Originally Posted by
BiziBB
If I can temporarily use and abuse your thread for a moment...
Is it reasonably practical or too extreme, weatherwise, to stroll around the latin (?) quarter of Montreal in early January?
Just looking at options for our RTW stops from Dublin to Chicago.
FTers in the *A forum suggested DUB-yvr-ORD (Toronto?) but I'd love to get to Montreal for a walk/eat-around during a day or evening.
I guess it will be a shock for an Aussie, but we'd have been cold and wet in Dublin for a while so will be conditioned for cold, short days.
If it is worth it as a mileage-run style quick visit, please recommend some options for a <24hr stop.
We'd likely take a return bus, as suggested, but not stay overnight.
Many thanks!
When the Arctic Winds hit Montreal in January, you are virtually stranded in your hotel. It becomes a City of Underground Shopping and for this you need a Car. Even getting from the Hotel to a Taxi can be a challenge over the ice and through the snow banks. In January, other than Friday and Saturday evenings there are virtually no facilities open for Tourists.
The cold is nothing like Ireland, it can be another -40 compared with Dublin. For an OZ I would suggest a Night in The Meat Freezer in Coles for advance training.
You also have to consider potential flight delays for de-icing etc. even when it not snowing.
Much as I Love Montreal, this is One City to avoid in January and much of February.