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A helicopter above the Montreal skyline and the St Lawrence River

Helicopter ride Montreal

A helicopter ride Montreal gives you a fast aerial view of the city. We compared 14 flights, prices from $161, free cancellation, and the top tour rated 4.8 from 479 reviews. Your fare includes a 30-minute flight over the Olympic Stadium and Saint Lawrence River.

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Montreal flight

$161

Today's lowest Montreal helicopter ride across all 14 tours

Average rating

All 14 tours

44

21,626 verified reviews across 14 tours

Time in the air

Shortest to longest

10–30min

Shortest: Mont Tremblant flight
Longest: Montreal island flight

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Every Montreal tour compared: two flights, twelve alternatives

Two flights are the whole of it: thirty minutes over the island from $161, or ten minutes over Mont Tremblant, about 130 km from the city. The other twelve trips cost less — a river cruise is $32, an Old Montreal walk $25, or take a day trip from Montreal to Quebec City or the Laurentians. All fourteen, compared below.

Montreal: Guided Helicopter Tour
Our top pick479 reviews
30 min

Montreal: Guided Helicopter Tour

★ 4.8 · 479 reviews

  • 30m, Thirty minutes over the island
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Mont Tremblant: Helicopter Tour with Optional Stopover
Rated 4.910 min
10 min

Mont Tremblant: Helicopter Tour with Optional Stopover

★ 4.9 · 119 reviews

  • 10m, Ten minutes over Mont Tremblant
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Montreal: La Grande Roue de Montréal Entry Ticket
Lowest price here1,353 reviews

Montreal: La Grande Roue de Montréal Entry Ticket

★ 4.7 · 1 353 reviews

  • ticket, The big wheel in the Old Port
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Cheapest here
  • Free cancellation
Montreal: Le Bateau-Mouche St. Lawrence Sightseeing Cruise
90 min2,306 reviews
90 min

Montreal: Le Bateau-Mouche St. Lawrence Sightseeing Cruise

★ 4.2 · 2 306 reviews

  • One and a half hours, Ninety minutes on the St Lawrence
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Montréal: Guided Sightseeing River Cruise
3.5 h2,259 reviews
3.5 h

Montréal: Guided Sightseeing River Cruise

★ 4.2 · 2 259 reviews

  • Three and a half hours, A guided cruise past the skyline
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Montréal: The Original Old Montréal Walking Tour
2 h1,467 reviews
2 h

Montréal: The Original Old Montréal Walking Tour

★ 4.8 · 1 467 reviews

  • 2h, The original Old Montreal walk
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Old Montreal: Award-Winning Small-Group Tour (Max 10)
Rated 4.9786 reviews
2 h

Old Montreal: Award-Winning Small-Group Tour (Max 10)

★ 4.9 · 786 reviews

  • 2h, Old Montreal in a group of ten
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Old Montreal: Traditional Ghost Walk of the Haunted City
90 min862 reviews
90 min

Old Montreal: Traditional Ghost Walk of the Haunted City

★ 4.7 · 862 reviews

  • One and a half hours, The haunted city after dark
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Montreal: Guided Bus Tour
3.5 h3,462 reviews
3.5 h

Montreal: Guided Bus Tour

★ 4.4 · 3 462 reviews

  • Three and a half hours, A guided bus tour of the city
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Montreal: Hop-On Hop-Off Double-Decker Bus Tour
48 h3,529 reviews
48 h

Montreal: Hop-On Hop-Off Double-Decker Bus Tour

★ 4.1 · 3 529 reviews

  • Two days, Two days on the double-decker
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Most booked
  • Free cancellation
From Montreal: Quebec City and Montmorency Falls Day Trip
12 h3,068 reviews
12 h

From Montreal: Quebec City and Montmorency Falls Day Trip

★ 4.4 · 3 068 reviews

  • 12h, Quebec City and Montmorency Falls
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Longest tour here
  • Free cancellation
Montreal: Laurentian Mountains Day Trip
10 h1,042 reviews
10 h

