Boat Tours

From May through October, Amphi Tour sells a unique one-hour tour of Vieux-Montréal and the Vieux-Port on both land and water in an amphibious bus. Bateau-Mouche runs four harbor excursions and an evening supper cruise daily from May through October. The boats are reminiscent of the ones that cruise the canals of the Netherlands—wide-beamed and low-slung, with a glassed-in passenger deck. Boats leave from the Jacques Cartier Pier at the foot of Place Jacques-Cartier in the Vieux-Port.

Contacts

Amphi Tour (514/849-5181. www.montreal-amphibus-tour.com). Bateau-Mouche (514/849-9952 or 800/361-9952. www.bateau-mouche.com).

Bus Tours

Gray Line has nine different types of tours of Montréal from June through October and one tour the rest of the year. There are also day trips to Ottawa and Québec City. The company offers pickup service at the major hotels and at Info-Touriste (1001 Square Dorchester).

Gray Lines also owns Imperial Tours, whose double-decker buses follow a nine-stop circuit of the city. You can get off and on as often as you like and stay at each stop as long as you like. There's pickup service at major hotels.

Contacts

Imperial Tours (877/348-5599 or 514/348-5599). Gray Line (800/461-1223 or 514/934-1222. www.coachcanada.com).

Calèche Rides

Open horse-drawn carriages (fleece-lined in winter) leave from Place Jacques-Cartier, Square Dorchester, Place d'Armes, and rue de la Commune. A one- to two-hour ride costs about C$65, although slow days mean you have a better chance of bargaining.

Walking Tours

You can walk through various historic, cultural, or architecturally diverse areas of the city with a costumed guide, courtesy of Guidatour. Popular tours include Old Montréal, the red-light district, and the elite 19th-century neighborhood known as the Golden Square Mile.

From mid-April to mid-November, Circuit des Fantômes du Vieux-Montréal has walking tours through the old city where a host of spirits are said to still haunt the streets. Kaleidoscope has a wide selection of guided walking tours through Montréal's many culturally diverse neighborhoods.

Contacts

Circuit des Fantômes du Vieux-Montréal (Old Montréal Ghost Trail, 469 rue St-François-Xavier, Vieux-Montréal. 514/868-0303 or 877/868-0303. www.fantommontreal.com. Champ-de-Mars). Guidatour (477 rue St-François-Xavier, Suite 300, Vieux-Montréal. 514/844-4021 or 800/363-4021. www.guidatour.qc.ca. Place-d'Armes). Kaleidoscope (6592 Châteaubriand, Villeray. 514/990-1872. 514/277-4630. www.tourskaleidoscope.com. Beaubien)