Review of Montreal
Montreal
Catch flights to Montréal for romantic 17th-century French cathedrals and upmarket 21st-century shopping.
Things to do
After flights to Montréal, travel back in time to the winding, cobbled streets of Old Montréal. Duck into the Neo-Gothic Notre-Dame Basilica, her soaring spires ringing with 7,000 organ pipes, and sip coffee while people-watching at the Old Port.
Shopping
Bring your wallet to Phillips Square, where smartly tailored silk suits and decadent furs fill shop windows. Wood-panelled speciality stores vie for attention, too, selling Québécois ice wine and maple sweets, perfect mementos of a Montréal holiday.
Restaurants
Diners satisfy hardy appetites with plates of poutine, a Montréal speciality of chips, cheese curds and gravy, at sidewalk cafés in trendy Plateau Mont-Royal. The steaming treat goes beautifully with glasses of local cider or Unibroue beer.
Nightlife
Swirling skirts and stomping boots tell Montréal visitors it’s tango night in city parks in Outremont and Verdun. When the stars come out, the street parties and Latin beats draw colourfully dressed tango aficionados, revealing the spicy side of Montréal - no tickets required.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Montréal. Time your city break with Montréal’s International Jazz Festival in early summer, or the Montréal High Lights food and music festival in February.
Review of Montreal
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I will return!17 Sep 12
Montreal is a vibrant city. French Canadian people are open and very latine in their ways. I had fun, I ate well, met interesting people. It was magic!outarde - UK
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General impression 5 Restaurants 4 Activities 5 Shopping 5 Going Out 5 Events 5 Average grade 4.8 Report abuseReviewer's tip
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