Montreal: Laurentian Mountains Day Trip

★ 4.4 · 1 042 reviews

  • 10h, A day in the Laurentian Mountains
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Montreal: OASIS Immersion Entry Ticket
80 min854 reviews
80 min

Montreal: OASIS Immersion Entry Ticket

★ 4.3 · 854 reviews

  • One hours 20 minutes, A walk-through digital art space
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Montreal: Cooking Class & Tasting with Michelin-Trained Chef
2.5 h40 reviews
2.5 h

Montreal: Cooking Class & Tasting with Michelin-Trained Chef

★ 4.4 · 40 reviews

  • Two and a half hours, A cooking class with a chef
  • Departs from Montreal
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation

Two questions

Which of the fourteen is yours?

Answer what matters most and the page narrows fourteen trips down to one.

See it before you pay for it

What the flight over Montreal actually shows you

Three views of Montreal, filmed: from a helicopter over the island, from the water on the St Lawrence, and on foot through Old Montreal — so you can see which one is worth the money before you book.

Side by side

Fourteen ways to see Montreal, compared side by side

Most people compare two or three before booking. Price, length and what you actually get vary more than the ratings do — the table below has all fourteen so you are choosing with the full picture, not half of it.

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 Montreal: Le Bateau-Mouche St. Lawrence Sightseeing CruiseTOP PICKMontreal: Guided Helicopter TourMontréal: The Original Old Montréal Walking Tour
Price per person$32$161$25
What it isGuided river cruiseHelicopter flight over the islandGuided walk through Old Montréal
Time it takes1h 30m30 minutes2 hours
What you seeThe Old Port and skyline from the waterThe whole island, Mount Royal to the riverCobbled streets and Old Montréal’s history
GuideLive commentary on boardLicensed pilotCertified local guide
Booking neededYesYesYes
Can move for weatherNo, rain or shineCan move for wind or snowNo, rain or shine
Best forA quick look at the riverSeeing the whole island at onceHistory, on foot
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Montreal: Guided Helicopter Tour

$161
What it is
Helicopter flight over the island
Time it takes
30 minutes
What you see
The whole island, Mount Royal to the river
Guide
Licensed pilot
Booking needed
Yes
Can move for weather
Can move for wind or snow
Best for
Seeing the whole island at once
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Montreal: Le Bateau-Mouche St. Lawrence Sightseeing Cruise

$32
What it is
Guided river cruise
Time it takes
1h 30m
What you see
The Old Port and skyline from the water
Guide
Live commentary on board
Booking needed
Yes
Can move for weather
No, rain or shine
Best for
A quick look at the river
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Montréal: The Original Old Montréal Walking Tour

$25
What it is
Guided walk through Old Montréal
Time it takes
2 hours
What you see
Cobbled streets and Old Montréal’s history
Guide
Certified local guide
Booking needed
Yes
Can move for weather
No, rain or shine
Best for
History, on foot
Check dates
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Verdict

Book the Montreal flight

It is the only helicopter that lifts off from Montreal itself, thirty minutes over the island for $161, and it carries 479 reviews at 4.8 — the stronger record of the two flights sold here. The other leaves near Mont Tremblant, about 130 km away, a separate trip. Book that one only when the mountain, not the city, is where you are headed.

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Before you book

Only two helicopter flights exist here

Fourteen listings show up in a Montreal tour search, and twelve of them are not flights: river cruises, the Old Port wheel, walking tours, buses and day trips. Winter wind and low cloud can push a flight to another day, so book a date you can move. If $161 is more than you want to spend, the St Lawrence cruise below runs from $32.

Two-minute check

Which flight or trip fits your day?

Budget, time in the city, and whether you want the view from above decide it more than anything else. Answer three quick questions and get a match before you pay, not at the meeting point.

