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A visit to Montreal, Quebec's largest city and the second largest city in the country, provides business and leisure travelers alike an extraordinary window into the world of the French Canadian experience, with its prominently bilingual population, whose roots are both deeply tied to the old world French culture, and twenty-first century Canada. This dichotomy, one of several that give Montreal its unique flavor, shapes everything from politics to fashion, the arts to cuisine. Montreal concentrates Quebec's French Canadian aestheticism and erudition in one giant metropolis rife with numerous attractions, year round festivals, and a wide variety of travel destinations in and around the city. For any guest of Montreal, a stay in of these Montreal hotels presents the very best in accommodations, ambiance, comfort and amenities, with exceptional service and impeccable style.
Montreal is easily accessible by plane via Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport. This international airport accommodates all Canadian and United States airlines as well as the majority of the rest of the world's premier airlines with a considerable number of international flights on a daily basis. There are bus and fixed rate taxi options for getting to and from downtown Montreal and the airport as well as rail service. Traveling to Montreal via train from the U.S. is also a breeze as Amtrak and Rail Canada work well together to support business and tourism. Bus services are available to and from the most of Canada's major cities, as well as several cities on the U.S east coast including New York and Boston.
Once in town these exceptional Montreal hotels offer a myriad of services and amenities as well as rooms varying from comfortable singles to executive suites. The rooms in these Montreal hotels could provide king-sized beds with luxurious linens and goose-down pillows, marble bathrooms with premier body and bath products, huge spacious showers, comfortable oversized bathrobes and complimentary slippers, as well as lush surroundings including plush furniture, original artwork and floor to ceiling windows with breathtaking views of the city. Some of the rooms in these Montreal hotels include full-sized kitchens with refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers and mini bars. Workstations with all the latest technology are of great value to both the business and leisure traveler with high speed internet access with free Wi-Fi and wireless LAN, high definition flat screen televisions with cable access and pay-per-view, as well as phone and phone messaging services.
Some of the other amenities offered by these fine Montreal hotels include, non-smoking rooms, rooms for disabled guests, bridal suites, and soundproofed rooms. For the business traveler there are meeting and banquet facilities to serve any size gathering as well as business centers, VIP room facilities, libraries, as well as saunas, fitness centers, spa and wellness centers for a relaxing massage after a day's work, indoor swimming pools and a myriad of services for any traveler including, laundry and ironing services, dry cleaning, babysitting and child services, barber and beauty shops, shoe shine, luggage storage, currency exchange, safety deposit boxes, souvenir and gift shops, express check-in and check-out, valet parking, and twenty-four hour front desk assistance.
Recently ranked second in all of North America for its cuisine, the dining experience in these fantastic Montreal hotels is exemplary. Ranking higher than New York City is a terribly impressive feat indeed. With almost every ethnicity represented, these Montreal hotels provide almost a limitless range of culinary possibilities, from low-cost diners and lounges with drinks and appetizers, to the very best in fine dining. So when staying in, order up some room service, cozy up to the bar for a martini and a snack, or dress up and sit down for a full course meal. If dining out, make sure to put to good use your concierge, whose knowledge and experience can guide visitors to exactly the Montreal dining experience desired. If cooking in the hotel room, the Jean-Talon market is famous for its produce containing many grocery and specialty shops that feature local, regional and international selections of all manner of wines and food,
Of course there are many things to see and do outside of the hotels in Montreal. Take a tour of Old Montreal for some beautiful seventeenth through nineteenth century architecture as well as a fine selection of Montreal's museums. Beneath the hotels of downtown Montreal run thirty kilometers of shops and restaurants that are particularly desirable if the weather turns. Take a bike ride through one of Montreal's many parks including Square Saint-Louis, Parc jean Drapeau, Park Lafontaine, Park Maisonneuve, and Parc du Mont-Royal. Visit the Casino de Montreal, or take the family to the huge amusement park La Ronde.
There are many festivals year round in Montreal, including the Just For Laughs Festival which draws the finest comedic talent in the world every year, the Festival Mondiale de la biere hosts a beer tasting from more than one hundred countries, the Montreal International Fireworks Competition is host to many countries in a fireworks competition that can be seen from most parks and hotel rooftops from around Montreal, the Montreal International Jazz Festival closes off many downtown throughways for several performances over a few weeks, and the POP Montreal International Music Festival is a monstrous event with hundreds of acts.
Whatever the reason for the visit, whether on business or pleasure, these exceptional Montreal hotels provide the very best in service and accommodations. With the wide variety of style and ambiance, a stay in one of these hotels ensures a trip to Montreal will be memorable.
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