Airlines Air
Canada, Air Alliance, Air
Nova and Air Ontario, 2020
boul Université (Canada
and US tel 393-3333); Air
France, 2000 rue Mansfield
(tel 847-1106); British
Airways, 1501 ave McGill
College (tel 287-9282);
Swissair, 1253 ave McGill
College (tel 879-9154).
Airport enquiries
Dorval tel 394-7377;
Mirabel tel 394-7377; both
airports tel
1-800/465-1213.
Baseball The Montreal
Expos' home
ground is the Olympic
Stadium, 4141 ave
Pierre-de-Coubertin (Métro
Pie-IX). Tickets cost
$8-36 (tel 253-3434 or
1-800/GO-EXPOS, www.montrealexpos.com
).
Bike rental
Bicycletterie JR, 151 rue
Rachel est (tel 843-6989),
rents from $20 per day,
with credit card needed as
deposit; The Maison des
Cyclistes, 1251 rue Rachel
(tel 521-8356, www.velo.qc.ca
) charges $8 per hour, $25
per day and is an
excellent resource for
cycling information and
organized tours. La Cordée,
2159 rue Ste-Catherine est
rents bikes from $35 a day
(tel 524-1106); Vélo
Aventure, Quai King
Edward, Vieux-Port (tel
847-0666) charges bikes
out at $20 a day and
rollerblades from $8.50 an
hour.
Bookshops
English books can be
bought from most major
bookshops. Paragraphe
Books and Café, 2220 ave
McGill College, is the
best independent bookstore
in town. Double Hook,
1235a ave Greene,
specializes in
English-Canadian authors.
Chapters, 1171
Ste-Catherine ouest, is
huge, as is Indigo, 1500
ave McGill College.
Androgyne, 3636
St-Laurent, is Montreal's
definitive gay bookstore.
Travel books in English
and French are available
at Ulysses Travel
Bookshop, 4176 rue
St-Denis, 560 ave du
President-Kennedy and 1307
Ste-Catherine ouest.
Bus information
Local transportation: tel
288-6287; long-distance
travel: Orléans Express
tel 842-2281; Adirondack
Trailways (to New York)
tel 914/339-4230.
Camping equipment
You can hire or buy all
you need for the outdoors
at Altitude, 1472 Peel (tel
288-8010).
Canadian football
The Montreal Alouettes (tel
871-2255, www.alouettes.net
) represent the city in
the Canadian Football
League. Home games are at
McGill University's
Percival-Molson Stadium,
and tickets range $15-50.
Car rental Avis,
1225 rue Metcalfe (tel
866-7906); Budget, 1240
Guy (tel 938-1000);
Discount, 607 boul de
Maisonneuve ouest (tel
286-1554); Hertz Canada,
1073 rue Drummond (tel
938-1717); Thrifty, 800
boul de Maisonneuve est (tel
845-5954); and Via Route,
1255 rue Mackay (tel
871-1166), which charges a
bit less than the majors.
Consulates
Belgium, 999 boul de
Maisonneuve ouest (tel
849-7394); Denmark, 1
Place Ville-Marie (tel
877-3060); Germany, 1250
boul René-Lévesque ouest
(tel 931-2277); Greece,
1170 Place du Frère-André
(tel 875-2119); Italy,
3489 rue Drummond (tel
849-8351); Japan, 600 rue
de la Gauchetière ouest (tel
866-3429); Netherlands,
1002 rue Sherbrooke ouest
(tel 849-4247); Norway,
1155 boul René-Lévesque
ouest (tel 874-9087);
Spain, 1 Westmount Square
(tel 935-5235); Sweden,
8400 boul Decarie (tel
345-2727); Switzerland,
1572 ave Docteur-Penfield
(tel 932-7181); UK, 1000
rue de la Gauchetière
ouest (tel 866-5863); US,
1155 rue St-Alexandre (tel
398-9695).
Dental emergencies
24hr dental clinic, 3546
rue Van-Horne (tel
342-4444); Walk-in Clinic,
Montreal General
Hospital, 1650 ave Cedar (tel
934-8397; Mon-Fri
8.30am-4.30pm; after-hour
emergencies call
934-8075).
Exchange Agence
Worldwide Maison de
Change, 1411 rue Peel;
American Express, 1141
boul de Maisonneuve ouest
(tel 284-3300); Bureau de
Change de Vieux-Montreal,
230 rue St-Jacques;
Downtown Currency
Exchange, 2000 ave McGill
College; Thomas Cook, 777
rue de la Gauchetière
ouest. You can also
withdraw money at ATMs
throughout the city, so
long as your card is
Cirrus or Plus compatible.
