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Where should I make sure to see while visiting Montreal and the surrounding area? |
Travel Info I'm planning on visiting Montreal in July..and hopefully going to Mont Tremblant Park for a day... Anywhere else I should make sure to see? I love nature and culture. Travel Tips For nature Mt Tremblant Park is lovely except for the area near the resort which is far too commercial. Alternate suggestions: Get a good map and just roam along the Ottawa River from St-Eustache to Lachute then into the Laurentians on narrow highways and dirt roads and then into the Reserve Faunique Papineau-Labelle. You'll experience plenty of rural Qu茅bec cultures, too. In Montreal to really get a feel for the history, peoples and cosmopolitanism try to stay in the more French side near the University of Qu茅bec at Montreal and the rue St-Denis/Av St-Laurent/Rosemount/Latin Quarter/Gay Village and the more polyglot Plateau (Montreal's Greenwich Village) areas but then roam around, taking time for ethic neighborhoods along the Jean Talon/Beaubien corridor and C么te St-Luc and C么tes-des-Neiges. Roam also Atwater market and the nearby St-Paul district. Only then visit the more English-speaking (and American tourist infected!) areas of the near west side and McGill, and Old Montr茅al, other than for the museums (Montr茅al is a big museum town, by the way), and the other tourist attractions mentioned in any guidebook, among which are those mentioned by SteveN. Others I was there last October and it was great. I just spent 5 days walking around and seeing the town. Alot of there stores and restaurants are underground and kinda tough to find but if you do enough searching you will find some nice places. Go down toward the water in the old part of town it is excellent. We went to the Olympic village and rode the tram to the top of the needle. You can see the whole area 360 degrees. Ride the subways cause the taxi's are expensive. The best for me was just walking around. It is very accessible and very friendly. Make sure to dine in a French restaurant in downtown Montreal area: - Notre-Dame Basilica - Old Port of Montreal - Olympic Stadium - Just for Laughs festival - Montreal Jazz Festival (free outdoor concerts) - Montreal summer Fireworks competition - La Ronde amusement park (Six Flags) - St. Laurence Seaway and waterway rapids (white water rafting or boat cruises) If you get a chance while you are here, you can drive 3 hrs north and visit historic Quebec City, the site of a 17th century walled fort. http://www.hahaha.com/comedy-year-round.... |
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