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It depends very heavily upon what you mean by flying in and spending that day in Montreal. That alone can burn through daylight hours contingent upon your flight time into Dorval and where you're staying, if at all, in the city.
If however you're merely passing through by taxiing into Montreal from Dorval to pick up arranged transport to your hotel at Mt Tremblant later in the day.......well, you understand that doesn't leave you much time to even taste the cultural experience of Montreal.
The city is literally chock-a-block with restaurants of all cuisines and one could very easily recommend a street rather than a particular restaurant as there are
sections like Place Jacques Cartier and streets like St. Denis and Rue St. Charles as two examples that you could walk for blocks and not see the same cuisine twice. stopping into a corner Depanneur store to pick a bottle or two of wine you favour to then present it to the welcoming staff of the restaurant who will then serve it with all of the flourish of any 5 star restaurant is just one of those little experiences that have stayed in my memory banks.
Old Montreal is like no other, (except Quebec City) and one, if looking carefully, can still find the watering hole where you have to duck your head to enter it as the doorway was designed for the 1600's average stature.
A timeline would help limit suggestions to those venues in Montreal you could realistically expect to see and enjoy.
Montreal is a city deserving of all the time you can possibly set aside as it's got it all and then some in terms of European flavour to N.American history.
I would cede to far more authoritative and informative input as that coming from those such as Jambo or Akajack and would hope they jump in.
It depends very heavily upon what you mean by flying in and spending that day in Montreal. That alone can burn through daylight hours contingent upon your flight time into Dorval and where you're staying, if at all, in the city.
If however you're merely passing through by taxiing into Montreal from Dorval to pick up arranged transport to your hotel at Mt Tremblant later in the day.......well, you understand that doesn't leave you much time to even taste the cultural experience of Montreal.
A timeline would help limit suggestions to those venues in Montreal you could realistically expect to see and enjoy.
Montreal is a city deserving of all the time you can possibly set aside as it's got it all and then some in terms of European flavour to N.American history.
We are arriving at 11:30 AM and have a car rental at the airport. We were planning on staying in Montreal until after dinner and then driving to Mont Tremblant. So, yes, our time there is somewhat limited.
We are arriving at 11:30 AM and have a car rental at the airport. We were planning on staying in Montreal until after dinner and then driving to Mont Tremblant. So, yes, our time there is somewhat limited.
Perfect information to allow us to better provide possible sites to visit. I'm going to leave that to others better qualified as I'd give you a list that would have you burning the tires off that car.
Figuring on the usual de-planing, luggage collection and customs, along with the rental car check-out you'll probably be leaving the airport no earlier than 12:30 with a twenty minute drive into the city leaving you a few hours in the city before your hour and half drive to the Mt. Assuming you don't want to arrive at your accommodations too late to afford a comfortable "settle in" of family for a good night's sleep to hit the slopes with gusto.
Perfect information to allow us to better provide possible sites to visit. I'm going to leave that to others better qualified as I'd give you a list that would have you burning the tires off that car.
Figuring on the usual de-planing, luggage collection and customs, along with the rental car check-out you'll probably be leaving the airport no earlier than 12:30 with a twenty minute drive into the city leaving you a few hours in the city before your hour and half drive to the Mt. Assuming you don't want to arrive at your accommodations too late to afford a comfortable "settle in" of family for a good night's sleep to hit the slopes with gusto.
So let me put it to you this way, if you had only 1 thing to see in Montreal, what would it be?
It depends very heavily upon what you mean by flying in and spending that day in Montreal. That alone can burn through daylight hours contingent upon your flight time into Dorval and where you're staying, if at all, in the city.
If however you're merely passing through by taxiing into Montreal from Dorval to pick up arranged transport to your hotel at Mt Tremblant later in the day.......well, you understand that doesn't leave you much time to even taste the cultural experience of Montreal.
The city is literally chock-a-block with restaurants of all cuisines and one could very easily recommend a street rather than a particular restaurant as there are
sections like Place Jacques Cartier and streets like St. Denis and Rue St. Charles as two examples that you could walk for blocks and not see the same cuisine twice. stopping into a corner Depanneur store to pick a bottle or two of wine you favour to then present it to the welcoming staff of the restaurant who will then serve it with all of the flourish of any 5 star restaurant is just one of those little experiences that have stayed in my memory banks.
Old Montreal is like no other, (except Quebec City) and one, if looking carefully, can still find the watering hole where you have to duck your head to enter it as the doorway was designed for the 1600's average stature.
A timeline would help limit suggestions to those venues in Montreal you could realistically expect to see and enjoy.
Montreal is a city deserving of all the time you can possibly set aside as it's got it all and then some in terms of European flavour to N.American history.
I would cede to far more authoritative and informative input as that coming from those such as Jambo or Akajack and would hope they jump in.
Aaah dang A/J, a senior moment had me thinking Rue Duluth (La Maison Grecque) off St. Denis and confusing it with ??St Charles??, don't ask me why that happens it just does now. Wrong season to really enjoy the courtyard dining there now.
I would totally agree with your suggestion of Place Jacques Cartier as being a target to start with. The number of wonderful restaurants in that area are too many to list.
The highways are usually jammed in that direction on Saturday nights? Your way sounds nicer, but how long will the ride take going that way?
Oh it's Saturday night. Shouldn't be too bad but traffic delays are always possible in Montreal. Even on Saturday evening.
The itinerary calculators tell me that the inner city non-highway route will take about 15-20 minutes more.
I guess whether or not it's dark factors in to whether it's worth it.
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Wrong season to really enjoy the courtyard dining there now. 