Hospital Montreal
General Hospital, 1650 ave
Cedar (tel 937-6011);
Royal Victoria Hospital,
687 ave des Pins ouest (tel
842-1231).
Ice hockey The Montreal
Canadiens play
at the Centre Molson, 1250
rue de la Gauchetière
ouest (tel 989-2841, www.canadiens.com
). Métro: Lucien L'Allier
or Bonaventure.
Internet cafés
Le Café Électronique
, 1425 boul René-Lévesque
ouest (tel 871-0307), has
forty online computers and
French food to boot,
$5.50/30min; Cyberground
Café Internet , 3672
boul St-Laurent (tel
842-1726) provides access
for $8/hr, as does Network
Café , 5120 Queen
Mary (tel 344-0959) where
you can lunch on bagels,
sandwiches and muffins at
the same time. Online
access also at many
photocopy shops.
Laundry Net-Net,
310 ave Duluth, will wash,
dry and fold your clothes
in neat bags for you
within 24 hours for 69¢/pound;
doing it yourself works
out to $7. Nettoyeur
Daoust, 3654 rue St-Denis,
does both dry cleaning and
washing; $6.50 gets a load
washed, dried and folded.
Left luggage
There are $2 lockers at
the Gare Central and
Station Centrale d'Autobus
de Montreal.
Métro General
information (tel
280-5666); timetable
information (tel
288-6287); lost and found
(tel 280-4637). If you
tire of being on hold, get
your info online at www.stcum.qc.ca
. Commuter rail and
off-island bus services
are co-ordinated by the
Agence métropolitaine de
transport ( www.amt.qc.ca
).
Museum passes
The Montreal Museums Pass
(tel 845-6873 or
1-800/363-7777) allows
visitors free admission to
20 museums in the city on
any two of three
consecutive days at a
significant discount; $20
at both tourist offices
and participating museums.
The Get an Eyeful package
($22.50) is valid for 30
days and includes
admission to the Olympic
Tower, Botanical Garden,
Insectarium and Biodôme,
none of which are covered
by the Museums Pass.
Pharmacy
Pharmaprix, 5122 chemin de
la Côte des Neiges, open
24hr (tel 738-8464). Most
downtown outlets are open
8am-midnight.
Post offices The
main post office downtown
is Station B, 1250 rue
Université (Mon-Fri
8am-5.45pm, Sat 8am-noon).
The city's poste restante
is at Station A, 285 rue
St-Antoine ouest (Mon-Fri
8am-5.45pm, Sat 8am-noon).
Ridesharing Allô-Stop,
4317 rue St-Denis (tel
985-3032 or 985-3044, www.allo-stop.com
). A carpool service
matching drivers with
passengers for
destinations within Québec
and the Maritime Provinces
only. Membership costs $6
per year plus your share
of petrol. Drivers pay $7
per year but receive about
sixty percent of passenger
fees. Typical prices are:
Québec $15, Gaspé $42
and Rimouski $30. But plan
ahead for Gaspé trips, as
they're not common. Most
cars stop in Rimouski.
Sexual Assault
Centre Bilingual
crisis line (tel 934-4504)
or McGill University's
hotline (tel 398-2700 day
or tel 398-8500 eve).
Taxis Co-op (tel
725-9885); Diamond (tel
273-6331). $2.80 minimum
fare, then 1.13¢ per
kilometre.
Telephones
Bell-Canada, Bureau
Public, 700 rue de la
Gauchetière ouest on the
corner of Université
(Mon-Fri 9am-5pm). 25¢
pays for unlimited local
calls at a payphone; dial
411 for information, zero
to reach an operator.
Train information
Amtrak (tel
1-800/835-8725, www.amtrak.com
); Via Rail (tel 989-2626
or 1-888/842-7245, www.viarail.ca
)
Travel agencies
Tourisme Jeunesse
Boutique, 4008 St-Denis (tel
844-0287) and Tourbec, 595
de Maisonneuve ouest (tel
288-4455) are both
excellent sources for
budget travellers. Voyages
Campus, 1455 de
Maisonneuve ouest (tel
288-1130), 3480 McTavish (tel
398-0647), 225 du
President Kennedy (tel
281-6662) and 1613
St-Denis (tel 843-8511)
does bookings primarily
for students with an
International Student
Identification Card (ISIC).
Weather and road
information tel
283-3010 or 1-900/565-MÉTÉO.
White-water rafting
The Rivière Rouge offers
the best white-water
rafting in the Montreal vicinity. Adventures en
Eau Vive, 120 chemin de la
Rivière Rouge, Calumet (tel
242-6084 or
1-800/567-6881), runs
rafting trips for
$69/person during the
summer, including two
meals, taxes and five
hours on the river.
