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To reach the lower town you either take the funicular from the Dufferin terrace for 5 CAD one way/per person (the entrance is located inside the glass square houses right near the statue - don't forget to press on the door to access this area) with the capacity of the funicular of max 6-8 people and going every minute, reaching the old town in 1 minute.

The other option is to walk all the way here, if you have the energy, and immerse yourself in more touristic attractions with lots of over prices cake shops/ice cream shops/nougaterie or restaurants and fashion shops far detached from the French or European fashion though.

Cobbled streets located near the water, the ferry not far from here, a gorgeous piazza with people watching as in the style you find in most of Med countries, if you are fortunate to be here on a sunny day.

After having a meal at the Cheesecake factory we decided to access this place for a bit of retail therapy:

- this place is massive, so I suggest to take a map and learn where you want to go
- a good mix of international designers where staff wants to know your name even before purchasing something and cheaper shops where everything is very accessible
- I was pleased to discover that Lush has a presence in Canada, just like in the UK as I could not find it in the USA during my travels - I love their bubble bars they keep surprising me with
- clean cut place with lots of nicely done toilets too, lots of chocolate shops and anything you fancy
- we came here during the week and apart from the above mentioned restaurant, the main mall was not busy - I suspect at the weekend could be madness

Most surely we will be back

We returned to this place because of it's great location, where from you can see the water fall in the distance - if it wasn't to be the noise coming from the street works would have been even better.

The serving girls were young and very friendly, a huge contrast to the 'upset girls' we encountered previously. Our food was good and we noticed it was a bit more expensive than other Ruby Tuesdays spread around N America. The place was not busy either although the streets were packed with youngsters on their own or in school trips - that is why we avoid coming here in the summer.

Most surely we will be back.

This is another museum in Washington I keep returning to after the National gallery of art and being free is an added bonus:

1. Plan in advance, check their website or maps here of what you want to see
2. The map is not as detailed of National Gallery of art museum for example but there are some great sections: the American artists of the early 20th century have some great paintings here with amazing details for example
3. The presidents section is also great and Clinton has a very interesting painting
4. Relax in their green area surrounded by plants and hopefully not having kids splashing water while parents only watched and filmed!!!!!

Most surely we will return here.

We were here on a very warm mid September day and noticed how locals, dressed in very little were walking these steps that creating deep breaths on the older people or tourists. Some exercising their dogs, some for a good old sweat, no wonder some benches places around these steps were in great demand.

There are several hundreds of steps taking you all the way to the top and we walked all the way from Sherbrook avenue where our hotel was, near McGill university, feeding the squirrels, then taking the abrupt walk to this area in order to reach Kondiaronk Belvedere with it's amazing views over Montreal.

No fee and the park is rather massive, hence only sticking around the main building at Kondiaronk. Most surely if I was a local, I would be here all the time.

This reminds me a bit of Hong Kong, although there is no option to walk all the way like here, so in HK you have to take the funicular to the top, unless you have an expensive house near the top.