Tag: Montreal

Ditching our apartment for another swanky hotel room

After 6 nights in our plateau apartment that we had rented for the full week, we decided to end our Canada trip in style.  We have been so spoilt on this trip, staying in such amazing and breathtaking hotels that we thought it would be fitting to end the trip this way as well.  So, we checked out of the little apartment early, and headed straight back to our original Montreal hotel, Fairmont Queen Elizabeth.  It was definitely a fantastic way to spend our last night.  We checked into their premium royal suite – and what can we say?  IT ROCKED!!!!  A few pics of the suite are here.

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Out and about in Montreal

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We have had a great few days and have managed to see quite a few things… We visited the world famous Schwartz’s for some smoked meat – the second time we both ate meat in Canada.  We also visited Habitat 67 (above) to see the iconic housing built for expo 67 and the most expensive housing in Montreal on the sought after waterfront.  Another place we went is Notre-Dame Basilica (below).  We nearly didn’t go into the Basilica and were SO glad as it was truly awesome.  We even managed to stumble into the Montreal food and wine festival and had a great time there.  Some more photos are here.

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Our first couple of days in Montreal

We decided to stay in the downtown area of Montreal for the first couple of days and then moved into an apartment that we booked for a week in the Plateau.  The downtown area is the main touristy part with the port and all of the cool buildings and stuff, and the Plateau is a supposedly trendy area for people to live – and it did seem quite cool with lots of restaurants and funky apartments and of course,  Mount Royal which has a massive park to hang out in.  On our first day we wasted no time in trying poutine!  Hot chips with gravy and cheese curds – it was good.

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We generally wandered around and really liked the feel of the streets and atmosphere.  We went to see St Joseph’s Oratory (which was built by brother Andre) and just basically chilled as this is our last stop of this trip.  Also we went to the 25th Anniversary show of Cirque du Soliel which was fantastic.  Our photos are here.

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