Secret Montreal (5th ed. Jan. 2026)

Let Secret Montreal guide you around 140 new secret and unusual places. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Montreal travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of a fascinating city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Discover giant crane in a supermarket. See a portrait of Mussolini in Little Italy. Explore Canada's only Coadaist temple. Marvel at a monument to the world's strongest man. Experience wrestling in a church. Enjoy surfing on the Saint Lawrence River. Photograph a gas station built by famous architect Mies van der Rohe. Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Montreal is a reserve of well-concealed treasures that only reveal themselves to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Montreal well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.