Lonely Planet Montreal & Quebec City (City Guide) [Paperback]

Eilís Quinn (Author)

Book Description

Series: City Guide | Publication Date: March 1, 2007

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.

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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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 1 edition (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 174104006X
• ISBN-13: 978-1741040067
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #831,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Quebec City
  • #32 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Montreal
  • #36 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.