stops to start exploring Montreal on your own schedule. Start by riding the full, 2-hour loop through the city, or get on and off the bus as often as you’d like. Stops include Notre-Dame Basilica, Chinatown, and the Old Port, where walking and bike paths link the bus stop to sights along the Saint Lawrence River. Continue to the Montreal Science Centre and Saint Joseph’s Oratory, then ride to the top of Mount Royal Park for great views across the city. At each stop, take the time to explore at your own speed, whether you’re visiting historic sites, relaxing in Montreal’s chic cafes, or just soaking up the atmosphere of Quebec’s biggest city.

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 3355C1A

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Tour valid for two days, but they must be consecutive days
  • Most travelers can participate

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 3355C1A

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  • Gray Line
    1,917
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Joined in August 2009
  • alexanderkM7396VJ
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A perfect day trip from Montreal!
    This tour was amazing! We were picked up by the shuttle from our hotel and taken to the bus. The ride to Quebec City was smooth and enjoyable. 4 hours is the perfect time to explore Old Quebec, buy souvenirs and take pictures. The short walking tour was fun and informative. This ended up being much cheaper than taking the train without the hassle of navigating the train station and trying to find your way around. My 10 year old daughter had fun! Definitely recommend! At the end, the driver dropped everyone off close to their hotels in Montreal.
    Written September 12, 2024
  • PerranBoran
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Magical Quebec city
    We had a fantastic experience in Quebec City, made even better by our incredibly attentive driver. He was always on time, gathering everyone promptly and without delay — truly punctual to a heartbeat. Our tour guide, Katia, was equally wonderful, a charming lady who added warmth and insight to the whole experience. Quebec City itself is absolutely magical, like stepping into a movie scene. Speaking of which, we were lucky enough to have recently watched "French Girl", which is mostly set in Quebec City. Seeing the locations in person added an extra layer of charm to an already wonderful visit!
    Written September 10, 2024
  • shugb2021
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    JB and Andre (driver) were terrific guides!
    JB was our tour guide. Andre was our expert driver. JB was very knowledgeable and entertaining. I’d highly recommend this tour. We only had one day in Montreal and it was a great overview.
    Written September 7, 2024
  • Robert W
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great tour of Quebec City
    Tour guide in Quebec City was fabulous. She spoke perfect English and French. Gave us a very informative tour with alot of history which we loved. Pace was excellent and her instructions for our free time were precise. Overall I would rate her a 10 out of 10. Bus driver was a riot. Corny jokes and information along the way. Highly recommend this tour.
    Written September 6, 2024
  • ellesdites
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent day trip
    Richard bus driver was excellent- told a lot of jokes . We met up with an excellent local tour guide ( her name escapes me).
    Written September 2, 2024
  • alexandratY7381UE
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great experience!
    Great experience eventhough it was a rainy day. The driver and the guide were very friendly. They now very much about the history of the place. The guide explained in detail history and geography of the places we visited.
    Written August 28, 2024
  • 104christineh
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    We had a lovely day
    We booked this day trip from Montreal. While the van picking us up was over 15 minutes late and the check in process at the office could be improved, we had a lovely day. We stopped briefly in 3 small towns that are picturesque. The long stop was at Mont Tremblant which is a resort and quite busy. We took the free gondola to the mid station and found a nice trail to hike along. Found a great restaurant for lunch and had a wander through the mid and lower areas all in the 3 hr stop. The ride back was via a different route so we saw different parts of the province. The driver dropped us within 3 blocks of our hotel so it was an easy walk.
    Written August 27, 2024
  • Resort48016228381
    0 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    It depends on the narrator
    We’ve done many hop on hop off tours around the world and I would say that this one was rather mediocre. First, there was difficulty figuring out where to board. Next, the person narrating the tour would not accept our QR code tickets. We boarded anyway & caught her grief. The entire tour was rather ho-hum. However, we caught a different bus with a different narrator for our way home, and it was clear that this would have been a more fun experience.
    Written August 23, 2024
  • EvaT1574
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We saw a lot
    We bought a coach bus trip for CA$ 136 for two of us. It started from 9am from Dorchester Square and everybody should be there 15 min prior to the start but we came about 40 minutes earlier and the staff of the Information centre at the corner of Dominion Square building allowed us to sit inside which we were grateful for as it was a bit nippy. I was using walking stick and the ladies organizing the trip were so kind, they reserved the front seat in the coach for us so I would not need to walk through the bus out and in at each stop. We had great guide, Dominic who told us he was bored doing nothing when retired and with his knowledge about the city he decided to do the tours. And he was really good - told us a lot from the history, about places we stopped and passed by, had good sense of humour - just perfect guy. We saw or stopped at the Notre-Dame Basilica, passed the river along old port and the other side, went to St Helen's Island, to South Central area, via Downtown to Mount Royal. We enjoyed every minute of this trip.
