Best Itinerary for a Romantic Weekend in Montreal
If you want to plan a romantic weekend in Montreal, let me show you exactly how it’s done. I spent hours planning our recent Montreal weekend, here’s what we did!
Montreal, the Quebecois capital, has plenty of romantic options for you and your partner to enjoy together. From some of the best restaurants in Canada, to interesting museums and cosy pubs, and Old Montreal streets to make you happy, there’s loads to do. The hard part is choosing the best activities for a weekend in Montreal to make the most of your time there.
I think I did pretty well at organising our weekend in Montreal, so here’s what we did, with a few improvements thanks to the benefit of hindsight .
A weekend in Montreal
We landed in Montreal at around 4pm on the Friday, from London Heathrow. We weren’t just in Montreal for the weekend – we were carrying on to Toronto afterwards for a few days, and then Niagara Falls for 24 hours. In total we were in Canada for 9 days.
You can read more about my adventures in Canada on my blog, but let’s focus on the Montreal weekend trip for now.
We jumped on the bus from Montreal airport to downtown Montreal and dropped our bags off at the Hilton Garden Inn Centre-Ville Hotel, a property that’s part of the Hilton Honors loyalty program.. Our hotel overlooked the Mount Royal Park, which was amazing to look out onto. We decided we’d be pretty chill on our first night, after the long journey, and just hang out at the park until nightfall.
I’d spent a long time choosing our hotel to ensure we were in the centre of the action for our Montreal weekend trip. It turned out to be an excellent choice with plenty of great things to do in the vicinity.
Friday evening in Montreal
Mount Royal Park
Mount Royal Park is the highest point in Montreal, and the law here states that no building is allowed to be made higher than this (120m). This make it an excellent viewpoint at any time of the day, especially sunset on a beautiful autumnal day like we had.