Montreal hotel recommendations

[Cali Viajera]

Which is the best part to stay in Montreal? What are some hotels you all recommend? We are going on the Caribbean Princess on October 9 and don't know much about the city of Montreal and what area is the right location for sites to see.

Thank-you in advance

[LHT28]

Old Montreal   IMO is the best place to stay

but it depends on what you are interested in seeing

Close to Notre Dame   the cruise port 

restaurants /shops

https://www.mtl.org/en/plan/visitor-information

 

[markeb]

Old Montreal is the classic area. It's been a long time since I've been there, so no hotel recommendations. Last time we were in Montreal we stayed at the Renaissance. Nice hotel and neighborhood, near the art museum, but a decent walk to Old Montreal.

[princeton123211]

2 hours ago, Cali Viajera said:

 

Which is the best part to stay in Montreal? What are some hotels you all recommend? We are going on the Caribbean Princess on October 9 and don't know much about the city of Montreal and what area is the right location for sites to see.

Thank-you in advance

 

Used to be there for business every few months. Personal favorites are the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth for midrange business class 4 star option or the Ritz-Carlton for a 5 star hotel- both have recently been renovated and are in great shape. The Queen Elizabeth is right above the main train station so super central to most things. The Ritz is in a very nice area of town not far from shopping the McGill University campus and is of a slightly higher quality than most Ritz’s you run into. If either of those work budget wise I highly recommend.

[lx200gps]

9 hours ago, Cali Viajera said:

Which is the best part to stay in Montreal? What are some hotels you all recommend? We are going on the Caribbean Princess on October 9 and don't know much about the city of Montreal and what area is the right location for sites to see.

Thank-you in advance

What's the itinerary? According to the Princess site, the Caribbean Princess doesn't sail in or out of Montreal and the October 9 sailing of the CB starts in Brooklyn and ends 10 days later in Quebec City, three hours up the St Lawrence river from Montreal.

Edited March 16, 2023 by lx200gps

[GTJ]

18 hours ago, princeton123211 said:

Personal favorites are the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth for midrange business class 4 star option

I have always viewed the Queen Elizabeth as the "standard" place to say while in Montréal, cost being no factor, as it is right in the centre of the commercial city, near Dorchester Square, and directly above Gare Centrale (where more often than not I am arriving or departing the city), There's several other good hotels between the Queen Elizabeth, on boulevard René-Lévesque (previously Dorchester Street), and rue Sherbrooke. Several times I have stayed near rue Berri-UQAM, convenient to the Gare d'autocars de Montréal. While there are also several hotels in and around Vieux Montréal, some architecturally attractive, this neighborhood is a tourist trap, a bit removed from the modern commercial centre of the city, and less convenient to transportation and most other things besides the quay from which most cruise vessels depart.

[Cali Viajera]

Thank-you. After a second night in Quebec we are taking the train to Montreal and will be there a day before flying home.

[Cali Viajera]

22 hours ago, LHT28 said:

Old Montreal   IMO is the best place to stay

but it depends on what you are interested in seeing

Close to Notre Dame   the cruise port 

restaurants /shops

https://www.mtl.org/en/plan/visitor-information

 

Thank you so very much for this link! Lots of info, 😄

[GTJ]

11 hours ago, Cali Viajera said:

After a second night in Quebec we are taking the train to Montreal and will be there a day before flying home.

If traveling by railroad, the Queen Elizabeth will be by far the most convenient place to stay. The railroad station is directly below the hotel, and the express bus to the airport stops at the hotel as well. The logistics could not be easier, and by staying at the Queen Elizabeth you would be in the centre of everything.

Edited March 17, 2023 by GTJ

[lx200gps]

19 minutes ago, GTJ said:

If traveling by railroad, the Queen Elizabeth will be by far the most convenient place to stay. The railroad station is directly below the hotel, and the express bus to the airport stops at the hotel as well. The logistics could not be easier, and by staying at the Queen Elizabeth you would be in the centre of everything.

Montrealer here, that pretty much sums it up. Downtown Montreal has major hotels every 50 feet or so, but the QE is a good bet, especially given its proximity to the rail system. It's a short walk to St Catherine street, arguably the main shopping street. Old Montreal is a very nice area and in October the tourists will have largely disappeared, it would be a half hour walk or short taxi/Uber ride from the QE.  Montreal has a large "underground city" centered near the QE, with connections to the Metro system, allowing you move around large swathes of downtown while staying nice and warm. Keep in mind that you will be there in mid-October and by that time, nighttime temperatures will be at or near the freezing point.