Friday, August 11, 2006
Montreal: Attractions
Olympic Stadium
map
Botanical gardens
map
Old port of Montreal
always nice for architecture and little market place
Le Mont-Royal
http://www.lemontroyal.qc.ca/en_index3.html
map
from metro station Place-des-arts, take bus #80
This is a great place if you want to see the city from a different angle. On the top of the mountain, you have a nice view of buildings and there's a great ambiance. You can walk around there, it's really beautiful. Also, depend of what kind of music you listen to, there's many good spot on Mont-Royal Street on the Plateau (metro Mont-Royal) http://www.stm.info for a map of the metro to have a pint.
Sunday: crowd who jam with tamtam, Picnic Electronic ($5 entry)
Parc Lafontaine
http://www.montreal.com/parks/lafontaine.html
not really touristy
Jean-Drapeau island
beach, La Ronde roller coaster
