On the ground floor of this building, exit 27 [if you are paying attention to the numbers printed at each], is where the airport - down town bus, 747 AEROPORT P.E.-TRUDEAU / CENTER-VILLE, stops. There is a ticket machine close by, where you can buy a day pass for $10, and pick up a 747 bus time table which has a map of metro from the information desk close to the exit. The day pass is valid on the airport-down town bus as well as on metro, and all other buses operated by stm. Most Montreal sights are accessible by public transit. [I bought my ticket on the bus, I paid $10, exact change in coins. But unfortunately, my ticket didn't scan at any of the metro station. I went to the stm customer care, Service a la Clinetele, at the Berri-Uqam station and got a new day pass issued for me.]
There is metro station a short walk distance from the 747 bus' first stop, Linonel-Groux. Taking the metro is faster than staying on the bus, I think, to down town, the Saint-Laurent station.
Now, since it was Jan 1, I had prepared a list of places that are open.
Notre - dame Bascillica - Roman Catholic church, Gothic Architecture, with a beautiful chapel in the back [110 Notre Dame street, metro: Place-D'Armes] Jan 1 schedule morning mass, open for visitors 12:30-4:00 PM.
Bonsecours Basin Quays of Old Port [Ville Marie, metro: Champ-de-Mars] Skating rink admission: $9.00 Skate rental, $6.50+tax, themed music everyday in winter starting at 6PM, rink maintenance at 2 PM and maybe other times during the day, Jan 1 schedule 10 AM - 10 PM.
St. Joseph Oratory - Roman Catholic church - its dome the third largest in the world, Renaissence Architecture, escalators or taking the steps as a pligrimage to the chapel, overlooks the city of Montreal's Mount Royal Park. [3800 Queen Mary Road, metro: Cote-Des-Neiges]
Universite-de-Montreal, opened in 1878 with less than a hundred students in theology, medicine and law. [metro: Universit-de-Montreal]
I utterly enjoyed visiting all the places above; the city was clean, quiet and ready to welcome its visitors on Jan 1st.
Map of Montreal metro, run by stm.
