Montreal Travel Forum

We will be visiting Montreal in August and staying at the Candlewood Suite Montreal Downtown Hotel. The hotel informs me that the nearest metro is Saint Laurent and perhaps Champs de Mar. However, on looking up directions on Google, it says to be careful as it the path is lacking pedestrian walkways etc. How far is the closest metro in terms of walking minutes? Thanks.

Saint Laurent Metro is about 5 minutes walk above ground from the hotel and you can also easily access Place des Arts and Place D'Armes Metro using the RESO. I don't know why Google should reckon there are no pedestrian walkways unless they mean that you have to cross the busy main road and there are no nearby traffic lights (which there are on the crossroads of Rene Levesque and St Laurent).

Hope this helps.

Enjoy Montreal.

I stayed there last week and can tell you that you can get to either station by crossing the street (e.g.Boul. René-Lévesque for Champ de Mars) at an appropriate pedestrian crosswalk. In any event, especially in August, you are within walking distance of many attractions (Old Montreal, Old Port, St Laurent, St Denis, Ste Catherine etc.).

Thank you both for your replies.