Athens
Madeleine
The one to call for group travel — reunions, milestones, friends going together. She’s also seen more than half the fifty states, so she knows how North American trips come together.
A two-and-a-half-hour flight to a city that feels European and costs considerably less than Paris.
Montréal is the shortest route to a genuinely foreign trip from Atlanta — French-speaking, cobblestoned in the old quarter, and built around eating and festivals in a way American cities aren’t. You can leave in the morning and be having dinner in Old Montréal that night.
The other thing worth knowing is that all four seasons work here, and they’re completely different trips. Summer is festivals and terrasses. Winter is light installations, holiday markets, and skating — the city leans into the cold rather than hiding from it. Fall is the food and the foliage. Tell us which one appeals and we’ll build from there.
Where to go
Three places worth building a trip around
A compact city — you can walk most of it, which is part of the appeal.
Old Montréal
Cobblestones and the Old Port
History on every corner — architectural landmarks, narrow streets, and restaurants tucked into buildings older than most of the United States. The Old Port paths along the St. Lawrence are used year-round by locals, not just visitors.
Mount Royal
A mountain in the middle of the city
The hill the city is named for, and the reason no downtown building is allowed to be taller. Walk to the top for views across the city and out to the countryside beyond.
The Entertainment District
Forty festivals a year
More than eighty cultural venues in one district, lit at dusk by a permanent lighting plan. Jazz, comedy, circus, dance — whatever week you visit, something is on.
Endless ways to experience it
What kind of Montréal are you after?
Food
Indigenous, French, and British influences on the same plate. Bagels, smoked meat, and poutine are the famous three, but the dining scene has moved well past them.
Festivals
Jazz, comedy, circus, film — and yes, one for poutine. Pick a season and there’s a festival worth timing the trip around.
A winter weekend
Light installations, holiday markets, and outdoor skating. Genuinely one of the better cold-weather city breaks in North America.
Art and museums
Major museums downtown, galleries in every neighborhood, and a mural festival that’s turned whole blocks into public art.
Wellness
Nordic spas, spa boats on the river, and enough parkland that the city itself functions as a reset.
As a cruise port
The terminals are steps from Old Montréal, at the crossroads of the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. A natural start or finish to a river or Canada–New England sailing.
Who you’ll work with
Pick the office nearest you.
All four of our advisors plan Montréal. Which one you work with is usually just a question of which office you’d rather walk into.
Dunwoody
Leslie
Planning trips since 1990. Ask her about the history nobody told you to look for — which in Old Montréal is most of it.
Dunwoody
Steve
Left a career as a chiropractor for a year-long trip around the world, and came back to help other people take theirs.
Tuscaloosa
Stella
She spent a year living and working in France, and builds trips around local life — markets, long meals, the streets past the checklist.
Go deeper
More on Montréal
Neighborhood guides, hotels, and current offers — kept up to date through our relationships with colleagues around the world.
Ready when you are.
Tell us roughly what you have in mind and we’ll take it from there.
