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  • We took advantage of UA's weekend special to visit Montreal over the weekend. The weather got bad after we book the trip and hotel. It was raining most the days we are in Montreal. After taking the bus tour to Quebec in the rain on Sunday, we planned out two different trips for Monday. One for rain one for no-rain. No rain when we got up so we walked from our hotel and took bus 165 from Guy street to go to the St. Joseph's Oratory. I used Google map to plan out the bus/walk trip. It was a lot nicer to walk on Rue Sherbrooke because you pass by a lot of museum and hotels than Boul De Maisonneuve. The bus ride was not bad. We met other people who also on their way to the Oratory. The bus driver told us when to get off and how to walk to the Oratory. You can also see the tall Oratory when you get off the bus. Bus 165 did not drop you off in front of the Oratory. Bus 166 and 51 are the one in the front of the Oratory. When we took the 3.5 hours Montreal bus tour on Saturday afternoon, the tour guide told us there were a lot of steps to go up to the Oratory and it is not recommended. We had choice between Oratory ($5) and the Botanical Garden ($17.75). Since it may rain so I picked Oratory. I learned from past touring experiences it is better to take the "road" for car not the stairs for people from our Quebec trip. I saw the "shuttle" sign as soon as you got into the gate at the Oratory next to the info center so we took the shuttle up to the Oratory so I did not have to walk any steps! The Oratory only had 3-guided tour ($5) per day, one at 10 and one at 13:30. We got there at 10:40 so we paid $2 for a self-guided book. You can also get a free map if you don't want to buy the book. I paid $0.50 for a bottle for the holy water near the entrance where the shuttle dropped you off. The inside is a little dark so you cannot really read the book. We ended up just walk around where we wanted to go without using the map or the guide book. We found #9 The Way of the Cross and the Gardens of the Oratory right the way. This was a total surprised since we only expected to see a church not a garden for our trip. The pool/fountain was closed for cleaning. A lot of up hill walking, no steps! I was so happy we took the shuttle so I saved my legs for the garden. My daughter loved #7 The terrace on the roof. She was able to take a lot of different photos of Montreal with her fancy camera. This is a good place to read the guide book so you will not miss any exhibits and learned about the history. I made the mistake until we got home and read the book. Warning - #8 Display-Brother Andre because they have "The heart of Brother Andre" on display there! We were glade we missed this. We took the "road" and "steps" on our way down so it was not so bad on my legs. We took bus 51 across the street from the Oratory and got off at the Metro stop to take the orange line (Montmorency direction) to Old Montreal - Place-D'Armes. This experience is very different from Notre Dame. This was my favorite place to visit in Montreal so don't be scared off by the tour guide about the 100 steps to the Oratory!
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