Today, my Stepson went to a birthday party for his friend, and we all tagged along. It was the…read morefirst time Liam had ever been in a pool, and he had a blast. He willingly went under water several times, and refused to get out even with his lips quivering. The Aquadome in Lasalle was amazing. There are slides for kids of all ages, (Liam was obsessed with the one in the baby/toddler area), and a neat umbrella which was his second favourite spot. The room for the party was spacious, yet simple. You can buy bathing suits and floating devices at the front desk and there is also a snack bar with tables and chairs in a separate area away from the pool. We didn't try the food since the party had its own food, but it looked amazing. The family changing area was great- quite a few stalls, several changing tables for little ones and many bathrooms, all of which, were very clean. You can tell the garbages are changed frequently. I was told the separate male only changing room was larger than the family one, but I obviously didn't see the inside of it for myself. The life guards do their jobs well and ensure a safe environment. They have their seats but also stand at different points around the pool so there are several vantage points. We will definitely be going back.

I googled "things to do in Montreal" and this came up. The photos made it look like an indoor…read morebeach! There was lots of parking and this place is open very late as family swim ends at 8:45pm here! However, I think they could do better. The locker room had dirt and hair all over the floor and oddly enough there were no hooks next to the showers (unless you count the moldy benches but I didn't want to place my stuff there) Once we got into the pool, I immediately noticed that the pool floor was slimy and grimy. I've never felt that before and figured it was chlorine maybe? When I got home and googled it .. it turned out to be algae and a sign that the pool is poorly maintained. They have 3 slides, the large main one was broken and the 2 small ones were open. So, I asked the lifeguard if I could put my 3 year old son on it and she said sure just catch him since he can't swim. I went to catch him as he came down the slide and he went so fast it felt like a blow to my chest. You'd think the lifeguard could have warned me how painful it would be to catch a small child off of one of these slides! The complex that this place is in seems interesting. They have a badminton room and indoor rock climbing. I might come here to check out more activities but no more Aquadome for me! Also, I went off hours, pretty late on a weeknight, and the place was still pretty crowded. I can only imagine how hectic it gets on weekends. Way too many people. I saw several employees just walking around (not even lifeguards) and I think they should have been testing the water quality, mopping the floors, and cleaning the pool. Things that clearly needed to be done but weren't.

yup, one can wonder about the beach in Montreal, but there is a beach in Montréal, especially in…read morethe Old Port! Just five minutes from downtown, the Clock Tower Beach, on the same name's quay, offers sun, sand, and a unique holiday atmosphere. but there is a bummer- swimming isn't allowed, but refreshing mist stations set up along the beach take the edge off the summer heat. The urban beach--with views of the St. Lawrence River, the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, Île Sainte-Hélène, and Old Montréal--can accommodate up to 800 people.

The Clock Tower Beach area is a hidden gem in downtown Montreal. Here you can enjoy sun until or…read moresimply sitting to watch people and boats go by.

Amazing Beach! close to a restaurant, you can rent paddle boards and boats for 20$ an hour, the…read moreparking it's very expensive around 10$ an hour so I would recommend to use a bus, metro or even your bike to get there. Food it's expensive so bring your own.

I'm not sure why you would pay to be on this beach. It's soooo crowded and overrun with youngin's…read more Not relaxing at all. The lifeguard at the entrance area was also stressed and abrasive. I'm not walking into the Situation Room for a classified briefing. You can ask nicely to see my wristband.

It's been years I've been hanging out here. Sometimes you just need a nice spot to meet friends or…read morestop and smell the flowers on the way home. You'll always see lots of boaters the Marina is right there

Terrific park on the eastern side of Nun's Island, with an undeveloped waterfront with wide open…read moreviews of the South Shore and Champlain Bridge. Not a lot of picnic tables or park benches but everyone who shows up here seems to be well stacked with their own stuff, inflatable kayaks, stand-up paddles, outdoor bbq, volleyball nets, etc. Nun's Island has an extensive network of bike paths but there's also a great hiking trail along the waters edge, in the back yards of the exclusive residences of this wealthy bedroom community, which also intersect at this park. Given how crazy "mainland" Verdun has become in the past 3 years especially that dank beach, I'm happy to find a much quieter, cleaner and natural place where I can watch the birds, read books underneath the cool shade of willow trees and possibly venture and wade in the water and not have to see a single obnoxious hipster or man-bun in sight.