    Written August 23, 2024
  • Stay471608
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent tour, highly recommended.
    Richard our tour guide and Angelo provided us an excellent tour and exceeded our expectations. This tour is highly recommended.
    Written August 19, 2024
  • Doris F
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    The guy at the reception lied to me
    I had a very disappointing experience with them. When I fist bought my tickets I specifically asked if I could bring my 18lb dog with me and the guy at the reception assured me that it wouldn’t be a problem as long as I kept him in my lap. The day of the tour came and I arrived with my dog only to find a girl overseeing the boarding of the bus who told me that dogs were strictly forbidden uncles I had a crate and put him in the luggage compartment. When I told her that the guy at the reception assured me that I could take him with me she said that it was a lie and that I couldn’t bring him on. She then told me that if I wanted a reimbursement I needed to gl to the reception and ask for lne but when I got there the reception lady started giving me attitude and snarky comments when I told her that her coworkers had lied to me about the dog. At the end the only way I could get the reimbursement was when the manager stepped on and gave it to me (after being there waiting for 30 min because “she couldn’t do anything for me”)
    Written August 17, 2024
  • pjs6284
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great experience; not "tourist-y"
    We enjoyed this tour A LOT, and we learned so much. Our excellent guide was clearly a francophone, but she spoke English well. She introduced herself as "Bridget," but maybe she anglicized that and it would be "Brigitte?" At any rate, she was delightful. Understand that there is some walking on this tour -- you don't stay on the bus the whole time, although you could if you don't feel like getting off. We stopped three times for varying lengths of time. The first stop is in Montréal's Old Town, where we stayed for around 30 minutes. You will want to get off the bus for this stop because the experience turns into a walking tour! You won't cover a lot of ground if you're concerned about the walk. We stayed mostly outdoors (it was August) and heard about some buildings, historical figures, and sculptures right around the Place d'Armes. The next stop was the Maisonneuve Market in the eastern part of the city. That was only around 15 minutes, long enough to use the public restroom and/or buy a snack at the market if you wanted to. The third and final stop was in Mount Royal park at a scenic lookout. That, too, was a fairly brief stop, but certainly long enough to enjoy the view, snap a pic if so inclined, and stretch your legs. All along the route, our guide explained what we were seeing, sometimes pointing out something notable, other times telling us about the history or character of the neighborhood we were in. Our family has walked around Montréal a lot, so most areas on the tour were not new to us, but almost everything our guide said told us something we did not know and enjoyed finding out. We had never been to the Olympic park (site of the 1976 summer games); driving through that area reminded us of those days being glued to the television set watching Nadia Comaneci, Bruce (at the time) Jenner, and Sugar Ray Leonard make history. Our guide did a nice job of telling us where we were, so if you are new to the city and want an orientation, this tour does that well. Members of the tour were able to ask a lot of questions, and our guide answered them all cheerfully. Many questions were about life in Canada as opposed to the sights on the tour; it was fun to hear a Canadian tell us about how education or healthcare work in Canada. The bus had clean windows and we certainly we saw a lot, but it was even nicer to learn some new things about this wonderful city. Our guide even offered recommendations on places to visit. The bus was not a double-decker, which we ended up really appreciating. I don't know if the tour line even has double-decker tours, but if they do, you'll be happy inside. We could always hear the guide (she used a microphone in the bus) rather than city noises, and the climate in the bus was very comfortable on an otherwise warm day. This bus tour delighted us, and the time flew by.
    Written August 16, 2024
  • Good2gosoon
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    It ended well
    Unfortunately our guide did not come and we waited 20 minutes for a sub who was with us a short time before another guide took over. Supposedly we were able to have a complete tour even through we started late and ended at the regular time! Fortunately…The guide who we ended up with Was excellent!!! He saved the day!!!
    Written August 15, 2024
  • D6115TFaaronm
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great tour, very informative and well done!
    Great day. Made us want to come back to Montreal for a real 7-10 day getaway. This is a broad tour that will peak your interest about a lot of neighborhoods and activities in Montreal. There is so much to do and see here and this tour would be a great activity on your first day in town so you can set up the rest of your trip.
    Written August 13, 2024
  • georgewB585GM
    0 contributions
