Neighborhoods In Montreal

Discover the best neighborhoods in Montreal with curated recommendations from our editors.

Chinatown

Sandwiched between Downtown and the Old City is bustling Chinatown. The center of the action is at the intersection of rue Clark and rue de...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Cote-des-Neiges

Not too many tourists venture north and east of Parc du Mont-Royal but the primarily residential neighborhoods of Côte-des-Neiges and the Town of Mount Royal...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Downtown

The heart of Downtown—with department stores, boutiques, bars, restaurants, strip clubs, amusement arcades, theaters, cinemas, art galleries, bookstores, and even a few churches—runs from avenue...

  • 18 Restaurants
  • 19 Hotels
  • 83 Things To Do

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

The neighborhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is one of the best spots to go if you're craving green space, plus it has one of Montréal's best markets...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 7 Things To Do

Lachine

If you want to work up an appetite for lunch—or just get some exercise—rent a bike on rue de la Commune, in Old Montréal, and...

  • 6 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

Little Italy

Farther north is Little Italy, which is still home base to Montréal's sizable Italian community of nearly a quarter of a million people, and though...

  • 17 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Mile End

In recent years Mile End has become one of the hippest neighborhoods in town, and it starts buzzing the moment restaurants open for brunch. Bordering...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Old Montreal (Vieux-Montreal)

Old Montréal, which was once enclosed by thick stone walls, is the oldest part of the city. It runs roughly from the waterfront in the...

  • 22 Restaurants
  • 16 Hotels
  • 33 Things To Do

Outremont

The gentrification of the Plateau has pushed up rents and driven students, immigrant families, and single young graduates farther north, following the main thoroughfares of...

  • 8 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 10 Things To Do

Parc du Mont-Royal

In geological terms, Mont-Royal is just a bump of basaltlike rock worn down by several ice ages to a mere 760 feet. But in the...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Rosemont

The neighborhood of Rosemont is just east of the Plateau...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

The Islands

The two islands just east of the city in the St. Lawrence River—Île Ste-Hélène, formed by nature, and Île Notre-Dame, created with the stone rubble...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 8 Things To Do

The Latin Quarter

The Latin Quarter (Quartier Latin), just south of the Plateau, has been a center of student life since the 18th century, when Université de Montréal...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

The Plateau Mont-Royal and Mile End

Plateau Mont-Royal—or simply the Plateau as it's more commonly called these days—is still home to a strong Portuguese community, but much of the housing originally...

  • 28 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 40 Things To Do

The Village

Often called the Gay Village, this area is the center of one of the most vibrant gay communities in the world, widely supported by residents...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 11 Things To Do

Town of Mount-Royal (TMR)

The Town of Mount Royal, was long a primarily English-speaking, and for the most part upscale, residential area, filled with classic town houses and many...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Westmount

One of the more affluent and Anglophone residential neighborhoods in bilingual Montréal, Westmount has lovely parks for strolling, and the houses are beautiful, but there...

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 11 Things To Do

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