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Shopping in Montreal

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  • 06-04-2015 12:58am
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    Ilovelucy
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    What's there? Heading there in a few weeks. Where are good places to shop?


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    montreal2011
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    Sainte Catherine (ouest) is the main (commerce) street down town. On it you have several shopping malls which are all linked undeground.

    Starting east, and heading west, you have The Bay (La Baie) which is a famous Canadian store located @ 585 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest. Green line metro (subway) stop McGill.

    Next there is Complexe Les Ailes, @677 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, also at Green line metro (subway) stop McGill.

    After this there is the Eaton Center, @ 705 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, still at Green line metro (subway) stop McGill.

    The final (underground linked) shopping mall is the Place Montréal Trust, @1500 Avenue McGill College, closer to Green line metro (subway) stop Peel, but also close to the McGill stop.

    If you continue west on Sainte Catherine you will find stores up to the street Atwater, which is also a stop on the green line. There is another shopping mall here too, Place Alexis Nihon @ 1500 Avenue Atwater. There is not much shopping wise further west than here.

    Most of these shopping malls, or store fronts on Sainte Catherine will be the same as you will see in most Canadian, US and even UK cities (H&M, topshop).

    If you would rather see more local or alternative shops, then I recommend Mont Royal Avenue, orange line metro stop Mont Royal. Head east or west on this street after exiting the metro and there are some interesting stores. There is not much point heading too far east (for sure no further than Rue Fullum), or further west than Avenue St. Laurent (which is also worth a stroll) while on Mont Royal Avenue. A couple of blocks west of the Mont Royal orange line metro stop, is the North South street St. Denis. Similarly to Mont Royal (and St. Laurent) it has some interesting stores, bars, restaurants. It's worth a stroll down there until you reach St. Catherine. It's a little rough further south of there, as is Sainte Catherine further east of there, but it's where the Gay Village and it's fine during the day. Even at night, what would be considered dodgy in Montréal would be no where near as dodgy as many Irish or UK cities.

    Chinatown is small enough (orange line metro stop Place D'Armes) but still worth a quick stroll and it's close to the Old Port (Vieux Port) which is popular with tourists.

    Another popular place is Place des Arts (green line metro stop) which is the center of culture downtown and there is another shopping mall here, Complex Dejardins, 150 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest.

    The North South street St. Laurent marks the east / west divide of the city, east of here the streets are named X Est, west of here they are named X Ouest.


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