Montreal Tour Prices: What Each Kind Of Tour Costs

Montreal tours cover a wide price band for a city of this size. The least expensive guided experience sold here, a two-hour Old Montreal walk, starts at $25.33 per person, while the most expensive, a three-hour private car tour with hotel pickup, starts at $209.55. Between those two points sit 33 priced tours across seven categories, with a median of $70.74. That spread is the point of this guide: price in Montreal tracks hours, food, transport distance and group size far more than quality, and a cheap tour here is often simply a short one.

What follows is a category-by-category breakdown of Montreal tour prices, all figures taken from the tour pages sold on this site, plus the practical questions that decide where your money goes. Three tours, the hop-on hop-off bus, the Croisieres AML history cruise and the Lachine Rapids rafting trip, show no verified price, so they are named in a plain note and left out of every comparison. Everything else carries a from-price, per person, in US dollars.

How Much Do Montreal Tours Cost In Total?

Across the 36 tours sold here, verified from-prices run from $25.33 for a two-hour guided Old Montreal walk to $209.55 for a three-hour private car tour, with a median of $70.74 per person across the 33 tours that publish a price. Walking tours cluster under $55, food tours between $86.86 and $115.09, and guided day trips from $45 to $180.96.

The full picture is easier to read by category. The table below shows the priced tours in each group, the price range within that group, and what the money typically buys. Where a category holds a single tour, the range is one number. Per-person from-prices are the starting figures on each tour's own page, and the final price can move with dates, options and party size.

Three tours in the sightseeing and river groups show no verified price on their pages: the Montreal City Hop-on Hop-off Tour, the Montreal History Guided Sightseeing Cruise and the Montreal Rafting trip on the Lachine Rapids. The price for each shows at booking, and none of them appears in the ranges or the median above.

Three river products, the $28.95 electric boat cruise, the sunset boat tour and the $62.41 jet boat ride, are seasonal, so check availability for current dates. Treat those figures as the standing from-price rather than proof the boats are running today, and check dates before planning around them.

A note on tax. Quebec applies a 5 percent GST and a 9.975 percent QST, per the Canada Revenue Agency, and whether a tour's from-price already includes tax depends on what each tour's own page says: several bus and bike listings state that taxes are included, while most walking tours say nothing either way. Never compute a total from the from-price; read the tour's page for what is covered.

What Is The Cheapest Guided Tour In Montreal?

The cheapest guided tours in Montreal are two Old Montreal experiences at $25.33 each: the Guidatour Original Old Montreal walking tour, 4.8 across 2,708 reviews, and the Old Montreal Ghost Walking Tour, 4.6 across 882 reviews. Next come a 16/42 Tours walk at $26.78 and the Spade & Palacio mural arts tour at $28.95.

The tie at the bottom of the price table is real, and the two tours are different products. The Guidatour walk is a two-hour daytime history walk capped at 16 people, meeting at the obelisk on Place d'Youville, and its page states it operates year-round, rain or shine. The ghost tour is a 90-minute walk through the same neighbourhood, capped at 25, meeting at Place Royale, and its page recommends it for children of 10 and up rather than younger ones. The Guidatour walk has a city-certified guide and the ghost tour is led by a local storyteller; neither includes hotel pickup, food or gratuities.

Between those $25.33 options and the $54.29 top of the walking band sit five more options, and the differences are instructive. The 16/42 Tours walk at $26.78 covers two hours with a city-licensed guide for up to 15 people. The mural arts tour at $28.95, rated 5.0 across 668 reviews, the highest rating of any tour here with more than 100 reviews, spends two hours on Plateau street art in groups of 10. The Explora Montreal underground city tour at $29 includes metro and REM fares, which partly explains why it costs more than a surface walk of the same length. The MTL Detours RESO and downtown walk at $35.47 adds a certified city-permitted guide in a group of 10, and the Spade & Palacio Essential 101 walk at $54.29 runs 2 hours 45 minutes and includes beverages, food tastings and snacks, which pushes it toward food-tour territory.

