Planning a Trip to Montreal/Ottawa

[ihsn]

Hi all,

I'm planning a trip (2-3 days) to the east, mainly focusing on Montreal while touching Ottawa on the way back. Right now, the date is tentatively set for the long weekend in Oct.

I would appreciate if you could help me out on the following areas:

What are the main attractions/places to visit that you would recommend?
What is the best route to get there, by best I mean the most scenic one. Will it be congested during the long weekend?
Can you suggest me a decent and affordable hotel/motel (for 4 people, 1 room) in Montreal?
Also my friend suggested that Quebec City was a lovely place and worth the extra distance .. Agree/Disagree?

If you more suggestions, please do suggest! :) Thanks.

[3weddings]

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We recently discussed Ottawa with the OP of this thread
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=634198&highlight=ottawa

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[Pete_Coach]

Also, not to disrespect you but, some of your questions are a bit, well odd? Do you have a grasp of geography of Ontario? I mean, Toronto is just 4 hours from Ottawa and Montreal is an additional hour and a half. If it is Montreal you want to see then Ottawa is out of the way.
Pick up a book or at least get a google map :confused:

[originalnutta]

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We should just have respective stickies for montreal, toronto, ottawa and vancouver.

A sub section for detailed threads about a certain city or country.

[jason9945]

Hi all,

I'm planning a trip (2-3 days) to the east, mainly focusing on Montreal while touching Ottawa on the way back. Right now, the date is tentatively set for the long weekend in Oct.

I would appreciate if you could help me out on the following areas:

What are the main attractions/places to visit that you would recommend?
What is the best route to get there, by best I mean the most scenic one. Will it be congested during the long weekend?
Can you suggest me a decent and affordable hotel/motel (for 4 people, 1 room) in Montreal?
Also my friend suggested that Quebec City was a lovely place and worth the extra distance .. Agree/Disagree?

If you more suggestions, please do suggest! :) Thanks.
As for the decent/affordable hotel I'd say this one in Downtown is pretty cool. Ask for room 301, or the other one with a balcony. Parking is like $5 a night.

If you dont take 401 to montreal is going to take forever, and if you dont take 417 from montreal to ottawa its going to take forever. However take highway 7 from Ottawa to Toronto, but watch your speed if its a long weekend. Its a pretty scenic drive.
http://www.hotel-quartierlatin.com/

[ihsn]

Also, not to disrespect you but, some of your questions are a bit, well odd? Do you have a grasp of geography of Ontario? I mean, Toronto is just 4 hours from Ottawa and Montreal is an additional hour and a half. If it is Montreal you want to see then Ottawa is out of the way.
Pick up a book or at least get a google map :confused:
Thank you for the sarcastic reply. I know Ottawa is out of the way but when I'm so close I dont mind driving an extra hour and half just to visit the place (however short it is).


As for the decent/affordable hotel I'd say this one in Downtown is pretty cool. Ask for room 301, or the other one with a balcony. Parking is like $5 a night.

If you dont take 401 to montreal is going to take forever, and if you dont take 417 from montreal to ottawa its going to take forever. However take highway 7 from Ottawa to Toronto, but watch your speed if its a long weekend. Its a pretty scenic drive.
http://www.hotel-quartierlatin.com/
Thanks. :)


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We recently discussed Ottawa with the OP of this thread
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=634198&highlight=ottawa

Enjoy!
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