I'm honestly sick and tired of calling both 311 and 911 to make complaints of the shenanigans I…read moreconstantly see happening along Verdun's riverside waterfront areas. You just name it and it's probably happening here, constant littering, no one gives a flying f*ck about staying clean, respecting the environment, or recycling or anything. There are foul ignorant people, pushers and what not practically out every night having "BBQ" drinking parties and the evidence is out in the open for everyone to see the next morning, blackened fire circles and campfires, beer cans, bottles and plastic cups everywhere, broken tree branches, degraded walking paths and more open spaces when before it was entirely covered in bushes and grass, cigarette butts, plastic bags, plates and it seems to take the City of Verdun days to clean up after every Friday and Saturday night blowout. Do people not understand the concept of taking everything out that you brought in and to leave no trace of yourself behind? Instead they seem to think the river is one giant latrine and the parks and hiking trails and riverside is their personal garbage dump. And what really gets me angry is that the "Well" ie Wellington avenue has all these useless police cadets walking and biking up and down the street when really they would be better off patrolling the riverside. HINT to the Police Department: you can generate more money and income by issuing tickets to these people littering the riverside and degrading the landscape than you can with parking tickets.

Verdun beach isn't quite ready yet but from what I see potential is there! They have sand, a…read morelifeguard, clean water to swim, drinking fountains, showers!! slides for kids and a fun climbing wall. It's still under construction but open for business! I'm so excited for this addition to Verdun. The park nearby is gorgeous and really clean. It has lots of land, tennis courts, outdoor pool, baseball diamond, skate park, splash pads, public washrooms, trees for shade, bike paths. It's almost a secret because it's not crowded. It even has views of Montreal skyline! Great place to enjoy the outdoors in the city.

Covid warning - very few people here seem to be observing social distancing rules nor are they…read morewearing masks. The riverside parks and Verdun and LaSalle have been packed solid the past few days because of the warm weather. Runners, joggers, bikers, strollers, families doing BBQ and picnics, kids, couples, guys hanging out downing a couple of brewskis together, they've all been here in droves. I've seen very, very few people keeping the social distance rules or wearing the required masks. I don't think people seem to understand the gravity of this pandemic and are just treating the warm days as some kind of vacation holiday. I don't mean to be a killjoy but Quebec is the epicentre of the Canadian pandemic. Think about it, People.

Best place to go and relax. I've been coming here for years and I wouldn't go anywhere else…read more There's lots of places in the park that are Packed with people but there's a few spots that you can actually get peace and quiet. Weekends are madness so come early afternoon during the week for picnic or just to think. Love this park

It is September 1, and a bit cool today, which meant that the pool was practically empty and I had…read morea 50 m lane to myself. Beautiful, clean pool. You can book online during the busy times. Certainly the best place for lap swimming in Montreal that I have found.

Large outdoor pool easy access by metro and sunny. Good place for families because of the…read morebeach-kind smooth slope into the water. Down side not much place to hide from the sun, food not allowed around the pool and sad plain concrete around the pool. Also for adults the pool can get a bit boring after a while. Kind of boring when not in the water. I think it's also some sort of a pick up spot - but of course, like any pick up spot in Montreal shy and quiet, you'll get back home the same way you came. If you come with kids there's also a nice green park nearby and thanks to the city of Montreal for the high parking fees as usual. Not much else to do around at the end of the day, if not chasing the marmots in the grass!