How many days are you in Montreal?More days means more room for a flight that needs a clear morning

How do you feel about being up in a helicopter?The alternatives give you the same views from a boat or your feet

What matters most for this one thing you book?This is the answer that decides which trip you actually book

Answer the three questions above

You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.

Six ways to see it

21,626 reviews across fourteen Montreal trips

Ratings are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, published as they publish them. We do not write reviews, and we do not blend everyone’s score into one of our own.

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All fourteen Montreal trips on this page, rated on GetYourGuide.

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Montreal: Guided Helicopter Tour

From $161 · 479 reviews

★★★★★

The only flight that lifts off in Montreal itself

Thirty minutes over the island with a licensed pilot: the Olympic Stadium, Downtown, Mount Royal, Parc Jean Drapeau, the Jacques Cartier Bridge and the St Lawrence, one after another. It is the one helicopter flight on this page that actually departs from the city, and the reviews reflect that: rated 4.8 across 479 flights.

What the thirty minutes covers →

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Mont Tremblant: Helicopter Tour with Optional Stopover

From $209 · 119 reviews

★★★★★

The higher-rated flight, 130 km from the city

Ten, twenty or thirty minutes over Mont Tremblant with a private pilot, plus an optional stopover on the mountain. Reviewers rate it higher than the Montreal flight, 4.9 across 119 flights, but it lifts off near Mont Tremblant, not in Montreal — budget the drive before you book it as a day trip.

Why it’s a separate trip →

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Montreal: Le Bateau-Mouche St. Lawrence Sightseeing Cruise

From $32 · 2,306 reviews

★★★★☆

The St Lawrence, from a fifth of the price

Ninety minutes aboard Le Bateau-Mouche through the Old Port and along the St Lawrence, with the same skyline the helicopter shows from above, just from the water. At $32 it is the cheapest way to see the river, and it has more reviews than any flight here: 2,306 of them.

The cruises, compared →

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Montréal: The Original Old Montréal Walking Tour

From $25 · 1,467 reviews

★★★★★

Old Montréal on foot, with a local guide

Two hours through Vieux-Montréal’s cobbled streets with a certified guide who knows the city’s history rather than a script. Rated 4.8 across 1,467 reviews, it is the highest-rated walk on this page, and it costs less than a tenth of the helicopter.

The walking tours, compared →

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From Montreal: Quebec City and Montmorency Falls Day Trip

From $70 · 3,068 reviews

★★★★☆

A full day out, to Quebec City and the falls

Twelve hours by bus to Quebec City’s old town and Montmorency Falls, a waterfall taller than Niagara. It is the most-booked day trip on this page, 3,068 reviews at 4.4, for people who want a whole day out of Montreal rather than thirty minutes above it.

What the day trip covers →

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Montreal: La Grande Roue de Montréal Entry Ticket

From $24 · 1,353 reviews

★★★★★

The cheapest view, from the Old Port

An entry ticket to La Grande Roue de Montréal, the city’s observation wheel, 60 metres above the Old Port. At $24 it is the least expensive way to see Montreal from height, and 1,353 reviews back it at 4.7.

Other ways to see the city →

What it really costs

Both flights cost more than everything else here

A helicopter Montreal flight costs $161; the Mont Tremblant flight costs more, at $209. Everything else on this page costs less, several under $30.

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What you doPriceWhat that buysCancellation
Tickets and short experiences$24The observation wheel, the digital art space, or a chef-led cooking classCheck each listing
Old Montreal walking tours$25Self-guided or small-group, through the old townFree on some listings
River cruises$32Guided sightseeing on the St LawrenceCheck the listing
Bus tours$48Guided city tour, or hop-on hop-off over two daysFree cancellation
Day trips$70Full days to Quebec City or the LaurentiansFree cancellation
Helicopter flights$161Thirty minutes over Montreal, or ten over Mont TremblantCan move for weather
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Costs the listing doesn't show you

  • Neither flight has GetYourGuide’s free cancellation tag. Six of the other twelve trips here do — the helicopters are not among them.
  • The Montreal listing sells two lengths. Twenty and thirty minutes share one page; $161 is the fare for the longer flight.
  • Weather reschedules it, it doesn’t always refund it. Montreal winters and spring wind push departures to another slot more often than the calendar suggests.
  • Mont Tremblant is a private charter, 130 km out. Ten minutes in the air comes with a drive that isn’t in the listing’s price.