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Good but the tour was shortened and we were left stranded.
    The tour guide was excellent, but the tour was shortened by one hour and we were dropped off by Notre Dame instead of at the starting point where it was supposed to be finished. We didn’t feel like we got the full tour that was promised in the description. I realize they had to take a reverse route due to the Gay Pride Parade, but as we walked back (1.5 miles) to our starting point, there was no traffic or activity and they could have easily taken us back. It seemed like they were tired and didn’t want to deal with the inconvenience. The tour up to that point was good but the experience was spoiled by the ending.
    Written August 12, 2024
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Paula S.
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2022
Excellent introduction to Montreal. The driver, Richard, was also the narrator and was fun to listen to, informative and the volume made it easy to hear him above the city noise. We only used one day due to the weather but the cost was the same that we paid in Quebec for one day so a good value.
Written September 18, 2022
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shoelady2015
World62 contributions
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Jul 2023 • Couples
Montreal is a wonderful city filled with beautiful sites, fascinating history and great culture.  I travel a lot, in cities around the world.  I always find that those red double decker "ho on/ hop off" buses are a great way to get a sense of the city's layout and help prioritize what you want to see.  So I was please to see the ad for Graylines "hop on" bus tours - a two hour total ride winding through Montreal.
This was the worst experience I've ever had with this kind of tour bus.
First, don't be fooled by the information you get online.If you buy tickets online, you still have to show up at the main starting point in person, stand in line (30 people in front of us, about 30 minutes to process) and then get a wristband for everyone in your group.  And THEN you have to stand in another line to board the bus!.  The company has decided that wristbands are easier for them to manage than a cell phone code.  Even if it is many times more difficult for customers.
You will get a map that has the routes and stops.  I went on three buses with three different guides.  Sometimes the buses follow the routes.  Sometimes not.  
I was unlucky with the first bus.  The guide had to deliver his script in both English and French as we drove past sites.  The bus didn't go slower.  The passengers just missed about half of the script.  Sometimes he had to jump between French and English in the same sentence.  Hard to hear and understand and it must have been awful for him.
Then it started pouring rain.  Not Grayline's fault.  We all squeezed into the bottom, enclosed, level - dripping wet and standing in the aisles.  Those things happen.  We did not expect that the bus would have broken windows that would not shut.   We wondered what other vehicle maintenance might be missing.
The tour guides were very different and I'm sure very capable.  The management and operations of the Graylines daytime tours is so subpar, it leaves a wide open opportunity for competitor companies to come in and give Montreal tourists the experience they deserve.
Written July 4, 2023
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Yann1973
Montreal, Canada291 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Friends
As a Montrealer, my experience with the "hop on hop off" tour of my own city was rather disappointing. I was expecting this tour to provide me with a fresh perspective on my hometown, but unfortunately, that didn't materialize.
First and foremost, I found the ticket price to be excessively high, especially considering the fact that I already knew a significant portion of the information provided by the onboard tour guides. As a Montreal resident, I expected more in-depth and intriguing details that I couldn't easily find on my own.
The stops were poorly organized, leading to delays and confusion as well as the time table schedule completely off track.
Regarding the itinerary, I felt it lacked diversity. Most of the stops seemed to focus on downtown areas of Montreal, and as a resident, I would have appreciated more opportunities to explore less-visited neighborhoods and places that are less frequented by tourists or even have the possibility to go to the Olympic stadium and Botanical garden!!!
In summary, as a Montrealer, the "hop on hop off" experience fell short of my expectations. The high price and lack of original informative content left me wanting more. I would recommend visitors to Montreal to explore the city through more authentic and enriching means.
Written October 6, 2023
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edwina p
6 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Couples
It is very expensive as you can only buy a 2 day ticket , we did a full tour of 2 hrs to see where we could get on or off, turned out they don't really stop near any attractions, (not that there is much to see in Montreal) they point out the attractions , the guide on the day mentioned the Tudor houses as being German styled, Tudor reign is British. But the worst part is that the guide practically begs for tips and stands with his hand outstretched as you leave the bus, I know it is a tipping culture and would have tipped had the guide not tried to humiliate me because I waited for my husband to leave the bus first. So no tip was given.
Written June 13, 2023
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Michael W
Kihei, HI1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Disappointing tour from an experienced tour line.
Grayline has no map of the stops available online and the stops are not physically marked on the street either.

