The most prominent hotel in Montreal is the Hotel Le St-James. Forbes publication reports that the Hotel Le St-James is located in Old Montreal and is one of its finest hotels. The hotel has sixty rooms and suites with European refinement of history. The architectural grandeur reportedly dates back to the 1870's. Eclectic art collections decorates the rooms that has impeccable service to compliment the Victorian splendor that is the Hotel Le-St-James. The rooms are 400 square feet with walls lined of Victorian paintings. The room rates are surprisingly reasonable with starting upward from $350. The Hotel Le St-James has a 3,500 square foot penthouse if you want spacial Victorian flare with rates upward from $4,940. A spa is included in these rates for your ultimate European relaxation.

You may want a view of the beautiful Montreal Place d'Youville nd St. Lawrence River. The St-Paul Hotel will provide you this pleasurable vacation site. The St-Paul Hotel is a restoration of the Beaux Arts Building surrounding by quaint English and French shops and galleries of rue St-Paul. The St-Paul Hotel has 120 rooms of exquisite finery. The hotel auxiliary services completes the luxury of your stay at the St-Paul Hotel with the handmade chocolates. The St-Paul Hotel is rocking with the hottest club in all of Montreal called the Vauvet.   The rooms have been hospitable to such stars as Cate Blanchett of Benjamin Button Hollywood stardom.  The room rates at the St-Paul Hotel is between $285 and $575, amazing.

The restaurants of Montreal is all the rage and include the Le cClub Chasse Et Peche, the Nuances, the Joe Beef and the Le Local.  You know by the names that these restaurants are French as well as American inspired with cuisine choices.  The Le Club Chassse Et Peche food specialty include seared scallops with lemon confit and fennel puree.  The dessert of the house is the famous chocolate and caramel tart.  The restaurant Nuances specialty of the house is steamed fish inclusive of well garnished and flavored codfish.  The Nuances have a sky line view across the St. Lawrence.  Joe Beef, the most American of the Montreal restaurants seats 28 and stays true to its name with the service of specialty tastefully cooked sirloin steak.  Joe Beef is a 19th century tavern along the Montreal waterfront.  The Le Local is a well priced luncheon for light mid day and brunch dining.  The Le Local serves as its house specialty calf’s liver, frittes and specialty salads.

The culture of Montreal is rich with French and Victorian history with the flare of its famous long standing hotels.  Most of the art galleries is devoted to Napoleon and First Empire Art.  The Canandian Centre for Architecture explores the pace of the Montreal city life.  A world class museum is built around the 1874 villa known as Shaughnessy House.  Montreal has an international jazz festival that houses performer in the renown venue known as the House of Jazz.  The Point-A-Calliere Montreal Museum of archaeology and History displays exciting and historical events as museum themes such as Pirates, Privateers and Freebooters.  The Museum houses other archaeology offerings of pewter tableware and navigational instruments.