Montreal is the second largest city in Canada
and the cultural capital of Quebec. And after Paris it has the second
largest French-speaking population in the western world. Montreal has a
reputation of one of the most attractive cities in North America with
rich culture and history.
Besides it's considered as a very safe, open, and inviting city. Have a
look. There are signs of civic pride and prosperity every where!
Wandering the streets you'll see plenty of beautiful and interesting
buildings from architectural point of view.
If you like winter
sports and are not afraid of extremely low temperatures come
any time from December to March.
In addition, the city is rich for excellent museums. Collections of
various time periods representing paintings, sculptures, historical and
archaeological findings are exhibited there. Visiting them will make
your impressions from travel to
Canada more manifold.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was founded in 1860. This museum is the
most respected among others, like old and totally loved lady, like
Queen. Its collection is so huge (hundreds of paintings, drawings,
decorative and ethnographic objects, etc.) that only a small fraction
of it can be displayed at a time.
When you travel Canada you can also make a cognitive visit to
Montreal's modern art museum, Canadian Centre for Architecture,
and two Historical museums in Old Montreal (Centre d'histoire de
Montréal and Pointe-à-Callière
museum). And don't
forget to make a photo against a background of the granite obelisk
dating from 1894 that honors the city's founders.
There is one more interesting thing about Montreal. It is absolutely
free city for gay and lesbian tourists. The thing is that Quebec was
the first province in Canada to adopt a special law that allows
same-sex civil unions. So, no matter what place you came from you can
get a marriage license and officially join your life with same-sex
person.
Montreal is a city of past, present and future: old-world atmosphere is
maintained by beauty of 19th century churches, at the same time the
city
is full of business-centers and no one knows what will surprise you in
Montreal tomorrow.
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