So this park is yet another extension on the whole LaSalle BLVD bike path. My goal is to eventually…read morefigure out the 'boundaries' of where each park ends and the next starts. This one starts at the boundary of Parc des Rapides at the LaSallel/Verdun border. Several nice spots to pop a squat down by the water. Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy! There's a look out point too, a deck overlooking the river. It's been fairly busy each time we've passed so we haven't stopped to enjoy it yet. Our dog likes it over here too, safe to be here being it's technically Verdun so she's not prohibited lol. Lots of other dogs too, enjoying the nice walk with their owners. **...We think we saw a tick today tho, crawling across our picnic blanket after Irie traipsed through the dead-long grass, so beware! Next time we're bringing the tick-kit just in case but Irie didn't get bit today...**

A park which pretty much straddles the southern-most shoreline of the island of Montreal, along the…read moreeastern parts of Lasalle from Parc des Rapides going into Verdun. I'd say there are three parts to the park. First there's the green space between Lasalle Boulevard and the bike paths. This is where you have a small playground for kids, water fountains, soccer field, the Natatorium (the first public outdoor swimming pool in Canada), the greenhouse, a beach volleyball sandlot, and lots and lots of open green, grassy space interspersed with trees and bushes, which on hot summer days is taken up with families doing BBQs, couples picnicking, people on blankets napping, reading books, doing work on their devices, playing frisbee etc. Second, there is the bike path which runs along the riverside and now a gravel path specifically for pedestrians right alongside the bike path since traffic on the bike path is so busy now with bikers, roller-bladers and runners. Third, there is a hiking trail, below the bike path right along the river's edge and this is my favorite part. It's full of trees, bushes, wild grass and it not manicured at all and runs a little wild in some places. This is where, if you happen to be at the right time and right place, you'll see ducks, Canada geese, owls, muskrats, blue herons, Arctic terns, turtles, grass snakes, a beaver or two, raccoons, foxes, pike jumping out of the water (I've seen all of them), and on occasion, like this past winter, a bald-head eagle and seal which a local photographer caught on camera. There's also rapids and on clear days, you can see right over to Mont St.Gregoire, Mont St.Bruno and Mont St. Hilaire in the distance. There are also some great quiet spots where you can easily sit down among the large boulders and small grassy knolls and just take in the scenery, meditate and do whatever. While the rest of Montreal obsesses over "The Mountain" and crowded Mont-Royal park, I say let them be and come down to "The River" instead.

When we planned our trip to Montreal, social media kept pointing us toward Mosaïcultures at Parc…read moreJean-Drapeau. The images I saw online were so compelling that I knew we had to experience it for ourselves. It was a warm summer day when we arrived. The park itself was already beautiful--a serene green escape just minutes from the bustle of the city. Before stepping deeper into the gardens, we stopped at a small stall for coffee. The vendor shared a few kind words with us, and that simple exchange set the tone for the day: warm, welcoming, and grounded. With coffee in hand, we wandered through the pathways where colossal living sculptures seemed to rise out of the ground. Each one was a marvel--crafted from hundreds of thousands of flowers and plants, yet so artfully shaped that they felt like characters telling their own stories. "Mother Earth," with her serene face and cascading waterfall arm, embodied both strength and gentleness. "The Man Who Planted Trees" reminded me of the power of one person's quiet perseverance. And the "Six Pairs of YY" seemed to echo Montreal's spirit of community and cultural connection. We strolled slowly, letting the art unfold piece by piece, until we eventually found a spot to sit. There, I simply took it all in--the scale, the imagination, the harmony between nature and art. It wasn't just an exhibition; it felt like an experience that asked you to pause and reflect. What struck me most is that every year this exhibit tells a different story. It's not only a feat of horticulture but also a cultural heartbeat--Montreal reminding us of the quiet power that art and storytelling hold in shaping how we see the world. In the end, what brought us there was social media hype. But what stayed with me was something far more profound: a sense of awe, a renewed appreciation for art's dialogue with nature, and the reminder that culture--like these living sculptures--is always alive, always evolving.

We came here for a visit on a lovely fall day and spent hours exploring the park on both islands…read more The remaining structures from the world's fair are impressive, but the highlight was the botanical gardens which featured a special exhibit that involved huge sculptures made of different types of plants. Think next-level topiary and you'll be close to having an idea of what this is like. Access is easy via the Metro but just be sure to nit muss the stop otherwise you cross into "zone B" at the next stop and can't get back on if your metro pass doesn't cover both zones...a nice Metro staff person did take pity on us confused out of towners and let us through a manual gate. Signage is decent around the park, and restrooms and water bottle fillers are available but not much in terms of food so eat before you go or bring snacks.