Mount Royal Park

The hill tops out at two hundred and thirty-three metres and gave the city its name. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who made Central Park, and delivered in 1876: he deliberately refused spectacular features, preferring paths that follow the ground.

The Kondiaronk lookout takes in the whole downtown and the river. On summer Sundays the tam-tams gather at the foot of the Cartier monument, as they have since the 1970s — an institution, not an organised event.