Best Boutique Hotels in Montreal
Montreal's boutique hotels are best in the Plateau, Old Montreal's stone warehouses, and the Mile End — three neighbourhoods that each offer a different version of the city's Franco-American identity.
Montreal is one of the great North American cities for boutique hotels. Old Montreal's 17th-century stone warehouses, the Plateau's Victorian duplexes, and the Mile End's converted garment-district buildings have all produced properties with genuine architectural character — and at price points that make the New York and San Francisco equivalents look extravagant.
Old Montreal (Vieux-Montréal)
Hotel Nelligan on rue Saint-Paul is Old Montreal's most consistently excellent boutique — two converted 19th-century warehouses linked by a rooftop terrace with views of the St Lawrence. Auberge du Vieux-Port facing the old port has an exposed-stone-and-timber aesthetic that turns the building's industrial heritage into a design asset.
The Plateau & Mile End
The Plateau Mont-Royal is the neighbourhood that Montrealers are proudest of — colourful Victorian duplexes with outdoor staircases, independent bookstores, the best bagels in North America. Auberge de La Fontaine facing Parc La Fontaine is a small boutique hotel in two Victorian row houses that manages to feel genuinely residential. The Mile End's garment-district conversions have attracted a creative-class boutique hotel scene.
Griffintown & Sud-Ouest
Griffintown — a former industrial district south of downtown — has been transformed into a mixed residential and hotel neighbourhood with several design-forward boutique openings. Hotel William Gray in Old Montreal occupies a heritage building and has a rooftop terrace pool that makes it the summer choice for design-conscious visitors.
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