What is genuinely included

  • A licensed pilot, named on the Mont Tremblant flight’s own listing
  • Your choice of a 20- or 30-minute flight on the Montreal listing
  • A 30-minute mountain stopover you can add to the Tremblant flight
  • One loop past Mont Royal, the Old Port and the Jacques Cartier Bridge

The honest answer

Is the helicopter worth $161 when cruises start at $32?

A river cruise shows the skyline for a fifth of the price, and the walking tours cost even less. What the flight adds is height: the whole island at once, from above Mount Royal and the Jacques Cartier Bridge, in thirty minutes.

What makes it worth it

  • The whole island at once, Mount Royal to the river, from height nothing on the ground gives you
  • Only thirty minutes, so it fits around a full day in Old Montreal or on the water
  • A licensed pilot who narrates the landmarks as you pass over them
  • Rated 4.8 across 479 reviews, the strongest record of either flight
  • A small-group flight, not a shared shuttle bus with forty other people

Keep in mind

  • At $161 it costs roughly five times what the river cruise does for a similar skyline view
  • Flights can move for wind or winter weather, so keep a spare morning if the date matters
  • Mont Tremblant is a separate flight, about 130 km away, not an add-on to this one
  • Thirty minutes goes fast; it will not replace a full day exploring the city on foot
  • No free cancellation on this listing, so check the terms before you commit to a date
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Minute by minute

What the thirty minutes over Montreal actually cover

  1. Watch the forecast, then keep the booking

    Montreal winters and spring wind move flight times more than they cancel them outright. If the sky is your priority, leave a spare morning open rather than betting everything on one slot.

  2. Check in at the heliport

    Arrive early for a short safety briefing and to be weighed in with the other passengers — helicopters fly to a strict weight limit. Headsets go on before the doors close.

  3. Lift-off, low over the river

    The aircraft climbs out along the St Lawrence first, giving a few seconds to get oriented before the skyline properly opens up.

  4. Downtown and the Olympic Stadium

    The glass towers of Downtown Montreal, then the tilted tower of the Olympic Stadium, the world’s tallest inclined structure, off to one side.

  5. Mount Royal and Parc Jean Drapeau

    The mountain the city is named for, its cross visible from above, then the river islands of Parc Jean Drapeau and the old Expo 67 grounds beneath the rotor blades.

  6. The Jacques Cartier Bridge and the river

    The bridge crosses the full width of the St Lawrence below, with barges and pleasure boats — some of them the same cruises you could have booked instead.

  7. Back over the Old Port

    The last stretch traces the Old Port and Vieux-Montréal’s rooftops before the aircraft lines up with the pad again.

  8. Touch down

    Thirty minutes end to end, weighed and briefed included. Most flights land close to the time you booked, weather allowing.

La Grande Roue de Montréal lit up at night in the Old Port

Best time of day

Fly by day, save the wheel for after dark

Helicopter flights need daylight, so the earliest slot of the day is the one to book if that week’s forecast looks uncertain. Save La Grande Roue for after the sun goes down instead: Canada’s largest observation wheel lights up over the Old Port once it is dark.

On the ground

What Old Montréal and Quebec City look like on foot

A cobbled street lined with stone buildings in Old Montréal

Old Montréal

The streets a guided walk actually covers, on foot, for a tenth of the flight’s price.

The interior of Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montréal

Notre-Dame

One of the stops on the small-group walking tour through the old town.

La Grande Roue de Montréal observation wheel lit up in the Old Port

The wheel

Sixty metres up, the cheapest view of the Old Port on this page.

