Like its European cousins, Montreal has many opulent chocolate shops. This self-guided tour highlights 7 of the most notable chocolate shops in North America.
Set on a grid pattern, Montreal is an eminently walkable city, and an excellent place to start is the lovely Vieux-Montreal, with its time-honored buildings set on cobbled streets.Begin at the Place d'Armes, which contains the magnificent Notre-Dame Basilica -- a favorite of Luciano Pavarotti, apparently, owing to its excellent acoustics.
Visiting Montreal today, it is hard to believe that not long ago the city was in serious decline.
There was a time when dining in Montreal inevitably meant eating French. Nowadays, the restaurant scene is more cosmopolitan, but fine French food is still to be found in abundance.
One of the highlights of the Montreal calendar is the annual International Jazz Festival, which this year runs from June 25 to July 4.
We asked the Harper travel consultants on the North America team to tell us where they would go if they could pick anywhere within their territory, from Canada to the Caribbean.
Experience Montreal at its most stylish during the 10th annual Fashion & Design Festival, when outdoor catwalks line McGill College Avenue.
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