Montreal, Canada is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec and it is the second largest city in Canada. Geographically, the city is the same distance to the European coast as it is to Vancouver and in both look and feel it fuses some of the splendid]facets of the two continents.
If you’re trying to find a city similar to Montreal the only other place you could go is Paris. Three and a half million French people with about another one million people of various decent including British, Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Italians, Jews, Greeks, South Americans and even West Indians make up the population of Montreal. What is unique though is that Montreal is the second largest French speaking metropolis in the world. Montreal is Canada’s most unique city by a long shot due to all the fine dining, interesting bars and clubs and incredible amounts of events and festivals.
One thing no one can question about Montreal is that it’s a place tourists love to visit and explore due to all the history and beauty that is all around you when you’re in Montreal. Finding a nice hotel is only going to present one challenge in that there are just so many options. Whether you’re looking for accommodation in a fancy boutique hotel or just would like something more fitting to your budget, you have countless options to select from. If you really want you can even get luxury accommodation in the form of waited housing, penthouses that overlook gorgeous Montreal or short term rentals that are available for visitors. There are a ton of options in any budget range for you to choose from when searching for accommodation.
In Montreal there are an abundance of different options in just any budget range for you to choose from when searching for hotels. A good idea will be to check for Montreal cheap hotels online when planning your trip so that you secure a good deal beforehand.
While in Montreal you will find you have a great deal of choices for activities, So I will recommend a few to help guide you in your fun. The former Olympic cycling track known as the Biodome has since been converted into an artificial habitat that contains four different ecosystems. A tropical forest, Laurentian Forest, St. Lawerence Marine Ecosystem and Arctic and Antarctic polar winds ecosystems are all there for you to enjoy and learn about. After enjoying the Biodome if you want to remain close Montreal Botanical garden is only a few steps away from Olympic Stadium. You basically walk underneath the Sherbrook Street Bridge and find yourself right at the gates of the Botanical Garden. To enter it costs $12.75, however it gives you access to the gardens and the Montreal Insectarium. The Insectarium seemed like it would give a detailed exploration of the world of insects so I started with it.
The Montreal Insectarium opened in 1990 and holds hundreds of different species of moths, butterflies, bugs and spider. All and all the scientific collection has about 140,000 different species of insects and the exhibition collection has 4000 species on display and about another 20000 that they sometimes put out for display. One really neat collection that consists of over 100 different species is the arthropods collection. The unique Insectarium focuses on many aspects of insects including the science, artistic, cultural and even gastronomical views of the species.
Across the street from the Montreal Insectarium is the marsh and bog garden that has a very big collection of gorgeous water lily flower specimens. Furthermore there is also one of the largest rose gardens in Canada located close by that contains about 10000 roses made up of many different kinds of roses.
To continue with the beauty in Montreal just travel a bit north to the Japanese garden that was designed by Ken Nakajima, the highly touted Japanese garden designer. Every aspect of the garden including the stones, water features and plants were chosen to create a unique symbolism of the garden. Situated right next to the Japanese garden is the Chinese Garden which represents the link between the Parks Department of Shanghai and Montreal. To construct the Chinese Garden they brought in 50 specialized Chinese craftsmen to help build the garden along with 120 containers in 1950.
When you travel to Montreal, you will not be low on activities to do. Enjoy your trip to Montreal!
Troy N. Whitmore was raised in Toronto and has both lived and worked all over Canada since a really young age. He is in love with the the city of Montreal. He frequently travels Canada on business and posts his ratings and reviews on Montreal hotels regularly.
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