Excellent video! I was there few years ago on business did less than 10% of what presented. Got motivated with your video and bought tickets to go! Do you think September is a good month to go? What area do you recommend to stay? Do you recommend to rent a car?
Born, raised and still living in Montreal: and loving it. Great job on your vlog! You hit all the right spots maybe add Bota Bota spa (on a boat in the Old Port) and Westmount Greene av. area, Outremont Bernard St. (and the charming park with a small lake and pavilion behind the theater where people dance tango on Sunday nights), Castelnau St. close to Little Italy). Mount St-Bruno is a nice hike too, close to Mount St-Hilaire: try out the new foodie area with a brewery inside Promenades St-Bruno, very nice! Verdun's beach is cool, as is the outdoor dance floor with salsa nights and other music. Enjoy, it's a great city!
Local Montrealer here,giving a huge authentic certification for this vid. Biggest tourist tip, do not book a hotel in old port/old Montreal. Montreal is about the local neighborhoods not the downtown core or old city. If you book in old Montreal in can be a bit of pain in the butt to get to other parts of the city
Thanks for the great video! I've got a cruise scheduled that will end in Montreal in May 2022. I thought about changing the cruise because I wasn't sure there would be enough things to do in Montreal; however, after watching your video I'm definitely going to keep the cruise I have booked. I'm super excited about visiting.
This is one of the best Montreal reviews I've seen on RU-vid, and what makes yours stand out is that you didn't fall into the usual trap of featuring what everyone features. For example, La Banquise: good on you for not falling into that trap, and for selecting the Orange Julep. Also, you featured my favourite restaurant: l'Express. Well done, sir.
Great video, Will! I love Montreal, and even being there several times, I learned a lot on your video. I will have to replay it to catch the restaurant listings, but you broke it down in 15 minutes to cover all the things important to most. I love great parks, the BIXI bike system is super, and I love discovering all the various neighborhoods that visitors never see. Yes, Vieux Montreal and Vieux Port are great, but I love Mile End, Verdun, NDG, Plateau de Mont Royal, and the Metro is my favorite in North America, I am an architecture junkie, so Montreal is the "high church" of that. The cuisine is miraculous- from a simple croissant or pastry to poutine to great coffee and wine to exquisite fine cuisine to smoked meats at Schwartz deli, but I love the out of the way, simple spots in the neighborhoods for an ethnic delight. A Polish place is right next to Jamaican jerk chicken or an Arab place. C'est magnifique! I did not know about that Clock Tower Beach, and it looks nice. The Jazz Festival is unreal, as is the Comedy Festival, and all the Light Projections at night. Montreal is everything a city should be, but could use some better weather. On your trips outside the city, the 3 hour trip to QC is worth it, along with a cruise from there to Montmorency Falls and the Saguenay Fjord. I really enjoyed a trip to the Winter Carnival and le Hotel de Glace and it's ice bar - very unique! Great job, and you and your girlfriend make a great couple. Best wishes, and Merci!
I grew up in Montreal, and your video is spot on, I left 16 years ago and move to the US, not that many cities come close to what Montreal has to offer, the only draw back is winter lasts 6 months!
I agree that the Banquise is over hyped… it is alright Poutine, but always packed. In the Parks, I would also add Park Jarry (you can even watch free tennis early in the week during the Omnium Banque National), and Maisonneuve (it also has the bonus of being next to the Olympic park). In the things to do outside of the city, much closer, I would suggest Going to Chambly / Fort Chambly (even more so for any one that like History) - Since you need food, in Chambly I could recommend the Tre Colori Restaurant, or right by the Fort, Fourquet Fourchette; if you have your bike, it’s also a very nice ride by the river and the locks. Lastly, for hikes, if you don’t want to go as far as st-hilaire, there’s also Mont-Saint-Bruno Park.
