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~Colleen~
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Montreal vs Niagara Falls
DH and I are looking to spend a long weekend in Canada come September...and we're considering either Niagra Falls or Montreal.
For those who have been to either or both - what are your recommendations? Did you like one city more?
TIA!
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Posted 5/31/05 12:38 PM  |
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Cheryl
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
Hands down Montreal!!! There is so much more to do and see.
In Niagra honestly you get sick of the falls after like a day. After Maid of the Mist you're done. It's very touristy and IMO it's cheezy.
Montreal has a great culture. The food there is INCREDIBLE. We ate at some top notch French restaurants, and this one steakhouse, Gibby's, was phenominal.
We did so much in 4 days.. Botanical Gardens, the cathedral, Biodome, the casino, La Ronde, seeing the underground shopping, did the bus tour to Mont Royal, walking around in old town, horse & carriage ride... it was an incredible trip.
We stayed at the Marriott Renaissance.
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| Posted 5/31/05 12:44 PM |
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~Colleen~
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
Thank you!
We have an opportunity to stay at the Ritz Carlton for a few days so that alone was selling us  But after reading your review and looking up the places you mentioned...we're totally sold!
Thanks so much! 
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| Posted 6/1/05 9:13 AM |
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Cheryl
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
You're welcome! Glad I could help
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| Posted 6/1/05 9:32 AM |
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Sassyz75
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
Posted by Cheryl
Hands down Montreal!!! There is so much more to do and see.
In Niagra honestly you get sick of the falls after like a day. After Maid of the Mist you're done. It's very touristy and IMO it's cheezy.
Montreal has a great culture. The food there is INCREDIBLE. We ate at some top notch French restaurants, and this one steakhouse, Gibby's, was phenominal.
We did so much in 4 days.. Botanical Gardens, the cathedral, Biodome, the casino, La Ronde, seeing the underground shopping, did the bus tour to Mont Royal, walking around in old town, horse & carriage ride... it was an incredible trip.
We stayed at the Marriott Renaissance.
I agree
we just went and had the BEST time.
we stayed at the Centre Sheraton....
It was a GREAT time and the drive up wasn't that bad.
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| Posted 6/2/05 1:09 PM |
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~Colleen~
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
Posted by Sassyz75
I agree
we just went and had the BEST time.
we stayed at the Centre Sheraton....
It was a GREAT time and the drive up wasn't that bad.
How long was your drive?
We're leaning towards flying since we're only going for 4 days...
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| Posted 6/2/05 1:41 PM |
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Sassyz75
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
The drive was 6 hours
we wound up staying from a Friday though a Wednesday...
So basically we drove up Friday and drove home Wednesday..
so full four days of touring...
it was nice to have the car though-
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| Posted 6/2/05 2:16 PM |
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Cheryl
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
We drove as well.
But we only used the car one night when we went to the casino. The rest of the time our hotel had a free shuttle and we used the subway.
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| Posted 6/2/05 2:43 PM |
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~Colleen~
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
Hmm, I didn't realize it was only 6 hrs...I thought it was more like 8+.
Thanks for the info 
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| Posted 6/2/05 3:44 PM |
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Sassyz75
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Re: Montreal vs Niagara Falls
we drove to the casino, to Mont Royal to St. Joseph's Oratorie (which I HIGHLY recommend) and to the Biodome.. so we used the car quite a lot.
We didn't use cab or subway once- we walked EVERYWHERE we could...
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| Posted 6/2/05 3:57 PM |
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