Neighborhood 48H guide
Plateau Mont-Royal: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
Staircases, Parc La Fontaine and Schwartz’s.
The Plateau is Montréal’s classic residential neighbourhood of outdoor staircases and colourful row houses, with cafés and shops on rue Saint-Denis and boulevard Saint-Laurent, Parc La Fontaine on its eastern side, and the Mile End beyond.
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Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
Local life, cafés and restaurants, with the Orange Line metro.
Who it's for: Repeat visitors and food lovers.
Pros
- Local feel
- Food
- Parks
Cons
- Few hotels
- Away from sights
- Busy weekends
48H in Plateau Mont-Royal
Staircases, Parc La Fontaine and Schwartz’s.
10:00 – Parc La Fontaine
Walk around the pond.
13:00 – Schwartz’s
Smoked meat on the Main.
15:00 – Rue Saint-Denis
Cafés and boutiques.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
Eat
Eat
Schwartz’s Deli
3895 boul. Saint-Laurent
Montréal smoked-meat institution on boulevard Saint-Laurent; expect a queue.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Outdoors
Outdoors
Parc La Fontaine
3819 av. Calixa-Lavallée
Large park with a pond, summer performances and winter skating.
Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Where to stay
Specific named properties—not vague city-wide searches. Expedia stays use tracked Creator links; others open the hotel's official site.
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Hotel · Expedia
Hôtel de l’ITHQ
Rue Saint-Denis
Hotel of the Quebec tourism and hotel school on Square Saint-Louis, with breakfast included.
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Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for Plateau Mont-Royal.
In Montréal, short-term rentals of a host’s principal residence are allowed only from June 10 to September 10, and the host needs a city permit plus a CITQ registration number from Quebec, which must appear on the listing; most other whole-home rentals for 31 days or less are not permitted. Before booking on Vrbo, check that the listing shows a valid CITQ number.
Browse vacation rentals in Plateau Mont-Royal on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in Montréal
- Old Montréal — Notre-Dame Basilica and the city’s birthplace.
- Old Port & Place Jacques-Cartier — The waterfront, the big wheel and Place Jacques-Cartier.
- Downtown — Sainte-Catherine Street, the Underground City and the cathedral.
- Golden Square Mile — The Museum of Fine Arts, the McCord and Mount Royal.
- Quartier des Spectacles — Place des Arts, festivals and the symphony.
- Quartier Latin & the Village — Students, cinema and the Village on Sainte-Catherine Est.
- Griffintown & the Lachine Canal — Canal-side cycling and Atwater Market.