“Travel done right, with a genuine interest in the local culture, different ways of life, different choices made, can help you re-examine your implicit biases and blind spots, your assumptions, your singular stories. Travel done right expands your world.”
Canadians are most likely to blame holiday travel issues on the weather and airlines.
We spoke to drivers, restaurateurs, hotel and cinema staff about how they weathered lockdowns and dramatically came back from the brink this year.
“Montreal confirms its status as a metropolis of culture, gastronomy, hotels and festivals.”
An “entitled, elitist” Montreal staycation report on staying at Hotel Birks and L’Hotel, and eating at Monarque, Dandy and MARCUS.
“There’s a humanity and resilience there that I can’t describe without sounding naïve, and that spirit often defies logic. This is a place where people celebrate life with zeal and verve, as if they know it could all be wiped out tomorrow. Because it can.”
Tales of bad service at local hotels, restaurants and festivals.
Festivals, fireworks and bagels — all reasons to visit Montreal.
Three other Canadian cities made the top 10.
