My wife and I had a wonderful time in Sylvie and Robbie's comfy suite! The neighborhood is great and is in a wonderful location in the heart of the Plateau. The Metro is nearby and lots of great restaurants, cafes and other cute neighborhoods are within walking distance.

Robbie is the master of parking coordination. Like any city, parking is an issue but Robbie made sure we had a place to park during our whole stay and helped us shuffle the car around around the notorious Montreal street cleaning schedule.

The apartment is small but very relaxing and pleasant. The bath tub is SUPER comfortable. A nice window looks out over the street (which is not busy at all) and there's a little sitting balcony that's a pleasure to come home to when recovering from the adventures around town. It rained one day that we were in Montreal and just relaxing in our suite was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Oh.. and there's excellent wi-fi.

Tourist Tip 1: Unless you like bars (which we don't), avoid Mont-Royal Avenue for restaurants. The food is not that great and are expensive for the experience. We suggest finding smaller neighborhood corner cafes and restaurants in other quiet areas away from the action.

Tourist Tip 2: We walked most places, but eventually figured out the Bixi bike rental system in town. It was a bit stressful to figure out for English speaking out-of-towners with mobile data roaming turned off on our iPhones. Consider finding a bike rental shop for longer-term rental options. Also, get all-day passes for the Metro so you can explore without ticket fees adding up.

In short, we had a blast in town and enjoyed a wonderful relaxing recovery at Sylvie & Robbie's place.... We're sure you will too.