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Traveler Rating
604 reviews 385 travel blogs 376 photos Attraction Type:
Historic walking area, Neighborhood, Town center/square/plaza, Beach
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Old Montreal (Vieux-Montreal)
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A city rendevous
Woken at some very stupid and silly hour by four Asian girls in my dorm, who were performing their morning ritual of face slapping, talking loudly between themselves and banging doors, I decided to stumble out of bed.
Packed, checked out and with no intention of hanging around in Quebec City any longer I was on the 10.30am bus to Montreal … -
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Jazz Festival
I made Montreal my second stop in Canada because I wanted to be in town for the first night of the 32nd International Jazz Festival. A five minute walk from my hotel in downtown Montreal 7 outdoor stages were erected for free concerts over a 10 day period from June 25-July 4. All I could hope for is the weather to cooperate since it was raining …
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Canada or France???
Taking advantage of a long weekend we again saddled up and hit the highway for French Canada!!
Its a weird situation to get across as it is the same country but then it's completely different. You would think (well we did) it would be primarily or at least more of a mix or blend of Canadian and French, and there is mix but it is mainly … -
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En France?
Noreen dropped us off to catch the bus to Ottawa Cenral Station giving us plenty of opportunity for some people watching as the commuters made their way to work. The train journey to Montreal was less than 2 hours with nothing special about the scenery on which to comment. Upon arrival, the sun made a welcome appearance making the short (in my …
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Happiest places in the world >> ASIA
... , the views are of carved temples and vivid prayer flags fluttering against a backdrop of snow-dusted mountains. #2. MONTRÉAL, CANADA If laughter is indeed the best medicine they should need fewer medics in Montréal. The Francophone capital of ...
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Pardon, which way to Canada?
... us that you don't even have to surface from shopping in winter if you don't want to, everything is linked. Amazing! Montreal's old city is filled with history, which I'm sure they would have preferred to be only French, with original cobbled streets ...
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Side trip to Montreal
... to plan. We chat a lot. I also borrow a lot of her books from her extensive library. Definitely cheaper than buying them myself. Besides catching up on old times there was a reason for my side trip. I walk around Old Montreal and take some ...
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DRINKING ON A MONTREAL DOOR-STEP
... . I was concerned, however, that the $210 I'd begun the trip with was now depleted to only $40. So, I went around Montreal looking for weekend work. "Nobody's gonna give you a job with a moustache!" Nichola had blurted at me one night in ...
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Having spent a few weeks in the english ...
... when driving. After a long straight 5 hour drive along a motor way that just went on and on and on....... I arrived at Montreal. Now I was told that the people of Quebec are not very friendly when you speak English, so I was expecting a few language ...
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Getting Started
... is a little small. I am trying to figure out how to fit everything I need in there for two weeks. I traveled through Montreal with David this weekend while I was there, biking through the old grain elevators off the coast of the mighty St. Lawrence ...
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Mon dieu! C'etait froid
... at some Victorian architecture, braving the un-Kingston like freezing temperatures and visiting the main tourist areas of the city; namely Old Montreal (including Basilique Notre Dame ) and Parc du Mont Royal for nice views of the city. See the photos ...
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Around the World - Departure!
... long, that it seemed almost unreal that I was finally following my dream. That dream that I first had when I was about 16 years old, traveling alone for the first time. All of my life, I have followed a path drawn in front of me: from my ...
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Montréal
... our baggage we found our way to 'L'aerobus' outlet, where we needed to buy tickets. Copping out immediately, I asked the nice, portly old man "Parlez-vous Anglais?" To which he responded 'a little', but insisted I speak to him in French. He could speak ...
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Montreal.....
... or 4 nights, its really beautiful, the architecture is stunning, as we are now in the Province of Quebec, we are in French Canada, Montreal to me is a mix of Paris, Boston and London...its VERY French, everything is written in French, and everyone speaks ...
Old Montreal (Vieux-Montreal) Map
- Griffintown
- Musée des Soeurs Grises
- Canadian Centre for Architecture (Centre Canadien d'Architecture)
- David M. Stewart Museum (Musée David M. Stewart)
- Upstairs Jazz Club
- Taboo
- Brutopia
- Hurley's Irish Pub
- Club Q Zone
- Comedyworks
- Montreal Forum
- Bishop Street
- The Sir Winston Churchill
- Newtown
- Crescent Street
- Lucky Luc's Calèches
- Bell Centre
- 1250 boulevard René-Lévesque
- St. George's Church
- Windsor Station