Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Gregory Gallagher (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dk Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides | Publication Date: March 2008

From the top 10 festivals to the top 10 places to eat, shop and sleep ­ this guide will lead you straight to the very best Montréal and Québec City have to offer.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel; Pap/Map edition (March 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756632595
• ISBN-13: 978-0756632595
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,044,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Quebec City
  • #41 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Montreal
  • #48 in Books > Travel > Canada > Provinces > Quebec

Customer Reviews

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall good guide to accompany your trip to Montreal/Quebec, August 3, 2005

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This review is from: Top 10 Montreal and Quebec City (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This guide book is filled with colorful pictures and list top-10 tourist spots in Montreal and Quebec, it almost list top-10 tourist spots, dining, shopping, night life etc in different sections of the cities. Overall it's an excellent guide book to accompany one's trip to Monteral/Quebec.
The only problem is after visiting some of the top-10 spots I find myself disagreeing with the choice of the author. While some interesting spots were left out of given less attention. Some information is also outdated or incorrect, such as museum opening hours.
For example, while the cross on Mount Royal has historical significance, the steel structure itself is unimpressive and I doubt whether it's worth walking half-way through Mount-Royal Park just to see the cross.
Another example is the Museum of French America in Quebec city, which houses many interesting exhibits but it wasn't even mentioned in the guide.
Apart from tourists spots, I also find myself disagreeing with some top-10 restaurants picks. For example, the Alphenaus restaurant (in downtown Montreal) recommended by the guide is located in a kind-of-run-down neighbourhood and AAA only gives it 2 diamonds. There are some good picks though, like Le Latini in Montreal.

One last glitch about this travel guide is the inclusion of some seemingly irrelevant information. While it's good to know about Celine Dion or the separatist movement, I'm not sure how useful that information is to my trip.

Summary:
The good:
Clear, concise, numbered list of tourist attractions, restaurants, etc. Also some travel tips. Most attractions lists are show on mini-map and nearest metro station, which makes the job of finding that attraction/restaurant a lot easier.

The bad:
some out-dated information, some top-10 picks questionable

The bottomline:
This is an excellent guide to accompany anyone travelling to Montreal/Quebec city

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars take this with you, August 17, 2004

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This review is from: Top 10 Montreal and Quebec City (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This is a great little travel book if you are planning your first trip to Quebec. Not having any idea about what we wanted to do, this book basically planned our trip. It's also small enough to carry with you. It also has maps.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and helpful :-), February 11, 2006

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Little Miss Cutey (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Top 10 Montreal and Quebec City (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) (Paperback)

These books are always fantastic. They are choc-full of good information and it's so handy and useful. Inside, it talks about all the top 10 things in different sections. For example, the top 10 hotels, restaurants, shops etc. I also really love all the beautiful colour pages. Some guide books use black and whites etc, but these guys always make the city in question look stunning. Obviously this book is merely a small guide with only a certain amount of information - if you want a lot more depth, you have to get their full bigger books (which are also great). But for someone with a bit of knowledge already about a particular place, this is just a top up of info that comes in real handy. I highly recommend this book (especially since it is dealing with two cities instead of concentrating on only one). A good guide to two beautiful cities.