The $42.71 MTL Detours small-group walk shows where the extra money over the Guidatour price goes: a cap of 10 guests instead of 16, a minimum age of 12, a small local treat and a parting gift included, and a guide holding the mandatory City of Montreal permit. Reviews back it at 4.9 across 2,719, the third-largest review pool on the whole site. For a reader weighing walking tours by neighbourhood, the honest summary is that all seven walks include a guide, four of them state a city-licensed guide, and each runs two-plus hours in Old Montreal or downtown; the price steps buy smaller groups, food inclusions and longer routes, not a different city.

One genuine budget option sits outside the paid table entirely: the free-walk scene. Free guided walks exist in Montreal on a pay-what-you-wish basis, and the free activities page on this site covers them, though with no stated days or times, so a paid walk remains the reliable choice for a fixed itinerary.

Which Montreal Tours Cost The Most?

The most expensive Montreal tour is the three-hour private car tour with expert guide and free pickup, from $209.55 per person, rated 5.0 across 43 reviews. The helicopter tour over Montreal follows at $209.19 for 18 to 27 minutes, then the Eastern Townships day trip at $180.96, the Ntours full-day small-group tour at $170.10 and the Old Montreal food tour at $115.09.

The top of the price table splits into two very different purchases. The private car tour at $209.55 and the helicopter flight at $209.19, at effectively the same from-price, are exclusivity buys: the car tour is private, only your group, with pickup stated and a tailored route, while the helicopter is an 18-to-27-minute flight from the Helicraft heliport in Saint-Hubert across the river, also private, requiring a minimum of two people per booking and subject to favourable weather. Neither includes attraction admission: the car tour's page lists Notre-Dame Basilica and Bank of Montreal Museum entry as not included.

Below them, the $180.96 Eastern Townships day trip and the $170.10 Ntours full-day small-group tour are long-day buys. The Townships trip runs 9 hours with a bilingual guide, short walks and complimentary pickup from listed downtown hotels, in a vehicle capped at 12. The Ntours day covers 7 hours in a group of 8 with hotel pickup when selected 24 hours ahead and a maple and bagel tasting included, though lunch and the Notre-Dame visit are not. And at $115.09, the Old Montreal food tour with six-plus tastings shows the other big price driver: food. Six tasting stops, from a smoked salmon bagel in a converted bank to a maple syrup tasting, cost more per hour than any walk, and the 4.9 rating across 850 reviews suggests buyers consider it money well spent.

For readers comparing the two top-priced options, the practical difference is time and shape. The car tour gives three hours of ground coverage and a guide who adapts the route; the helicopter gives under half an hour in the air with live commentary through headsets. Per hour the helicopter is by far the most expensive product here, and per hour the walking tours are the least. Whether that matters depends entirely on what the visit is for.

Why Do Montreal Food Tour Prices Run Higher Than Walking Tours?

Montreal food tours cost between $86.86 and $115.09 per person because the price buys the guide plus every tasting: six to eight listed stops on most, including a Montreal-style bagel, poutine, a smoked meat sandwich and a secret dish. All five food tours include tastings in the ticket; among the plain walks, only the Essential 101 does.

Food is the clearest price divider on the site. A guided walk without food tops out at $35.47; a three-hour guided walk with food starts at $86.86. The gap is the menu. The Jean Talon Market and Little Italy tour at $86.86 includes eight tastings, among them a focaccia sandwich, arancini, cannoli with an Italian beverage, pizza al taglio, cold-pressed apple juice and a secret dish. The two Mile End tours, one by Local Montreal Food Tours at $98.80 and one by Secret Food Tours, also $98.80, each cover a signature sandwich, a wood-fired or Montreal-style bagel, poutine, gnocchi, a secret dish and a seasonal dessert, with the Secret Food Tours version adding Italian coffee and a smoked meat sandwich.

The most reviewed tour on the entire site sits in this category: the Secret Food Tours Mile End walk at 4.9 across 3,193 reviews, from $98.80. When a reader asks which tour in Montreal has the strongest evidence behind it, that review count is the answer, and it belongs to a food tour, not a flagship day trip. The Spade & Palacio non-touristy food tour at $93.37 is the odd one out on price logic: its page includes food and drinks but does not itemise the menu, so the $93.37 buys certainty about the guide and uncertainty about the courses.

