{"id":526,"date":"2017-10-25T20:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/wordpress\/?p=526"},"modified":"2017-10-25T20:11:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T20:11:42","slug":"old-port-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/old-port-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Port of Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p-align\">Montreal Old Port Hotel<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p-align\"><strong>Abri du Voyageur Hotel<\/strong>\u00a0is a Montreal old Port hotel situated in the Entertainment District, near the Old Port of Montreal. Our hotel is the\u00a0ideal choice to discover Montreal\u2019s Old Port and Montreal\u2019s major tourist sites without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-align\">Stretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in\u00a0<a title=\"Old Montreal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Montreal\">Old Montreal<\/a>, the\u00a0<strong>Old Port Of Montreal<\/strong>\u00a0has been the\u00a0social, economic and cultural soul of\u00a0<a title=\"Montreal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreal\">Montreal<\/a>\u00a0ever since early\u00a0<a title=\"France\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\">French<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Fur trade\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fur_trade\">fur traders<\/a>\u00a0used it as a\u00a0<a title=\"Trading post\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trading_post\">trading post<\/a>\u00a0in 1611. It was here that the city and the port came to life more than 350 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-align\">The redevelopment of the city\u2019s OldPort took place in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-align\">Today, the riverfront welcomes over seven million visitors per year. The historical OldPortoffers Montrealers and visitors alike access to a wide variety of activities, including the\u00a0<a title=\"Montreal Science Centre\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreal_Science_Centre\">Montr\u00e9al Science Centre<\/a>, with an\u00a0<a title=\"IMAX\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IMAX\">IMAX<\/a>\u00a0Theatre, and the\u00a0<a title=\"Montreal Clock Tower\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montreal_Clock_Tower\">Montreal Clock Tower<\/a>. It offers riverfront access for walking, cycling, roller-blading, quadricycle, pedalo and\u00a0Segway\u00a0rentals. It is also located at the eastern end of the\u00a0<a title=\"Lachine Canal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lachine_Canal\">Lachine Canal<\/a>, which has itself been extensively refurbished as a popular destination for cycling, roller-blading and pleasure boating. Cultural events include the\u00a0<a title=\"Festival Montr\u00e9al en lumi\u00e8re (page does not exist)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Festival_Montr%C3%A9al_en_lumi%C3%A8re&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Festival Montr\u00e9al en lumi\u00e8re<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Igloofest\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Igloofest\">Igloofest<\/a>and the\u00a0<a title=\"Matsuri Japon (page does not exist)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Matsuri_Japon&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Matsuri Japon<\/a>\u00a0festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-align\">In June 2012, the old port will open an\u00a0<a title=\"Urban beach\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urban_beach\">urban beach<\/a>\u00a0adjacent to the clock tower, called the\u00a0<em>Plage de l\u2019Horloge<\/em>\u00a0(Clock Beach). The area will feature beach\u00a0sand,\u00a0Adirondack chairs, a\u00a0boardwalk, a\u00a0bar,\u00a0showers\u00a0and\u00a0misting stations.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Montreal Old Port Hotel Abri du Voyageur Hotel\u00a0is a Montreal old Port hotel situated in the Entertainment District, near the Old Port of Montreal. Our hotel is the\u00a0ideal choice to discover Montreal\u2019s Old Port and Montreal\u2019s major tourist sites without breaking the bank. Stretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in\u00a0Old Montreal,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abri-voyageur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}