Lonely Planet Montreal [Paperback]

Jeremy Gray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001 | Series: Lonely Planet Montreal

Includes a complete tour of Montreal's unique French-English culture - from grand churches and historic homes to upscale neighbourhoods and multi-ethnic enclaves; insider's advice on the hippest rave shows and the rowdiest hockey matches; and recommendations for accommodation to suit all budgets.

Editorial Reviews

Review

San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2007
'The sights, activity, eating and sleeping guides...are dense with useful information...and they seem to mirror the energy and attitude of the city itself.'
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From the Publisher

"Montreal" offers detailed information on special events such as the Winter Carnival or the two-week Summer Festival, wonderful recommendations for the best food, shopping and accommodations, and scenic walking tours. Enclosed with a French phrase index and a host of city maps, any traveler will be fully armed when accompanied by Lonely Planet’s "Montreal".

• 18 full-color, detailed maps • restaurant listings to impress every palate and budget • auberge de jeuness or fite du passant? Accomodations options in detail • walking tours of Vieux Montreal, Downtown and Quartier Latin • coverage of gay and lesbian Montreal, as well as the International Jazz Festival - North America’s biggest • tres handy French language section and glossary

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1864502541
• ISBN-13: 978-1864502541
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,015,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Montreal
  • #53 in Books > Travel > Canada > Provinces > Quebec

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another good Lonely Planet guidebook, January 5, 2002

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Montreal (Paperback)

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.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good, but could've been much better, June 17, 2005

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spacedog "spacedog7" (boston, ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Montreal (Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City) (Paperback)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Useful Guide Book, June 1, 2008

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Chris A. Engleman (Boulder) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City (City Guide) (Paperback)

I find Lonely Planet guidebooks the most practically useful of all travel guidebooks. I find the Montreal/Quebec City to be definitely no exception. Just the maps in the book make it extremely worthwhile...no other maps are needed. Interviews with Montreal/Quebec City residents provide informative and real insider information about the cities, as do sections on history, culture and the arts. Information is adequately up-to-date. I highly recommend this book for anyone making a trip to one or both of the cities.