Teri

going to montreal tomorrow, how do you find the underground city? just by getting on the metro? <BR>also anyone know if dogs are allowed underground? or is underground more like a big mall? <BR> <BR>thanks!!

jp

hi there, <BR> <BR>are you talking about the underground like stores and movie theatres in the downtown core stuff? <BR> <BR>you can get in by going to the cathedral mall - on st. catherine and that has access to the metro system and other malls. i also know that the bay and eatons have access b/c in the winter we used to walk all the way underground to eatons to shop <BR> <BR>hth <BR>j

Daniel Williams

Hi Teri <BR> <BR>I love Montreal and IMHO the Underground City would not be somewhere I would recommend people to visit particularly when in town. <BR> <BR>It's essentially an interconnected series of shopping malls that can best be accessed from Metro McGill or Metro Peel. There are some high-fashion clothing stores, bookstores, cinemaplexes and food courts here, mostly chain stores but a few that are not. <BR> <BR>I would say, if you love to shop and/or are not jaded by high-end malls in other cities, you might enjoy the Underground City. Otherwise, you'll probably find it ho-hum. <BR> <BR>DAN <BR> <BR>

Donna

You can pick up a map from the front desk of any hotel. If it's too hot and sunny for you, or raining, the underground is a fabulous place to go. But, it is pretty much a very extensive underground shopping mall.

Myer

I used to live in Montreal. The idea of the underground city is to connect as many of the office buildings as possible together to avoid walking outside in the winter. <BR> <BR>If visiting in the summer, the only time you would seek out the underground city is to go to a specific store that is not on ground level. <BR> <BR>In summer do as the locals do and enjoy a few months of good warm weather. <BR>

Steve

just back from montreal. I hope you get better weather than we had. 85 and humid, the metro gets a little sticky and the heat takes all the fun out of exploring. The underground area is little more than a mall. We had a lot more fun and cooler weather North in the Laurnetians.

Myer

In all the years I lived in Montreal I found that June could get pretty hot and humid. It seems to be less so in July and begins to get cooler in August. Mostly in the evening. <BR> <BR>I guess it's because they don't have as much rain then to cool things down. <BR>The weather can be anywhere from beautiful to not so.