The location was great for us. We never took a taxi or bus. It was about a 45 min walk to the basilique Notre-Dame. We walked our entire trip. Places to eat nearby and not too far from parc LaFontaine and Mont royal. The place is exactly like the pictures and so clean. Check in and out was easy. The road that the window faces has quite a bit of walking people and cars at night. I found it noisey but my boyfriend found it fine.