Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City

Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Montreal traveler agrees
 Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
Ellis Quinn
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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  1. Fodor's Montreal and Quebec City 2007 (Fodor's Gold Guides)
  2. Streetwise Montreal (Streetwise)
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ASIN: 174104006X

Book Description

The old-world grandeur and new-world hipness of Montreal and Quebec City will seduce you. Relive history in their cobblestone streets, discover their vibrant neighborhoods, party with their convivial locals, and embrace it all with joie de vivre...and an appetite. This savvy, indispensable guide's Montreal-based author reveals the magic and magnificence of francophone Canada's sparkling crown jewels.

DISCOVER THE GEMS - spend days ambling through neighborhoods like ever-romantic Old Montreal and the uberhip Plateau with our Montreal walking tours, including one just for art lovers.

BON APPETIT! - top tips on indulging in Canada's foodiest cities, where 5200-plus eateries dish up something for every appetite and budget.

LEND AN EAR - Jazz, Quebecois chanson, indie punk, the symphony...our music and entertainment chapters delve into Montreal's best venues and parties.

FIND YOUR FEST - Quebecers celebrate everything - music, comedy, film, food, snow - and our city calendars capture it all.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Montreal traveler agrees.......2007-06-12

I'm impressed by the amount of detail, all the stories and know-hows have matched to what a well traveled friend says of Montreal.
Highlights dinning, lodging, and sites for each section of the city.
Lonely Planet Montreal
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Lonely Planet Montreal
  • Disappointing
  • good, but could've been much better
  • another good Lonely Planet guidebook
 Lonely Planet Montreal
Jeremy Gray
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GuidebooksGuidebooks | Reference & Tips | Travel | Subjects | Books
Lonely PlanetLonely Planet | Guidebook Series | Travel | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Canada | Travel | Subjects | Books
MontrealMontreal | Cities | Canada | Travel | Subjects | Books
QuebecQuebec | Provinces | Canada | Travel | Subjects | Books
North AmericaNorth America | Travel | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Travel | Subjects | Books
Look Inside Travel BooksLook Inside Travel Books | Trip | Specialty Stores | Books
Similar Items:
  1. Streetwise Montreal (Streetwise)
  2. The Rough Guide to Montreal 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
  3. Top 10 Montreal and Quebec City (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
  4. Frommer's Montreal & Quebec City 2006 (Frommer's Complete)
  5. Lonely Planet Toronto

ASIN: 1741041090

Book Description

Croissants and cobblestones...jazz and joie de vivre...laid-back cafes and lush parks...hip clubs and haute couture...let yourself fall under the intoxicating spell of the Paris of the West. This smart, streetwise and stylish guide will help you discover all that this vibrant, cosmopolitan city has to offer.

• EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY - expanded cuisine and nightlife coverage of Canada's most indulgent town • SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP - hunt down the newest styles, above and below ground • WALK THE WALK - new walking tours include the Plateau, Parc du Mont Royal and romantic Old Montreal • LEARN THE LINGO - earn smiles from the locals with our handy French language section • GO BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS - explore the other charms of the province, including Quebec City and the Laurentian Mountains

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Lonely Planet Montreal.......2007-06-03

I spent a month in Montreal to study French and used this book to explore the city. It lead me to some cool places that I would not have found otherwise and gave me good insight into the neighborhoods. By going to the recommended bagel shops, I discovered Mile End, my favorite place in the city. I also found the recommended breweries to be worthwhile. Overall this was worth the money.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointing.......2007-01-17

This book is very poorly organized, the "French dictionary" contained no useful phrases, and the maps were terrible!! I would definitely choose something more comprehensive & buy a separate city map.

3 out of 5 stars good, but could've been much better.......2005-06-17

i picked this book out of the ones at the bookstore b/c i liked the look of it: good number of pictures, good maps (inc. a map of the metro which most other books didn't seem to have), good info. -however-, a huge drawback to this book is its poor organization. if you're looking at one of the street maps in the book, the landmarks, etc. aren't marked by page number, so you have to look up the landmark in the index (which they have separated into food, accomodations, sites instead of all together, which proved to be very annoying), and then flip back to the page in the book. also, the book is organized again according to categories (food, sites, shopping, etc.) instead of by area, so if you're trying to build a list of things to do in one part of the city you have to keep flipping back and forth from the maps to the indices to the book, which is a huge effort that could've been fixed w/ better planning. this is really too bad, b/c o/w it has a lot of good info. next time i'm def. getting a book by a diff. company.

5 out of 5 stars another good Lonely Planet guidebook.......2002-01-06

I used this guidebook while visiting Montreal in summer 2001 and had no problems at all. As to be expected from Lonely Planet, the color maps at the back are great and the three walking tours really give you a feel for the city. The restaurant list was excellent, especially an extended section on Montreal's famous bagels. There was a large chapter on excursions from Montreal, which included Ottawa, Quebec City and the Laurentian mountains among other places. All the standard Lonely Planet bits on history, culture, arts and religion were very informing; best was the little section on Canadian French where I learned to say "y'est quelle heure" instead of "quelle heure est-il."

The only complaint I could have was the lack of a map of the underground shopping city, which we found confusing to navigate, even with the map provided by the tourist authority. Otherwise it's as good a guidebook to Montreal as you're likely to find anywhere.

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