Friday, October 9, 2009

Hotel for all

Any person who wishes to visit a foreign city like Montreal should be well informed in advance to plan the best stay. How long will we stay? What locations visit us? What type of trip we want to achieve? A strictly tourist trip? A journey of adventure? An urban dive into a teeming population that wants to know? And above all, Where to live? Find accommodation requires good planning to avoid each other surprises, stay less than pleasant dreams and costs just too high. Finding a hotel room in Montreal, so we do not know this city and the various tourist guides seem formal and give information too general?

All areas of a city as large are not necessarily recommended for tourists. Some places that are residential that are frankly lacking interest or charm. Others are just too remote from centers of activity.

Some hotels, though located in the heart of urban action, does not justify the exorbitant prices they ask for a room in which there is only sleeping.

So how do you choose? We must know first the interests of Montreal.

Make no mistake, if we rely on guidebooks, we may well visit the sites of their advice and we completely miss the real life of Montreal. The main interest of Montreal is not in its monuments and its archaeological sites and historic hotel does not vibrate in the past but by its people.

Leave aside the traditional circuit recommended by the guides and immerse yourself in the heart of the city among its teeming population, and also English speaking, multi-ethnic, festive, calm and quiet even in crowds and welcoming without being intrusive. Some neighborhoods in the heart of the city are home this vibrant population. Find a hotel room in Montreal in one of those places full of charm and you will taste the real life of French America.

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