3 Days in Montréal with a Toddler

When the week our daycare was closed coincided with my husband's transition between jobs, we decided to take a brief, last-minute vacation to spend some quality family time together. With little time to plan a getaway within driving distance, I researched a few options and landed on Montréal. I had only been once before as a teenager visiting with my family, and all of Craig's recent trips were for bachelor party weekends. We figured it would be a great spot to explore as a family. It is less than 5 hours away from where we live, just north of Boston, and even closer to where we were dropping off our dog with Craig's parents in Vermont. Here is our itinerary for long weekend in Montréal with a toddler.Montréal felt somewhere between New York City, where I grew up, and a Western European city with both old and new architecture. On our first night, I said aloud that this was the first city I've traveled to in awhile (maybe ever) that really felt like home. There was something so familiar to me about the street grid that is somewhere between modern industrial office buildings and small blocks packed with street art and hidden gems. 

Tickets to the Botanical Gardens and La Grande Roue were provided by Tourisme Montréal but all thoughts and opinions are my own.