Book-hunting route · Montreal
Avenue du Mont-Royal Est run
4 shops · about 13 minutes on foot · 0.9 km
The Avenue du Mont-Royal Est run in Montreal starts at Boutique Les Petits Frères and reaches Renaissance a minute later, the two stops the street carries on this route. It then moves to Rue Gilford, six minutes on, for La Boutique des Petits Frères, before finishing at Librairie un livre à soi on Avenue Laurier Est seven minutes after that. Four stops in total, thirteen minutes of walking.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest downtown. Times are sidewalk estimates at an easy pace.
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1
Boutique Les Petits Frères
Secondhand store · Avenue du Mont-Royal Est
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2
1 min walk
RenaissanceSecondhand store · Avenue du Mont-Royal Est · H2J 1Y5
Mon–Fri 09:00–21:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–20:00
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3
6 min walk
La Boutique des Petits FrèresSecondhand store · Rue Gilford · H2J 1R7
Mon–Sun 13:00–18:00
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4
7 min walk
Librairie un livre à soiUsed bookstore · Avenue Laurier Est
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00
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Other routes in Montreal
- Rue Saint-Denis run 10 shops · ~18 min
- Eva B and 5 more 6 shops · ~12 min
- Rue Wellington run 4 shops · ~10 min
- Boulevard Saint-Laurent run 4 shops · ~12 min
- Rue Saint-Hubert run 3 shops · ~4 min
- Rue Charlevoix run 3 shops · ~5 min
How the route is built
Shops within about 400 metres of the next one count as one run, walked from the end nearest downtown. Long runs are cut into legs of ten stops or fewer. The distance follows the streets; the minutes are an easy-pace estimate. Opening hours are whatever OpenStreetMap has on record: check the smaller stores before you set out.
See all thrift stores in Montreal, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Thrift stores in Ottawa· Thrift stores in Quebec City· Thrift stores in Toronto· Thrift stores in Mississauga
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