Going to MONTREAL

okay so my friends and i are goin on a road trip to montreal next week...any recommendations on places to go (food, entertainment, stores)???


p.s. if you are living in montreal and have rooms to spare then that would be great

Well... I think the St Catherine's street, Saint Laurent Street and Saint-Denis street are the main events!

There are lots to eat so I dont have any personnal recommendations for now

The teasers on St catherine/University (In front of Eaton Center) is always a good place to visit

To club, I like Jet on friday nights... mostly asian, beware! :P

To shop, Eaton Centre has links to 2 other smaller malls... St catherine has a lot of stores along it too. Even future shop!

To bar-hop, I'd suggest Crescent or St-laurent or Saint denis.

Hum what else what else................... thats all i guess

YC

Originally Posted by yell0w_c0w

To club, I like Jet on friday nights... mostly asian, beware! :P

i am asian so i dont think this will be a problem

If you're clubbed out, hit the slopes for night skiing.

Mont Saint-Sauveur isn't too far. Mont Bromont is free on Mon-Thu 8:30am-10:00pm ($15 equipment rental), lot's of choices..

schwartz's deli on st. laurent

I'm going to MTL too! Guess where I'm staying: Four Points by Sheraton Montreal Airport

Guess How much I'm paying! ZERO!

I love Starwood Preferred Guest!

St. Catherines / St. Luarant for all your night club needs.

check local record stores for parites based on your music / drug type :P

umm driving around montreal you'll noticed everyone is in a rush to get to the next redlight so be sure to keep up. Cutting off is a regular part of lange changing in montreal

oh and remember

EVERYTIME YOU MAKE A TURN MAKE SURE YOU SEE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, otherwise your driving down a one way street the wrong way


as far as a place to stay check expedia.ca we stayed in a hotel on Rue Guy for like $110 / night, lacked a mini fridge but was a okay otherwise


and yeah do me a favor and check out that schwartz deli

we were walking up st lauant looking for lunch and I saw schwartz, I said lets eat tehre but then we thought it was just a deli with no where to sit down. There was no lineup, so we went across the street to some pub. We then saw the line for scwartz build from 2 people to around the corner. gahhh!

most popular night club for the semi young crowd (20+) is tokyo

Just be aware on Rue St. Catherine around Rue Berie (I can't say N/E/S/W of it because I don't recall which direction the streets go..), at night the area turns into a homosexual area.. so unless you're into that thing, stay away from that area..

i didnt get the chance to visit shwartz deli

I went but there was a half hour line out the door. Went to Main instead. Had Smoked meat poutine. *my arteries hurt*

I would recommend getting the Lonely Planet travel guide to Montréal. I have it and it's great. It's very helpful. Through it, I found a B&B where I will be staying and I've already planned out some of the sites I'd like to see when I visit Montréal in June.

Also, if you want find good deals for flights, check out Flight Centre (www.flightcentre.ca). I was able to get a round-trip flight from Vancouver to Montréal in June for $357 ($483 grand total). As a comparison, I did a spot check at West Jet and a one-way ticket was $279 before tax.

If the weather's good don't forget to check out The Old Port and Old Montreal. I think Saint-Denis and Old Montreal are my favorite parts of this city. Both are about 15-30 mins of downtown by foot.

If you go up St-Laurent, you can get to Prince Arthur Street which was closed to traffic a few decades ago. In summer its a very happening little street.

You can also check out the Casino on St-Helen's Island. It beats most Casinos because it's run by the Quebec government and if there's one thing they do well, it's tax stupidity.

Check out the Bar B Barn

Awesome ribs.

2 Words ........ SOLID GOLD!

Have fun!

ps Montreal is awesome!