In Montreal Next Week...
 

My boyfriend and I will be in Montreal next week and I have a couple of questions. We will be staying at the Hotel Nelligan from Thursday-Sunday.

1) Any reasonably priced restaurant recommendations near the hotel? We are arriving at around 930pm on Thursday evening.

2) Any "must-see" attractions or museums?

3) Any other advice would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks!

Scan back thru the Montreal posts for a wealth of info. The Nelligan is in Old Montreal, which is very quaint and scenic. Inexpensive restaurants are not very common in this part of town. Pavorotti is a small, quiet Italian place that is mid priced and quite good. After a day or two, you will want to explore other parts of the city. Don't miss the St. Denis/plateau area, with it's wealth of restaurants (many of them byob), cafes, shops, etc etc.
As for 'must see' attractions, Notre Dame is one, the Biodome/Olympic Park/Botanical Gardens area may be another. The Museum of Fine Arts is a world class art museum.
Montreal is not really a museum/historical sites type city. It's charm is in it's cafes, restaurants,interesting ethnic neighborhoods, shopping and beautiful parks and bicycling paths.

We enjoyed taking a boat charter to see Montreal from the water. There are many located at the boardwalks. We also had a great chuckle renting one of the quad-bikes (there were four adults or four immature adults). They also have double bikes you ride side by side. Great way to work off a meal!

Off of St. Denis St. you will find the Greek community and wonderful restaurants at a very reasonable price (byob as well but no charge for corking).

We enjoyed
-jet-boating on the rapids - very different from rafting - prepare to get soaked!!
- riding bikes along Lachine canal.
- hiking up Mt. Royal
- general aimless wandering around St. Denis, on Mt. Royal street, Ste Catherine

ooh also the markets we really liked the Jean Talon. Atwater is along the way if you bike from Old Port - some goodies there for refueling.