Two practical notes on value. Dietary needs should be flagged at booking on every one of these tours, and the Old Montreal food tour's own description says it works best with no food restrictions. And the seasonal dessert swaps by season on the Mile End tours, ice cream in the warm months, cannoli in the cold ones, which changes the experience but not the price.

What Do Montreal Day Trips Cost?

Quebec City day trips from Montreal run from $45 to $133.91 for 13 to 14 hours, Mont Tremblant and Ottawa day trips each cost from $71.66, the Eastern Townships trip from $180.96, and the sugar shack tour from $136.80 with lunch included. Day trips are priced by distance, coach hours and which entry fees are bundled in.

The Quebec City category is the clearest study in what a from-price hides. The Agence Wonder Travel tour at $45 is the cheapest full-day trip on the site, 14 hours, rated 4.7 across 1,246 reviews, but its page lists Montmorency Falls admission as not included and states no free-cancellation policy, and tickets bought through the guide on the bus are final and non-refundable. The Concord featured trip at $83.24, 13 hours, 4.5 across 355 reviews, includes Montmorency Falls entry and a one-way cable car ride when the cable car is available. The Coach Canada trip at $93.37, 4.2 across 2,568 reviews, includes the falls park admission and free downtown and Old Montreal hotel pickup, with a required confirmation call 24 hours ahead. The Concord cruise version at $133.91, 4.5 across 917 reviews, adds the AML river cruise, listed May to October, or the Ice Hotel, listed January to March, on top of the falls entry and hotel pickup within 5 km of the departure point. The spread between the $45 floor and the $133.91 ceiling is mostly admission bundles and pickup, not a different Quebec City: Old Quebec has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985, per the UNESCO listing, whichever coach you ride.

The other day trips each carry a caveat worth money. The Tremblant trip's $71.66 covers transport and a guide for 8 hours 30 minutes, but the panoramic gondola and the Sentier des cimes walkway are extra unless you select the option, and its review pool is small at 21, so it earns modest claims. The Ottawa trip, also $71.66 for 12 hours, lists no attraction entries; Parliament runs its own guided tours of the Senate and House of Commons buildings, bookable through the Parliament site, with photo ID required for the House of Commons at West Block. The sugar shack tour at $136.80 is the one day trip where food is bundled: a buffet sugar shack lunch and a maple syrup tasting are included, along with hotel pickup within 5 km, and its booking schedule runs from 1 March to 31 August 2027. The Townships trip at $180.96 is the premium road day, 9 hours in a group of 12 with hotel pickup; the region bills itself as the first wine region of Quebec, though the tour itself is a guided driving day, not a tasting itinerary. More detail on all of these is in the day tours comparison guide.

Do Montreal Bike And Boat Tours Cost More Than Walking Tours?

Montreal bike tours cost between $64.02 and $70.74 for two to three hours, above every plain walking tour, while river products span from $28.95 for a 45-minute electric boat cruise to $62.41 for the two-hour Lachine Rapids jet boat ride. Equipment, bikes, helmets and safety gear, plus a drink or snack on two tours, explains the bike premium.

The four bike tours sit in a tight band from $64.02 to $70.74, and the tour pages show why the floor sits where it does: every one includes a bicycle in the price, and two include food. The Fitz downtown, Old Montreal and waterfront ride at $64.66, 4.9 across 387 reviews, is a 3-hour guided loop capped at 10 riders with a minimum age of 14, running in all weather with rain capes provided. Its Plateau, Mile End and Jean-Talon sibling at $68.76 adds snacks, including a Montreal bagel. The Ça Roule ride at $70.74, the site median to the cent, includes bottled water, a food tasting and one drink, alcoholic or not, at a local spot near the shop, with a minimum age of 13 and an e-bike minimum of 14 plus a permit for riders aged 14 to 17. The Jusst fat e-bike ride on Mount Royal at $64.02, 4.9 across 119 reviews, runs 2 hours with a minimum age of 16 and a group cap of 22, and it is the only tour here that rides on the mountain itself.