Hi Will, you forgot to include the MANY other music festivals happening outdoor, Jazzfest, Nuits d'Afrique festival, and oh most importantly, the Sunday tam-tams at Mont-Royal, bring a picnic. Summer time in Montreal is outdoor, we celebrate summer :)
I am in Montreal right now. Tomorrow morning I’m trying to navigate around the city and it’s extremely difficult. Any advice? I am horrible with French. And the roads seem very difficult to understand. Is there any places I can park for free?
Great video, thanks. 2 things totally forgotton to do in Montreal, we are doing both of these things when we go to Montreal next week. Jetboating up the Lachine Rapids with Saute Mouton Jetboat Tours, then going to La Ronde for a day of Rollercoasters! Staying at the Bonadventure hotel with the rooftop outdoor Pool.
NB: You referred to my neighborhood as mile end (laurier est, mechant pinsons etc) but it’s called Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and that specific area is called Le Petit Laurier.
I'm just seeing this now, preparing for an upcoming five day trip to Montreal in May. Great information, thanks a lot. I live in Ottawa and have been to Montreal a few times, but have missed so many great things to see and do. I'm going to check out your other vids as well. Cheers!
Hey Will, you captured the city well! Makes me miss Montréal. I didn't appreciate what an awesome city I used to live in. Montréal: une belle ville au goût impéccable! Now I live in the Okanagan Valley in BC now, which is also nice, and no more 8 month winters with a short, hot humid summers. But I still miss Montréal. Made me homesick watching this video.
La première chose à dire dans le premier segment (celui sur la culture) aurait dû être que Montréal est une ville FRANCOPHONE. Le français est l'unique langue officielle et commune du Québec. Merci de le préciser la prochaine fois.
Awesome video! Appreciated format, presentation, and personal preferences. It was nice to have second opinion the misses there .. you had many points of interest to explore in one video. Montreal looks like lotsa fun.Thanks.
My only suggestion would be to visit the entire island of montreal, not just the city, i have lived here my whole life and the west island has a lot to offer as well
Thanks for the great list. After 10 years of living in Montreal, I still haven't visited some of the places you mentioned. However, I'm still hurt by your comment about La Banquise, my favourite Poutine place.
Nice video. Just a little comment: - The Old Port of Montreal is just the part between Rue de la Commune and the water, and it belongs to the federal government. It’s where the port of Montreal used to be until it was moved further north. - Old Montreal is the name of the historic neighbourhood from the water until Rue St-Antoine. The Old Port is inside Old Montreal, but not the other way around. 🤓🤓
wait you missed the feux internationale loto québec wich is one of the best fireworks show in the world, i can confirm that it's better than any of disney's fireworks show, the best way to experience it is to go into la ronde, the amusement park in the parc jean-drapeau, things to know before planing on going: the jaques cartier bridge is closed from 8pm to 11:30pm and when it opens back up, it can get up to 2h to leave the island, to avoid this, take the metro, it costs around 5$ for a round trip, another thing to note is that the music is VERY loud.
I watched you on the DownieLive train journey. Now I've decided to watch your videos, but I actually just searched Montréal and this video was the 1st one suggested.
You forgot the Olympic Park it’s really cool and if you didn’t go there you really better go there because there is a beautiful zoo and a new Olympic Park as it’s named
"Europe, but much cheaper", well I am from France and the inflation (particularly rents' one) here in Montreal is quite huge, everthing is pricy so I would not say so anymore unfortunatly.
Fabulous video Will. Thank you so much for saving me a lot of time, I really appreciate it. My friend and I are going in a week and this is very helpful.
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Arguably the best video on Montreal. You've really done an awesome job at showcasing this great city which I am hoping to visit someday soon. Maybe you could do a video on places to stay and coolest places to live. Thanks in advance and keep it up.👍🇬🇾
I spent a year and a half in Montreal and I found the weather fine from April to Late November. So more like 8 and 4 not 4 and 8 but with that said Christmas is amazing in Montreal.
Looks like a beautiful city to visit. Very European is right. I have been to Austria and Germany (as I have family and friend there) more times then I can count on both hands, so I can relate to European culture. Thanks for showing us your hometown. Great video Will. Cheers