Once on the tour, you discover that certain stops are temporarily closed and some are relocated- again, no information regarding the closures or stop relocations online or on the physical maps given on the bus.

Ok, we’re finally on the bus after extra time planning the trip- and we’re subjected to a tour guide who thinks VERY highly of himself.

He chose to spend 50% of the time bloviating about the people he knows at various shops along the route and the places in Europe he has been, rather than the actual history and culture of Montreal.

We didn’t bother finishing the loop, and will not be back for the second day either.

Just terrible.
Written August 14, 2022
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Elizabeth B
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Family
The tour was disappointing. We did get to see many parts of the city, but the guide (Robert) was French and spoke only very briefly in English, and much more extensively in French, so we English speakers didn't really get much of the history or importance of each area. That should be more balanced, as the guide is all important in this type of tour. It was raining and he recommended not getting off at the stops, which was the whole reason we took this tour, as an easy way to manage our touring and get break times at sites that our 7 year old would enjoy. The bus was full and no one got off, so anyone waiting at a stop was out of luck and had long waits, which would have been terribly frustrating. The tour company can't predict the weather, but should either make it clear at booking that a tour would be in mostly in French or English, or have guides who be sure to speak to each equally; and also should manage the group size better so there will be adequate service for those who do get on and off as intended. For us, it turned into a long morning of relatively little value.

Written October 24, 2023
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pops w
Felixstowe, UK1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
What a shambles. Bus no.1: we got on as directed. When it was full we were told to board the bus behind, as were the people waiting for the next bus.
Bus 2: Commentary was peppered by guides personal views. 2 stops were reversed, and one missed altogether. We sat for 15 minutes outside the Musee des Beaux Arts whilst the "Inspector" collected money. Bus 3: The driver and guide had a full blown argument in view of the passengers. Bus 4 the guide was so laid back he was horizontal - literarily. He was lying across 2 seats upstairs. He also made inappropriate comments. We have been on hop on/off buses in many cities and this was our worst experience. Bus stops are not clearily marked.
Written October 5, 2023
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wendysuzette
omaha67 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Not sure why people were complaining about this. You do need to take your eticket or printed tickets to the main office to check in and get the wristband, but it is literally half a block away from where the bus was. They also provide a map and answer any questions there. The bus broke down right after we loaded so we had to come off and hop over to another one, but that was smoothly done and rogt next to ours. No issues. The guides were friendly and easy to hear. Remember to take cash to tip them a few bucks. Also recommend doing the day plus night tour combo. It gives you an extra perspective and some wonderful city views. I would also recommend getting there for the first morning tour and taking that all around the whole loop once so that you can plan where you want to go after you see how the city is laid out. Also, if you do the night tour, it is not a hop on and off and there are no bathrooms the bus- you do the whole tour at once- and it was 90 minutes.
Written July 8, 2024
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Caltrac15
91 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
There are no signs telling you where a hop on bus stop is located. We walked up and down trying to find the stop and had to ask several people and then finally we called the company. The map we got for the tour from the hotel was sad, you can hardly read it and the scale is difficult to interpret which adds another difficulty in trying to find the place to get on. After about 30 minutes of the tour and half the stop’s promised we were all kicked off the bus and told we had to wait another 30 minutes for the next bus, while there another hop on bus pulled up discharged it’s passengers and they got on the bus we were on. Sure not sure why they were privileged. We finally got to old Montreal on a separate bus and once again after exploring we tried to find the stop to get back on. After much up and down the street due to no signs and waiting 30 more minutes we see a bus coming from opposite direction, which the map does not indicate so we crossed and got on it as we were afraid we never see one coming from the direction their map indicated. After 5 minutes we realized they went from stop 2 to stop 4 and were certainly not going to take us the the rest of the stops we did not see. So we saw half of what was promised and paid for and this tour was not inexpensive. We are intensely disappointed in our experience.
Written September 27, 2023
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Donna V
Nashua, NH41 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
I booked this tour online. We’ve done hop on hop off tours in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Paris and Bruges, Belgium. It’s a great way to see all the highlights of a city in a couple of hours. This is the first time we had any difficulty finding a pickup point.

We wanted to get on at Quartier Des Spectacles. When we got there, we looked everywhere for signage to show where to get on the bus but couldn’t find any. After waiting 20 minutes (the busses are supposed to run every 15 minutes) I started a chat with the tour operator. They asked me if I was at Rue Bleury and Rue de President Kennedy which was a 10 minute walk from where we were. We got there and shortly after were able to board the bus but again, no signage as to where to board…we just happened to see the bus and ran to catch it.

The first guide we had was very good but after a few stops, they made us get off and get on another bus. The guide on that bus was terrible…you could barely understand what she was saying and she pointed out points of interest after we passed them so it was impossible to get pictures. It was so bad that we got off and waited for the next bus.

We definitely wouldn’t recommend this tour in Montreal.
Written August 27, 2022
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