Château Frontenac overlooking the St Lawrence in Quebec City

Quebec City

What the twelve-hour day trip from Montreal reaches, waterfall included.

What it's like

Two flights over Montreal, and not much else

Search for a helicopter ride Montreal and the results suggest a choice. Book one and you find there almost isn’t one: the whole market is two flights, one over the island and one an hour and a half away. Everything else that comes up next to them is not a flight at all.

The island flight lifts off in Montreal itself — twenty or thirty minutes over the Olympic Stadium, Downtown, Mont Royal, Parc Jean Drapeau, the Jacques Cartier Bridge and the St Lawrence River, priced from $161. It carries 479 reviews at 4.8, the longest record of any trip on this page, and it is the only helicopter that actually leaves from the city whose name is on the ticket.

The second flight goes to Mont Tremblant instead: ten minutes in the air, private, with a licensed pilot, from $209, plus a 30-minute stopover on the mountain if you want to add it. Tremblant is about 130 km from Montreal, so this is not an add-on to a city trip — it is its own day, drive included.

That is the entire helicopter market here: two operators, two routes, no third option waiting to be discovered. A search for “helicopter tour Montreal” keeps surfacing the same pair however it is phrased, because there is nothing else behind them.

Twelve other trips book out of the same city and cost a fraction of either flight. A river cruise runs $32 or $35, a walk through Old Montreal $25 or $42, a bus tour $48 or $51, a day trip to Quebec City or the Laurentians $70 or $88. La Grande Roue observation wheel is $24, the OASIS digital art space $26, a chef-led cooking class $126.

None of them puts you in the air, and none pretends to. What they give instead is height without a helicopter — the wheel’s sixty metres over the Old Port — or the city at street level, which the flight cannot show you at all.

Montreal winters and spring wind move helicopter departures more than any schedule promises; the cruises, walks and buses keep running on a steadier timetable. Book the flight with a spare day in hand if the season is uncertain, and treat the cheaper trips as the option that actually works whatever the forecast does.

While you’re here

The three things people do instead

If $161 is more than you want to spend on thirty minutes, three trips cover most of what people are actually after: the view without the aircraft, the river instead of the sky, and the old town on foot. All three sit in or beside the Old Port.

Practical

Plan the flight, or plan the whole day instead

Five things decide how the day goes: which flight or trip you book, how far ahead you book it, how you get to the meeting point, whether the weather that week is on your side, and whether Mont Tremblant is worth the trip out.

Montreal, thirty minutes

Lifts off in the city itself, over the Olympic Stadium, Downtown, Mont Royal and the St Lawrence, from $161. 479 reviews at 4.8.

Mont Tremblant, ten minutes

A private flight with a licensed pilot, from $209, with an optional 30-minute mountain stopover. 119 reviews at 4.9.

Two lengths on one listing

The Montreal flight is sold as a 20- or 30-minute departure on the same booking page; $161 buys the longer one.

Small group or private

The Montreal flight flies as a small group; the Tremblant flight is private, just your own party in the aircraft.

Neither is cheap

Both flights cost more than everything else on this page — $161 is the cheaper of the two.

No third flight

These are the only two helicopter tours running out of Montreal. A search for more turns up the same pair again.

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Best time

When Montreal flights are most likely to go up

Fall colour draws people to book the flight most, but Montreal winters and spring wind move dates more than any calendar promises. Cruises and walks run to a steadier schedule.

Jun – Aug

Warmest, most settled

Long days and Montreal’s most settled stretch of the year for a flight to actually go up. The Old Port and the river cruises are also running their fullest summer schedule.

Sep – Oct

Fall colour, less certain

The best month for colour from the air, but the least predictable: flights move with the wind more than the calendar. Cruises and walking tours keep running either way.

Dec – Feb

Winter, fewer flights up

The coldest months, and the ones most likely to ground a flight for a day or two. The walks and the wheel keep going; the outdoor cruises mostly do not run.

