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La Residence Montreal Canada Montreal hotel that is conveniently located on the elegant tree-lined Sherbrooke street in downtown Montreal, next to the Sherbrooke subway station. The price includes a room, well equipped with colour cable television set, private bathroom, direct-dialed telephone, writing desk and chairs. Every morning, a free continental breakfast (coffee, tea, juice, cookies and croissants) is available from 7:00 to 10:00 AM.

Hotel Le Germain Montreal Canada Montréal's trendy downtown district is home to Le Germain, a chic and intimate boutique-hotel designed for a hip clientele of leisure and business travelers.

Montreal Executive Lodging Montreal Canada Furnished apartment for rent in Montréal, available for short or long stays. This appartment with a view on downtown Montréal is suitable for business people looking for an executive suite in one of the most luxurious housing complex in Montréal.

About Montreal Canada

Montreal is the second largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. The city is located on the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers.

The climate in Montreal varies greatly, both by season and day to day, with an average snowfall of over 2 metres, some snow in spring and autumn, summer heat waves as well as Indian summers in autumn.

The population of the Greater Montreal Area is over at 3.6 million making it one of the largest French-speaking metropolitan areas in the world. The majority of Montreal residents have at least a working knowledge of both French and English. Montreal is a vibrant centre of commerce, industry, culture, finance, and world affairs.

Montreal is a port city along the Saint Lawrence Seaway and a major port for shipping grain, sugar, petroleum products, machinery, and consumer goods. Major Montreal industries include pharmaceuticals, high technology, finance, textile and clothing manufacturing, higher education, electronic goods, and software engineering.

Directly under the heart of Montreal lie 33 km of brightly lit, scrupulously clean passageways, linking thousands of boutiques, major hotels, restaurants, universities, as well as office buildings and attractions. Montreal offers old-world charm, French joie de vivre and a modern style all of its own.

French cuisine is ubiquitous but with the flavours of so many cultures on every corner, eating out in Montreal is a culinary adventure. Montreal is considered to be one of the cities with the most restaurants in the world, based on the ratio of restaurants to population, and serving a wide variety of cuisines.

Montreal is the centre of Quebec culture with many specialised museums such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d'art Contemporain, the Redpath Museum, the McCord Museum of Canadian History, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Montreal is a vibrant centre of Canadian film and television production and the city hosts several distinct film festivals that contribute significantly to its economy.

Major Montreal cultural events include the world's largest jazz and comedy festivals as well as celebrations of French-language song, African culture, electronic music, artisan-ship, and cinema (World Film Festival). Montreal is known as a Gay-friendly city and its pride festival, Divers/Cité, is claimed to be the largest in North America.

Montreal is famous for its hockey-hungry fans and the Montreal Canadiens are one of the Original Six NHL teams with the greatest number of Stanley Cup championships.