Montreal

Superb Lodging in Montreal: Petite Auberge Les Bons Matins, Where the Mornings Are Wonderful!
When Harold Cote decided to name his Montreal bed and breakfast "Petite Auberge Les Bons Matins," he really had the right idea. No doubt about it because the name fits perfectly! For those conversant with French, the meaning of the name refers, of course, to Good Mornings (Les Bons Matins).


In Romantic Montreal Two Baby Boomers Discover A City Young at Heart
I remember it like yesterday, that warm summer day. My wife and I were walking hand in hand up St-Mathieu Street off Sherbrooke, a broad avenue with chic boutiques and fancy apartments behind Victorian facades that is often called Montreal's own version of Fifth Avenue..


History and Graceful Elegance Merge at Hotel Place d'Armes in Old Montreal
Whenever we stay in Old Montreal, my wife and I search out lodging that gives voice to the cradle of this city's historic beginnings.
On our most recent trip, we found the Hotel Place d'Armes, a distinguished address...


Best Western Hotel Europa Comfortable, Convenient
On a recent visit to Montreal, we stayed in the 180-room Best Western Hotel Europa and found it to be a good choice in terms of comfort, location, and value...


Have You Tried Montreal Smoked Meat?
Anyone who loves great food should remember that there is more to the dinner table in this "European" city than French food…One of my favorites is Montreal smoked meat...


Two Boutique Gems in Old Montreal: Hotel Nelligan and Auberge du Vieux-Port
I love small hotels in the historic cradle of cities, where voices from the past whisper plaintively, "Remember, remember." I found two such hotels in Old Montreal, where gaslights and cobblestone streets charm the visitor with history and romance...


Legendary Ritz on Montreal's Golden Square Mile
They call her the "Grand Dame" of Sherbrooke Street. When it comes to luxury hotels, there is no finer address in this French-accented city than the Ritz-Carlton on Sherbrooke Street.
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Going the 'Extra Mile' at Le Petit Prince Bed and Breakfast in Montreal
When they say, "Going the extra mile," I know of one bed-and-breakfast inn where they really take that motto literally...


Ever Bustling Montreal Has a Real "Ritzy" Touch
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were married here, checking into the Royal Suite with a request, dutifully honored, for two crates of champagne and a dozen glasses...


Quaint Quebec Countryside Inn Recalls Earlier Times
Auberge Handfield, an aging boarding house-turned-country inn in the bucolic garden region of Monteregie, may be just a bridge away from Montreal. But for me the drive represented more than a mere hour or so excursion from cosmopolitan Montreal to the quaint Quebec countryside village of
St. Marc-sur-Richelieu...


Wonderful Montreal:
A City for Romantics

My wife and I were strolling up the rue St. Mathieu in a very fashionable downtown neighborhood of Montreal, when an old woman leaned over the balcony of her house, eyeing us as we passed. Suddenly, almost on cue, she tossed us a rose and smiled a broad smile...