Montréal's underground city has 18.6 miles of walkways connecting 10 metro
stations, 60 buildings, seven hotels, 200 restaurants, 1,700 boutiques and
37 cinemas. Designed with convenience, comfort, and aesthetics in mind, this
underground retreat bustles with activity year round.

Montréal is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world behind
Paris.

Montréal is named from the Italian pronunciation of Mont-Royal, the island's
dominant feature. The mountain is actually an extinct volcano, and stands
760’ high.

In the winter of 1970-71, Montréal received the most snow on record: almost
twelve and a half feet in fact. A single snowfall dropped 3.34 ft on the
city.

Montréal's Tour de l'Île is the largest non-competitive cycling event in the
world. Every June, more than 45,000 cyclists take over the streets of the
city for the tour.


GIRL POWER! Singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright was born in Montreal and
performs on Sing with Annie Lennox, which raises awareness of the
transmission of HIV to unborn children in Africa.