# What to do/see/eat in Montreal

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 27, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-see-eat-in-montreal/716166 "2015-03-27T23:52:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-see-eat-in-montreal/716166/1 "2015-03-27T23:52:01Z")

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In a couple days, I’ll be taking my first trip to Montreal! I’m super excited - it looks like an incredible city. I know lots of you have probably been, and a couple of Dopers actually live there, so I thought I’d ask you guys if there’s any must-see activity there that pops into your head.

We’ll be staying 5 days. A couple things on our list are various markets and eateries, the Biodome, the Botanical Gardens, and Mount Royal Park. I’ve heard there are some beautiful bike paths, but it’s still a little chilly for that - maybe walking paths?

Anyway, any ideas? I’m up for pretty much anything (well, OK, strip clubs are probably out ;)).

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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-see-eat-in-montreal/716166/2 "2015-03-28T01:02:13Z")

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> [@Octarine](#):
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> In a couple days, I’ll be taking my first trip to Montreal! I’m super excited - it looks like an incredible city. I know lots of you have probably been, and a couple of Dopers actually live there, so I thought I’d ask you guys if there’s any must-see activity there that pops into your head.
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> We’ll be staying 5 days. A couple things on our list are various markets and eateries, the Biodome, the Botanical Gardens, and Mount Royal Park. I’ve heard there are some beautiful bike paths, but it’s still a little chilly for that - maybe walking paths?
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> Anyway, any ideas? I’m up for pretty much anything (well, OK, strip clubs are probably out ;)).

Be aware there is a Biodome and a Biosphere - two very different sights and we almost ended up at the Biosphere when we wanted the Biodome (they’re not near each other).

We had a fabulous fabulous but very heavy meal at Au Pied De Cochon (get a reservation!) and messed up our reservation at Joe Beef but we were really looking forward to it. ☹

Had a really great breakfast at the Monkland Ave St Viateur.

We had several great beers at Bier Markt and also good cheese & charcuterie plates.

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**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-see-eat-in-montreal/716166/3 "2015-03-28T03:13:56Z")

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Here’s [a similar thread from last year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728196) (but the possibilities were different, it was summer).