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Visiting Montreal, need help with hotel, transportation
I'll be visiting Montreal next week on business. Can anyone give some
tips on where to stay, getting from airport (YUL) to hotel and things to do and see? While I am working wife will want to shop (of course!). Are there hotels near the underground shopping areas and subway stations? Should I pick up a book on common french phrases or do most speak enough english for us to get by? Any good day trips by bus, train or rent a car? Thanks |
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"Huff" wrote in message oups.com... I'll be visiting Montreal next week on business. Can anyone give some tips on where to stay, getting from airport (YUL) to hotel and things to do and see? Take a cab - the airport is not that far from downtown, it's not that expensive and totally convenient and fast. Visit this website and clikc on "Eat Sleep & Shop" on the left side to get you going with hotels, etc.. The subway system is not that extensive, mainly for getting people to downtown. I would recommend staying in a hotel right downtown, which is near everything. The site will give you your pick. While I am working wife will want to shop (of course!). Are there hotels near the underground shopping areas and subway stations? It is a relatively compact downtown - see above. Should I pick up a book on common french phrases or do most speak enough english for us to get by? Any good day trips by bus, train or rent a car? Virtually everyone can speak English - whether they want to at the moment you request their assistance is another question. If you simply ask if you may speak in English, you will experience a much better reception than just launching into English. You won't need the phrasebook to get by, but it would be very useful to memorize a few common phrases, such as Excuse me, thank you, etc., as a courtesy. |
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Which website were you referring to? I don't see a link!
Thanks |
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Huff wrote:
I'll be visiting Montreal next week on business. Can anyone give some tips on where to stay, getting from airport (YUL) to hotel and things to do and see? While I am working wife will want to shop (of course!). Are there hotels near the underground shopping areas and subway stations? Should I pick up a book on common french phrases or do most speak enough english for us to get by? Any good day trips by bus, train or rent a car? I found the Hotel Clarion to be quite reasonable, one bedroom suite was $100 per night. It's about a block to the Metro station. You could get closer to the core but you would have to pay a lot more. Look into passes if you are going to be using a lot of public transit. It wouldn't hurt to be able to say a few phrases in French, but that might lead them to think that you will understand them in French. You can get by in English downtown and just about everywhere on the west side of the city. Ottawa is about 1 1/2 drive from Montreal, and it's a nice city to visit. |
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"Huff" wrote in message oups.com... Which website were you referring to? I don't see a link! Thanks Ooops, sorry.... http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/B2C/00/default.asp |
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Montreal is awesome! I would stay in a hotel downtown.. There is
lots. there is one right at the train station. I forget what it is called. There is also a Holiday inn and pretty much all the major chains. Get a cab from the airport. Travelling around Montreal isn't that easy. So, I wouldn't be renting a car if I where you. Once you are downtown you can take a cab if you need to, but mostly you will walk. Old Montreal is the nicest. Good resturants and old world charm. Even the corner stores in Montreal have great cheeses and wines. The shopping is great too. There is lots of little boutiques. Once you get to your hotel ask the front desk for some info of what is going on. I found everything pretty accessable from that hotel at the train station. I sure wish I could remember. But for sure the mid town Holiday in is in walking distance to downtown. St. catharines street has shopping but mostly peep shows. I kid you not. When you are in Montreal you can get away with not speaking any french, but, the menus will be in French. So you can ask, and they don't mind if you try to speak french. They probably will find if funny. I have had minimal problems with that. Jan 2005 09:46:56 -0800, "Huff" wrote: I'll be visiting Montreal next week on business. Can anyone give some tips on where to stay, getting from airport (YUL) to hotel and things to do and see? While I am working wife will want to shop (of course!). Are there hotels near the underground shopping areas and subway stations? Should I pick up a book on common french phrases or do most speak enough english for us to get by? Any good day trips by bus, train or rent a car? Thanks |
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"Huff" wrote in message
oups.com... I'll be visiting Montreal next week on business. Can anyone give some tips on where to stay, getting from airport (YUL) to hotel and things to do and see? Stay downtown, unless business has you going somewhere else. Easiest way downtown from the airport is by cab, there's a flat rate of something like $30 CAD from the airport to anywhere downtown-ish. I've never tried paying cabbies with American cash, but there's an ATM in the airport and a few currency exchange wickets, so getting CAD is easy enough. Alternately, there are buses that go downtown from the airport but they're $12 or $15 CAD per person, so you wouldn't be saving very much since there are two of you. While I am working wife will want to shop (of course!). Are there hotels near the underground shopping areas and subway stations? There are lots of hotels in the downtown area, thing is I can't recommend any since I live here and have never needed to stay at one. You might want to try looking at reviews of hotels online at a site like tripadvisor.com If she does happen to get bored of shopping downtown, there's also a pretty big mall in the West Island (common name for the suburbs to the west of the city, geographically it's on the same island as Montreal itself) called Fairview, which is on a road called St Jean, just north of highway 40, though this is far past the edge of the metro network so you'd be best to get there by car. Should I pick up a book on common french phrases or do most speak enough english for us to get by? You'll be fine with English anywhere downtown. It's only when you start heading further east that you might start running into problems finding people who speak English. Any good day trips by bus, train or rent a car? Ottawa could be a day trip, it's about a 2-hour drive away and is easily accessible by bus, train or car. Quebec City could be a pretty long day trip, it's about 3 hours away, also easily accessible by bus, train or car. Hope this helps! Richard |
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Claim Guy wrote:
"Huff" wrote in message oups.com... Which website were you referring to? I don't see a link! Thanks Ooops, sorry.... http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/B2C/00/default.asp Thanks, that sites has alot of great info on it. |
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Richard wrote:
Quebec City could be a pretty long day trip, it's about 3 hours away, also easily accessible by bus, train or car. Was thinking of possibly renting a car and going up to Quebec City for a night or two. Is the Winter Carnival there worth visiting? How is highway 20 from Montreal to Quebec City in the winter? Would like to come back from Quebec City on our last day for a noon flight out of Montreal but would hate to get caught up in winter driving conditions and miss a flight. |
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"miles" wrote in message
news:0aXLd.1890$Tt.193@fed1read05... Was thinking of possibly renting a car and going up to Quebec City for a night or two. Is the Winter Carnival there worth visiting? How is highway 20 from Montreal to Quebec City in the winter? Unfortunately I can't be of much help when it comes to Quebec City as I haven't been there since I was 4 years old! Would like to come back from Quebec City on our last day for a noon flight out of Montreal but would hate to get caught up in winter driving conditions and miss a flight. Would it be possible to redo your itinerary so as to flying into Montreal but out of Quebec City, thereby saving you the drive back to Montreal? Richard |
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