City: Griffintown
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Montreal, c’est si bon! This French-speaking city is considered the cultural capital of Canada, and is a cosmopolitan celebration of Québécois style. A horse-drawn carriage ride around the cobblestone streets and grand buildings of Vieux-Montréal will give you a taste of European flavor. The Basilique Notre-Dame is a confection of stained glass, and the Plateau Mont-Royal district will delight you with its quaint boutiques and cafés. Dig in to a massive plate of poutine to fuel up for a tour of the epic Olympic Park.
Restaurants in Montreal
1. Ludovik
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. MONTREAL ART WALKS
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Montreal Art Walks connects you with art insiders excited to share their passion for Montreal’s hidden treasures. Visit the museums and galleries with a knowledgeable local. Learn what inspires artists, curators, and enthusiasts living in Montreal.
3. Galerie Abyss
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. The Lincoln Apartment Bakery
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5.0 based on 45 reviews
Boutique baking school in Montreal. Small group classes with lots of hands-on participation. Classes include macarons, breadmaking, cupcakes, pastry, chocolate, and cookies. Taste and take home what you make!
Reviewed By pandou - Montreal, Canada
Awesome teacher and I had so much fun to be in those classes because I took 2 classes cake decorating and breads All who came enjoyed these activities
5. Spa Cloud
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5.0 based on 30 reviews
Spa Cloud is one of Montreal's greenest spas. Inspired by green and organic lifestyle, this is where nature reveals her deepest secrets of healing and rejuvenation. If you're stepping in with weight on your shoulders, rest assured, you'll step out feeling on top of the world - Walk in & float out!
Reviewed By francemarceaux - Montreal, Canada
I've found this spa by accident while looking for massage place and I'm super happy about that. This spa is a little gem in griffintown with amazing massage therapists, organic products, even massage oil and tea are organic and they are the only place in Montreal who provides cryo therapy.
6. Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
galerie antoine ertaskiran is located in an abandoned welding workshop in the up and coming neighbourhood of Griffintown in Montreal. The gallery's program focuses on emerging and established contemporary artists from Montreal, Canada and abroad.
7. Escape Masters
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5.0 based on 66 reviews
Our carefully crafted themes, decor and game setup are designed to create the most immersive experience of real life scenarios with unexpected surprises that will leave you thinking about your experience for days. The level of difficulty of each escape room can be changed based on the age and experience of the players.
8. Rue Notre-Dame
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4.5 based on 117 reviews
This street is most famous for its stretch which provides the city's best antique shopping.
Reviewed By retireeVancouver - Vancouver, Canada
We walked just a short section of this major East-West street in Montreal to see attractions located on it like the Notre Dame Basilica, Chateau Ramezay, Nelson Column, and Place Jacques Cartier. This is definitely the street to walk on, not only as a means to get to the above attractions, but also because of the inspiring and photo worthy classical architecture of the public buildings like City Hall, the Court of Appeal, and various banks. The other buildings on the street are reminders of what 4-5 story apartment buildings used to look like. The ground floor of these grey stone buildings had shops, restaurants - great for window shopping and comparing menu items and prices. The street is beautified by its well placed city squares - spacious, with statues to commemorate historical figures, bubbling fountains, shade trees, benches, and most often street musicians. The street itself is only 2 lanes wide with street parking. I even saw a horse carriage using this street. Sidewalks are easy to walk on and wide - no cobble stones or brick here to stumble over. For cruisers, such as myself, Notre Dame street and its attractions were a short distance from the port - about a 10 minute walk - so there was no need to use public transportation - a definite positive. Streets were well signed so it was easy to find one's way. The signs showing the attractions on a city map and "You are here" notations were also helpful. Remembering that Rue Notre Dame ran parallel to the St. Lawrence and that the cross streets would take us back to the river was another useful way to find our way in the city.
9. Allo Velo
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4.5 based on 11 reviews
Welcome to Montreal! Canada's capital bike city. Also Velo are conveniently located in Griffintown, which is next to Old Montreal and its beautiful canal areas. We are the Montreal's original Bike Cafe offering full service repair, rentals and of course amazing coffee! Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will be please to welcome you and prepare your bike rental. We currently offer comfortable city bikes, hybrid bikes and bikes. We are also proud to offer families visiting the city the option to rent safe and easy to use Danish cargo bikes. One cargo bike can easily fit 2 - 4 children (pets or goods). We also have stylish and comfortable European city bikes for rent. Lock and helmet are always included in the price.
10. Arsenal Art Contemporain Montreal
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4.5 based on 27 reviews
Located in the Griffintown district of Montreal, Arsenal is a private foundation dedicated to the support, promotion and development of contemporary art. Comprised of two joined industrial buildings, Arsenal has showcased extensive exhibitions of local and international artists such as: Anselm Kiefer, Franz West, Donald Judd, Ugo Rondinone and Jon Rafman.
Reviewed By innaMontreal
The lovely Van Gogh exhibition was a big hit, but is now over, so onto other things.. Stunning Jean-Michel Othoniel exhib opened a few days ago and is like entering another world. Short documentary film behind black curtains also interesting (don't miss it). And Véronique Duplain's Selfie Project, 8th edition, exhibition shows how ambitious the art of selfie can be, with sets and costumes and scenarios as in a staged play, on view together with the end result photos.
