Getting around Montreal
The compact island city of Montreal is great for walking, and can easily and safely be explored on foot or by public transport. Quick, safe and clean, the metro connects downtown and the congress centre to major tourist attractions, as well as to numerous bus stops and train stations. From the downtown area, you can access the Montreal Underground Pedestrian Network which is used by over 500,000 people daily. A bustling 30-kilometre network of walkways, featuring 1,700 shops, restaurants and an array of services, it connects to some 40 performance venues, theatres and cinemas, not to mention many hotels, attractions and museums.
Metro operating hours are Monday to Friday and Sunday from 5:30 a.m. to 1 a.m., and Saturday from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. The average wait time between trains is eight minutes and three minutes during rush hour. The congress centre has its own metro stop: Place d’Armes on the orange line.
To plan your daily trips in Montreal and find out how easy the congress centre can be reached from your hotel please visit www.google.com/transit; just put in the hotel name and the destination e.g.
Start address Hotel Sandman, Montreal
Destination address Palais des congres, Montreal.
To make your stay in Montreal even more convenient, we are pleased to provide you with a 5 day travel card for all public transport in the city.
As a special service to the delegates of our 20th World Diabetes Congress we are pleased to introduce a tailor made website from Tourism Montreal listing events and special activities that will be take place at the time of the congress. We hope you’ll enjoy browsing through the pages.
- www.idfmontreal2009.com (English)
- www.idfmontreal2009.com/fr (Français)