Plateau-Mont-Royal Walk (Self Guided), Montreal, Canada

Plateau-Mont-Royal Walk (Self Guided), Montreal

One of the loveliest districts in Montreal is Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, with its superb architecture, wide sidewalks and almost European feeling about it. Exploring the shops and galleries along Boulevard Saint Laurent will heighten this impression, as there is a happy mix of French-speaking and English-speaking residents.

It鈥檚 almost enough just to wander around the neighborhood admiring the different buildings, from brightly painted Victorian style houses to traditional brick built edifices with exterior stairways. The Plateau has a host of bookstores selling both new and secondhand books, sidewalk cafes and excellent food stores: you will find the best Montreal-style smoked meat here. There are also up-market clothes stores, old-fashioned pubs and trendy nightclubs.

Due to traffic control projects you will find a lot of 鈥淩uelles Vertes鈥� (Green alleys) where residents have re-naturalized the streets, which adds to the charm of the area and makes it seem almost like a country village in the heart of Montreal. Relax in St Louis Square Park which has a beautiful Victorian fountain; have a good meal a restaurant in the pedestrian part of Prince Arthur Street where street artists put on impromptu shows.

How it works: A discovery walk features a route using which you can explore a popular city neighborhood on your own. This walk, along with other self-guided walks in over 1,500 cities, can be found on the app "51爆料网: Walks in 1K+ Cities" which can be downloaded from Apple App Store or Google Play Store to your mobile phone or tablet. The app's built-in GPS navigation functions allow following this walk route with ease. The app works both online and offline, so no data plan is needed when traveling abroad.

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Create Your Own Self-Guided Walks in Montreal

Guide Name: Plateau-Mont-Royal Walk
Guide Location: Canada » Montreal
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Discovery)
Travel Distance: 2.1 Km or 1.3 Miles
Author: MilaT

1) Rue Sherbrooke Est

2) Avenue Laval

3) Rue du Square-Saint-Louis

4) Rue du Square-Saint-Louis

5) Rue du Square-Saint-Louis

6) Avenue Henri-Julien corner with Avenue des Pins

7) Rue Prince-Arthur Est

8) Rue Prince-Arthur Est corner with Rue de Bullion

9) Boulevard Saint-Laurent

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