Montreal Visitors - July 2007

This is for Mum & Dad & Chris & Warren that are coming to visit soon. I figured a bunch of links would help make some decisions.

Anyone that wants to - please add comments/suggestions!

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So... here we go:

Shopping

Downtown, there are a gazillion places, like Eaton Centre, The Bay, Ogilvy, Simons and tons of stand-alone stores.

In Westmount, there are a bunch of amazing little shops with everything in them - like Hogg Hardware, Zone, Ritsi, bead stores, housewares, clothes etc. There is even Bon Appetit that sells just cookbooks.

Activities

There are a tonne of museums and places all over the city - so a Metro/bus pass or tickets are a must.

Everyone is going to see BodyWorlds. It requires booking in advance.

One very cool idea is the Montreal Museums Pass - which gives you three consecutive days of access to all sorts of attractions all over the city, and includes a 3 day pass for public transit. At $45/each, it's not bad, because some of the museums are up to $10/each anyway... The Museums include: Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal Biodôme, the Montreal Botanical Garden, The Montreal Insectarium, the Montreal Planetarium and the Science Centre.

Some musts include

The Old Port
Chinatown - where we might have Dim Sum
and the Little Italy/Jean Talon Market area

And there's also churches... in my favourite order: St.Patrick's/St. James/Mary Queen of the World/St. Joseph's Oratory/Notre Dame

There's also the Sun Life Building, the Old Forum, the mountain.... the rag district?


And now...

Food

One great guide...

Dad says he must have Bar-B-Barn. I suggest going before 5pm - it's cheaper.

Dim Sum - Chris to fill in!

Fondue Places - Chris to fill in!

Schwartz's - for smoked meat and atmosphere.

St. Viateur Bagel - because it's not Montreal without bagels, and the one on Monkland has an amazing lunch place

Mesquite is a new favourite of mine... such good southern BBQ

Nouveau Delhi is my favourite Indian place... mmmmmmm

Orange Julep - is something to see and try

Amelio's - amazing oven-fired pizzas

Ben & Jerry's - creme brulee ice cream, please

Chalet BBQ - an institution and a must

Juliette et Chocolat is apparently sinful

Alto - delivery poutine

PLEASE feel free to add comments, questions, etc.