The river column reads differently. The two $28.95 cruises, the 45-minute Le Petit Navire electric boat and the one-hour Aventures Wet Set sunset boat, are among the cheapest guided experiences in the city once you count by tour rather than by hour, though both are warm-season products, so check dates on the booking page rather than assuming a sailing. The jet boat at $62.41 is a different animal: a wet ride with about 30 minutes in the Lachine Rapids, a minimum age of 6 and 44 inches, ponchos, life jackets and sandals lent, lockers free, and a requirement to arrive 45 minutes early for orientation. Its 4.9 rating across 245 reviews is the strongest in the river group. The AML history cruise and the rafting trip carry no printed price here, and the cruise question is covered in full in the Montreal river cruise guide.

What Extras Change The Final Price Of A Montreal Tour?

Beyond the from-price, the extras that move the final bill are attraction entries not bundled in the ticket, food and drink on tours that exclude them, gratuities, which are customary and optional on most guided tours, and transport to meeting points. The STM 24-hour pass covers a full day of getting to tour start points; check the official fares page for its price.

Entry fees are the biggest silent add-on on the day-trip side. As the tables above show, only some Quebec City tours bundle Montmorency Falls, the Tremblant gondola and Sentier des cimes cost extra unless selected, and Ottawa's Parliament visits are booked separately through the Parliament site. On the city side, no tour sold here enters Notre-Dame Basilica: one day tour stops for a photo only, and the private car tour lists basilica admission as not included. The basilica sells its own self-guided visit, about an hour with 24 points of interest, priced per adult plus tax on the official fares page, with all ticket sales final and hours to check before you go.

Food and drink exclusions matter on the long days. Meals are not included on any Quebec City, Tremblant, Ottawa or Townships trip, so a 13-hour day carries at least one restaurant bill on top of the fare. Four Concord day trips include gratuities in the fare; tipping guides in Montreal is customary and optional, and no percentage belongs in print.

Getting to the start point is the quietest cost of all. Most walking tours meet in the Place d'Armes and Place d'Youville area of Old Montreal, the bike tours meet on Rue de la Commune or Rue Rachel, and the river products leave from the Old Port, and a 24-hour STM pass covers a day of metro and bus trips between them, check the STM fare page for the current price. Only seven tours on the site state hotel pickup: the Concord Quebec City tour with the cruise, the Coach Canada Quebec City trip, the Ntours full-day and Townships tours, the See Sight night tour, the Concord sugar shack trip and the private car tour. For the rest, plan the transit leg yourself and, if you are flying in, check whether you need an eTA to enter Canada, CAN$7 online, via the official IRCC page.

Can You Save Money On Montreal Tours?

Yes: booking the shorter walking tours instead of bus formats costs less per person, choosing the $45 Quebec City trip over the $133.91 cruise version spares you the difference between those fares if you skip the bundled entries, and 35 of the 36 tours allow a full refund up to 24 hours before the start, so early booking carries little risk.

The cancellation policy is the single most useful money fact on this site. Thirty-five of the thirty-six tours state a full refund up to 24 hours before the start; the exception is the Agence Wonder Travel Quebec City tour, whose page states no cancellation policy, and whose on-bus attraction tickets are final and non-refundable. Practically, that means booking early on the 35 protected tours costs nothing if plans shift, and waiting rarely earns a discount, since from-prices here are set by the operators, not by last-minute inventory.

Structural savings are just as real. Walking beats riding in the city: the $25.33 Guidatour walk and the $48 Gray Line guided bus tour, 4.3 across 3,001 reviews, both deliver a professional guide's commentary, and the price difference between them is the bus. Short beats long on the water: the 45-minute electric boat at $28.95 versus the jet boat at $62.41 buys calm instead of adrenaline. Group beats private everywhere: the private car tour at $209.55 is roughly five times the MTL Detours small-group walk at $42.71 for a similar span of city ground. And food bundles are worth arithmetic, not instinct: an $86.86 to $115.09 food tour replaces a meal you would buy anyway, so the true marginal cost of the guide is the tour price minus the meal you did not have to purchase.

For the reader who wants one figure to plan around: $70.74, the median. Half the priced tours on this site cost less than that per person, and the two cheapest of them, the Guidatour walk and the ghost tour at $25.33, also carry two of the larger review pools in their categories. You can see the Guidatour Original Old Montreal walking tour here, alongside the Montreal food tour guide if tasting walks are the draw. This whole price picture, with each tour's dates, durations and current availability, is what Montreal Canada Tours exists to lay out side by side.

Common Questions About Montreal Tour Prices