A slow walk and graze from a Victorian square through the Plateau’s residential streets to the Main and north into Mile End.
مقاطع
- Square Saint-Louis
Sherbrooke metro station ← Square Saint-Louis
City sidewalk and a small park
A two-minute walk from the metro, this small square was laid out in 1876 on the site of an old city reservoir and is ringed by some of the Plateau's grandest Victorian houses. The cast-iron fountain in the middle is one of the oldest public fountains in the city, and busts of the poets Octave Crémazie and Émile Nelligan (who lived facing the square) stand among the trees. Avenue Laval, along its western side, has the finest houses. About 20 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Saint Louis Square is an urban square in Montreal's Plateau Mont Royal. Its eastern edge fronts onto Saint Denis Street, a major north–south artery. Square Saint Louis Street runs along both the square's northern and southern sides, while Laval Avenue runs along its western side.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Original uploader was FRED at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 - Across to Parc La Fontaine
Square Saint-Louis ← Parc La Fontaine at Avenue Duluth
Residential streets, then park paths
Head east through quiet residential streets to Parc La Fontaine, 34 hectares of lawns and trees that were a military training ground until 1888 and are named for Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine, the first francophone to lead a government of Canada. Walk north through the park past its two linked ponds, separated by a waterfall and bridge, and the open-air Théâtre de Verdure. Leave from the west side at Avenue Duluth. About 40 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
La Fontaine Park is a 34 ha urban park located in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Named in honour of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, The park's features include two linked ponds with a fountain and waterfalls, the Théâtre de Verdure open-air venue, the Calixa-Lavallée cultural centre, a monument to Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, playing fields and tennis courts. Its ponds are a popular attraction during Montreal's hot summers, with outdoor ice skating in winter. Bike paths run along the park's western and northern edges. Parc La Fontaine is surrounded by Sherbrooke Street on the South, Parc-La Fontaine Avenue on the West, Rachel Street on the North, and Papineau avenue on the East.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Dean Bere · CC BY-SA 3.0 - The staircase streets along Avenue Duluth
Parc La Fontaine ← Rue Saint-Denis
Narrow residential streets
Walk west on Avenue Duluth, a narrow street of small restaurants, and wander a block north or south into the side streets along the way. This is the classic Plateau streetscape: brick and stone plexes, wrought-iron balconies and outdoor staircases in every shape, straight, L-shaped and full spiral. Cross Rue Saint-Denis, one of the Plateau's main shopping streets, and keep going. About 30 minutes, more if you stop for photos.
عن هذا المكان
Saint Denis Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Montreal, Quebec.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0 - Smoked meat at Schwartz's
Rue Saint-Denis ← Schwartz's, Boulevard Saint-Laurent
City sidewalk
Continue on Duluth to Boulevard Saint-Laurent and turn left for about a block to number 3895. Schwartz's was founded in 1928 by Reuben Schwartz, a Jewish immigrant from Romania, and still cures its brisket for ten days and smokes it in the same brick smokehouse. The room is small and shared, the line outside is part of the ritual and the sandwich lives up to it. About 60 minutes with the wait.
عن هذا المكان
Schwartz's, also known as the Schwartz's Deli and the Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen, is a Jewish delicatessen restaurant and take-out, located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1928, by Reuben Schwartz, a Jewish immigrant from Romania. Its long popularity and reputation has led to it being considered a cultural institution and landmark in Montreal.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0 - North up the Main
Schwartz's ← Rue Saint-Viateur
Busy commercial boulevard
Walk north on Saint-Laurent, the street Montrealers call the Main. For a century it divided English-speaking Montreal from French-speaking Montreal, and it was the first street for wave after wave of immigrants; in 2002 it was designated a National Historic Site for exactly that. The walls along this stretch carry some of the city's biggest murals, many painted for the MURAL festival. Cross Avenue du Mont-Royal and continue into Mile End. About 45 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Saint Laurent Boulevard, also known as Saint Lawrence Boulevard, is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A commercial artery and cultural heritage site, the street runs north west–south east through the near-centre of city and is nicknamed The Main, which is the abbreviation for "Main Street".
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: CultureClub · CC BY-SA 4.0 - The bagel duel
Rue Saint-Viateur ← Fairmount Bagel
Neighbourhood streets
Turn left onto Rue Saint-Viateur for St-Viateur Bagel at number 263 Ouest, opened in 1957 by Myer Lewkowicz, a Holocaust survivor from Poland. Watch the bakers roll, boil and slide the bagels into the wood-fired oven. Then walk a few minutes south to Fairmount Bagel at 74 Avenue Fairmount Ouest, founded in 1919 and on this spot since 1949. Taste them side by side and choose. About 30 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
St-Viateur Bagel is a Montreal-style bagel bakery located in the neighbourhood of Mile End in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Iwona Erskine-Kellie from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0
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