Montreal, the city of "the 100 steeples" blends the magic of European culture with the dynamism of North America. The French-speaking town is famous for its hipster cuisine, modern art, and incredible museums. Filled with parks and traditional cafes,...
Montreal, the city of "the 100 steeples" blends the magic of European culture with the dynamism of North America. The French-speaking town is famous for its hipster cuisine, modern art, and incredible museums. Filled with parks and traditional cafes, the place where you can just have a good time.
This well-known Canadian city, the second most populous in the country, is known for its colorful, multicultural events, entertainment, and lively nightlife all year round. It is the perfect place if you want to learn English, French, or both! A stay here will give you the opportunity to live an experience you will surely never forget.
Multicultural means that it has neighborhoods with Portuguese, Greek, Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian communities. Everywhere there are cultural houses that will allow you to learn about their customs and traditions. If you spend long periods of time here, you are sure to have people from your country (or food) to keep you from feeling homesick.
Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River and admired by renowned filmmakers, Old Montreal (Vieux-Montreal) is the historical and cultural center of the city. There you will be amazed by the beautiful architecture, churches such as the Basilica of Notre-Dame, squares, museums, markets such as Bonsecours, and the art nouveau metro entrance, like those in Paris.
The experience of strolling through Montreal's parks, the Olympic Park, the biodôme, the planetarium, and the botanical garden, considered the second largest in the world, is a unique and unrepeatable moment. Also, near the aforementioned places, is the Jean-Drapeau Park, where you can also find the amusement park La Ronde and the Casino. A curious fact is that this area hosts the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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