Auberge Le Pomerol

Tourist informations
L’Auberge le Pomerol located in the heart of Montreal’s hustle and bustle…downtown. A full range of touristic events are taking place nearby the Auberge and it will be our pleasure to guide you into it. Let yourself be transported into the very heart of the Montréal experience!

Montréal’s insight
Montréal has drawn on the combined strengths of its French and British roots to attract newcomers from around the world. This multicultural mix has fostered a fertile and vibrant cultural life. A broad range of movies, plays and shows draw large audiences, while bars, cafés and discotheques rock until the early hours of the morning. Shopping in Montréal - a fashion capital - is another pleasure not to be missed.

Nature has always been part of Québec's cities, and Montrealers are particularly fortunate to have at their doorsteps Parc du Mont-Royal , a creation of Frederic Olmsted, the American landscape artist who also designed Central Park in New York. Its two lookouts offer glorious views over the city. The park is easily reached and explored via an extensive network of bicycle paths; like all green spaces in the city, it is truly designed to belong to everyone, as a public place of recreation and entertainment.

The Auberge Le Pomerol, located near the rue Saint-Denis, the Quartier Latin’s major thoroughfare, provides a unique example of mid-19th-century Victorian-style urban architecture. The street adopted its commercial vocation at the turn of the 20th century, and it has since become the major regional shopping artery for Francophone Montrealers. More than a hundred different businesses contribute to the unique mixture of restaurants, cafés, bistros and boutiques located around the Théâtre Saint-Denis, the Cinéma du Quartier latin and Ontario Street. Saint-Denis is the ideal route for the visitor who wants to include Old Montréal, the Quartier latin and the Plateau Mont-Royal on the same itinerary. Square Viger marks the southern boundary of the Quartier latin whereas the Square Saint-Louis, a well-known architectural treasure, marks its northern boundary where it meets the Plateau Mont-Royal.

Two streets from the Auberge, La Route verte, a vast cycling network criss-crossing every region of Québec, the Route verte (green route) is the realization of a cyclist's dream. So far, it boasts more than 4,000 km of marked paths, shoulders and designated roadways.


The Montréal of Yesteryear
The sounds of horses' hooves and calèche wheels are still heard along the narrow cobblestone streets of Old Montréal, flanked by 18th- and 19th-century greystone buildings. Your best introduction to the city's 350 years of history is at Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History, rising above the very site of the founding of the city. Nearby, the Gothic Revival Notre-Dame Basilica is renowned for its opulent decor. But the "new" Old Port, entirely made over, is by far the most popular site with visitors. Its park and wharves buzz with activities and people all day long. You can take a tour boat, a ferry or even an amphibious bus for a ride on the St. Lawrence or around the Port, or challenge the Rapides de Lachine in a special jet-boat.

Just across from the Port, in the middle of the St. Lawrence, lies the Parc Jean Drapeau, the site of the Expo 67 world's fair. It's the perfect place for family outdoor activities - a picnic or swimming, skating or cross-country skiing, depending on the season. You'll be close to two other sources of thrills as well: La Ronde amusement park has everything from a kid-size roller coaster to the positively hair-raising adult version, while Lady Luck awaits you at the Montreal Casino on Île Notre-Dame.

The Maison Saint-Gabriel, situated at 5 Km of the Old-Montreal is an Historic Site, witch present one of the finest examples of traditional Quebec architecture. Converted into a museum in 1996, it showcases different aspects of rural life in the 17th century and the extraordinary adventure of the King's Wards with its permanent collection.

The greeness of Montreal
Olympic Park, designed and built for the 1976 summer games, is another must-see site. Take the cable car up its inclined tower, the highest of its kind in the world, for an incomparable view. At the Biodôme, right next door, you'll marvel at the flora and fauna from four different ecosystems: a tropical rainforest, a Laurentian forest, the St. Lawrence River marine environment, and the polar world. Then, across from the Olympic park, treat your senses to Montréal's Botanical Garden, the second largest in the world, with its picturesque Chinese and Japanese gardens and the intriguing Insectarium.

Montréal is home to some thirty museums, many of them essential stops on any visitor's itinerary. For instance, there are Canada's oldest art museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, the McCord Museum of Canadian History, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Musée d'Art Contemporain, for modern art. The latter is part of the Place des Arts complex, whose stages have been welcoming all the great names in theatre, music and dance for over 30 years, including the Montréal Symphony Orchestra and the Grands Ballets Canadiens.

Among the many other points of interest, don't miss the Planetarium, where the mysteries of the universe are explained to young and old alike, and Saint-Joseph's Oratory, a famous pilgrimage site, whose imposing dome on the flank of Mont Royal can be seen for miles around.

Although Montrealers are never at a loss for something to celebrate, summer is without a doubt the high point of the annual program of festivities. As soon as the warm weather arrives, the major cultural and sports events kick off: the International des feux Loto-Québec, a dazzling pyrotechnical face-off; the immensely popular International Montreal Jazz Festival , which draws over one million music-lovers, and the Just for Laughs Festival, the Francofolies and the World Film Festival, popular with comedy fans and movie buffs.

Quartier des spectacles
Close to the Auberge Le Pomerol, the new Quartier des spectacles, which is centered on the intersection of Sainte-Catherine Street and Saint-Laurent Boulevard, covering almost a square kilometre bound by City Councillors Street, Berri Street, Sherbrooke Street, and René-Lévesque Boulevard. This area is home to 30 performance halls totalling almost 28,000 seats, numerous international festivals, art galleries and centres for the exhibition and broadcast of alternative culture. The Quartier des spectacles hosts nearly 8,500 jobs linked to cultural activities, from education and creation to production, exhibition, and broadcasting. A part of Montreal's downtown, the neighbourhood forms the city's cultural heart.

The Village
The Village, as it is affectionately called, is renowned throughout the world for its wild and wonderful nightlife as well as for its spectacular unity events. The Village (and this is probably unique to Montréal) is also where people of every lifestyle come together in cafés, bistros, antique leaders and exotic eateries, to partake in the out-and-out joie de vivre that characterizes Village life. Take a stroll along the cross streets –as for the narrow and sinuous Lartigue street- and you'll see beautifully restored brick homes, shaded backyard gardens and window boxes brimming with flowers. Throughout the Village’s main and side streets, you can find every item imaginable in its eclectic and inspiring antique stores. Houses on St-Rose Street are often endowded with porte-cochere and wrought iron fences.

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