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 Montréal 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 Montréal'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, Montréal 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-Montréal, 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 Montréal General Hospital, 1650 ave Cedar (tel
937-6011); Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 ave des Pins ouest (tel
842-1231).
Ice hockey The Montréal 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 Montréal.
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 Montréal 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 Montréal 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.