Sightseeing tours

All tours will depart from and return to Viger Terminal, Palais des congrès uroxatral.

IWA has developed these sightseeing tours especially for congress participants and partners. We recommend that you book tickets for your partner and yourself when you register for the congress using the registration form or online ceftin.

Return times of tours are approximate and the organisers reserve the right to cancel or limit attendance at any tour with deposits refunded subject to minimum and maximum registration numbers.

SUNDAY

Bonjour Montréal – the classic tour

Sunday 19 September 09:00–13:00 (4 hours)

If you are a first-time visitor to Montréal this tour will introduce you to the vibrant history and passionate culture of this cosmopolitan city. It will show you Charming Old Montréal, the site of Montréal’s founding in 1642, the Notre-Dame Basilica, Sainte-Hélène and Notre-Dame Islands, the ‘Golden Square Mile’ on Sherbrooke Street and Mount Royal for a beautiful view of the city and the Latin Quarter, with its renovated Victorian houses and unique outdoor staircases. A guided tour of Pointe–à–Callière Museum is included.

Price: € 47.50 per person including coach, guide and admission fee.

MONDAY

Underground walking tour

Monday 20 September 13:00–16:00 (3 hours)

This tour will take you through the labyrinth of what can justly be called North America’s largest underground city. Below office towers, major thoroughfares, parks and sidewalks the ground is honeycombed with almost 30 km of pedestrian walkways, connecting the city’s universities, hotels, shops and buildings. You will travel on Montréal’s ‘metro’ or subway system to visit different points of interest such as the Place Ville-Marie, Complexe Desjardins, Place des Arts and Place de la Cathédrale.

Price: € 31.00 per person including guide and subway transport.

TUESDAY

Lunch at a sugar shack – a truly sweet Canadian experience

Tuesday 21 September 10:30–14:30 (4 hours)

This is a chance to discover Québecois tradition at its best! On this tour you will join in a hearty French Canadian feast at La Sucrerie de la Montagne, a maple sugar farm situated atop Mont-Rigaud amidst 40 acres of spectacular wooded trails, just 55 minutes from Montréal. At this rustic site you will see authentic log cabins, immense woodburning ovens in which fresh bread is baked, and the sugar shack where real maple syrup is made.

Price: € 73.50 per person including coach and lunch.

WEDNESDAY

Quebec day trip – a date with history

Wednesday 22 September 07:30–18:30 (11 hours)

Take a step back in time to visit the only walled city in North America. With its narrow, cobbled streets, historic buildings and ‘old world’ ambience, Vieux–Québec (Old Québec City) is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Treasure. On this long day trip you will visit historic and cultural sites such as Place Royale, the National Assembly, Plains of Abraham and Le Petit Champlain, and have free time to walk around the older sections of the city.

Price: € 59.50 per person including coach and guide. Lunch not included.

THURSDAY

Green Montréal – Biodome and Botanical Gardens

Thursday 23 September 09:00–13:00 (4 hours)

At 180 acres, the Montréal Botanical Gardens is second in size only to Kew Gardens in London. If you are a plant lover this visit will delight you, with its outstanding rose garden, Chinese and Japanese gardens, arboretum and First Nations garden. Then, at the Montréal Biodome, you will experience four different ecosystems of the Americas, ranging from the tropical rainforest to icy polar extremes, and see the lynx, porcupines, anacondas, monkeys, penguins and puffins who live there.

Price: € 48.00 per person including coach, guide and entrance fees.