Mar – May

Spring, the windy stretch

Ice breaks up on the river and the wind picks up before it settles. Good month for the digital art space and the walking tours; the least reliable for the helicopter.

Month by month, and why flights move →

Worth knowing

Six things the listings don’t mention

01

Only two of the fourteen trips here are actual flights. The rest are cruises, walks, buses, tickets and a cooking class — useful to know before “helicopter ride Montreal” is assumed to mean more than two operators.

02

Mont Tremblant is not a Montreal add-on. It is about 130 km out, and the ten-minute flight there is a separate day, not a side trip tacked onto the city flight.

03

Neither helicopter flight carries GetYourGuide’s free cancellation tag. Six of the other twelve trips do — check the listing itself before assuming a refund is standard.

04

The Montreal flight is sold in two lengths. Twenty and thirty minutes are both on the same listing; $161 is the price for the longer one.

05

Flights move for weather more than the calendar admits. Montreal winters and spring wind ground helicopters for days at a time; the cruises and walks keep to a steadier schedule.

06

La Grande Roue is worth doing after dark. Canada’s largest observation wheel is lit at night over the Old Port, and it costs a fraction of the flight.

Straight answers

Helicopter rides over Montreal, answered

How much does a helicopter ride over Montreal cost?

The flight over the island starts at $161 for thirty minutes (or a shorter twenty-minute option on the same listing), rated 4.8 across 479 reviews. The Mont Tremblant flight costs more, from $209 for ten minutes, because it is private and includes a licensed pilot.

Why are there only two helicopter flights over Montreal?

That is the whole of the market here: one flight over the island, one over Mont Tremblant. The other twelve trips on this page — cruises, walking tours, buses and day trips — are real alternatives, not more flights hiding under different names.

Is thirty minutes long enough for a Montreal helicopter tour?

It covers the Olympic Stadium, Downtown Montreal, Mont Royal, Parc Jean Drapeau, the Jacques Cartier Bridge and the St Lawrence River in one loop. A shorter twenty-minute version is on the same listing if half an hour is more than you need.

How far is Mont Tremblant from Montreal?

About 130 km. The helicopter flight there is ten minutes and private, from $209, but getting to the helipad is its own drive — treat it as a separate day, not an extension of a Montreal city trip.

What can I do instead of a helicopter ride?

Twelve trips on this page cost less than either flight: a river cruise from $32, a walk through Old Montreal from $25, a bus tour from $48, day trips to Quebec City or the Laurentians from $70, and La Grande Roue observation wheel from $24.

When is the best time to fly for fall colour?

September and October give the best colour from the air, but it is also the least predictable stretch for wind. Summer, June through August, is the steadiest season for a flight to actually go up.

Do Montreal helicopter flights run in winter?

Both operators fly through winter, but Montreal’s cold and wind ground flights more often than in summer. The wheel, the walks and the indoor digital art space keep running regardless of the forecast.

Why trust this page

How we put this together

Checked, not guessed

Prices, ratings and reviews are read off the live GetYourGuide listings for all fourteen trips, and updated with the page.

How we pick

Every trip bookable out of Montreal in this niche is here, both helicopter flights included. Nobody pays to be featured.

We say when it isn’t a flight

Twelve of the fourteen trips on this page are cruises, walks, buses and tickets, not flights. We call them what they are.

Mont Tremblant, stated plainly

That flight lifts off about 130 km from Montreal. We say so here rather than let the drive surprise you at the pad.

The Old Port of Montreal seen from above, with the St Lawrence River beyond it

The answer

One flight over the island, twelve cheaper ways to see the rest

Thirty minutes over Montreal from $161 is the only flight that lifts off in the city itself; Mont Tremblant is a separate day, 130 km out. If that is more than you want to spend, a river cruise, a walk through Old Montreal or the view from La Grande Roue cover most of the same ground for a tenth of the price.

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Montreal: Guided Helicopter Tour

★ 4.8 · 479 reviews

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