300 reasons to love Montreal

Celebrate Montreal One Reason at a Time

Cosmopolitan, effervescent, cultural, eclectic: Montreal is a multiplicity, and it's utterly unique. Feel like having a drink beneath the stern gaze of an ostrich? Or exploring the heart of a 7,000-pipe organ? Or enjoying a gluttonous visit to a bacon bar? Or perhaps sturgeon-fishing in the shadow of the downtown skyscrapers? More than just its wrought iron staircases, majestic river and The Underground City, Montreal—the hundred-bell-tower city—offers a thousand other adventures for its visitors. Admire the masterful murals that dot the city, shiver nervously as you wait for an appearance by the Griffintown ghost, stroll through a maze of green alleys (ruelles vertes) and savor countless relaxing breaks as you go. For this book, Claire Bouchard has found the most exceptional restaurants, the tastiest greasy spoons and the most heavenly coffees. But above all, she brings you the number one reason to love Montreal: the smiles and joie de vivre of those who proudly make the city a part of their identity, in the snowy white of winter and the sweetness of summer alike.