Best Shopping Malls, Outlet and Places in Hudson Area

"For over a century this elongated two-story building, inaugurated in 1847, housed the main agricultural market for the Montreal area. With its tin-plated dome and neoclassical style, it's considered one of the ten major achievements in the history of Canadian architecture. After standing idle for a few years there was some talk of tearing it down, but that changed in 1963 when it was re-purposed as a place for exclusive boutiques selling everything from authentic Canadian crafts to jewelry, leather, and hand-blown glass, all designed and made in Québec."

"The beautiful domed tower of the historic Marche Bonsecours is one of the most recognizable buildings in Old Montreal. It shares the same name as the nearby church. In the past, this building has served as a public market, a concert hall, Montreal's city hall and even the Parliament of Lower Canada."

"You can visit Montreal’s historic sights on this guided walking tour including Notre-Dame Basilica, Place Jacques-Cartier, Bonsecours Market, Montreal City Hall and Champ de Mars (to name a few). Old Montreal Food Tour"

"Source: Photo by user Agatheflourent used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Situated opposite to Place des Festivals and Place-des-Arts, Complexe Desjardins features over 100 stores, multiple restaurants, food courts, and a hotel. While here, you will walk through the familiar big brand outlets, a couple of bargain stores, and luxurious boutiques."

"It doesn’t deal only with fashion but also has other stores like restaurants, hotels, shopping malls etc. In order to make the eastern end of downtown Montreal, this project was created. The Desjardins Group has its offices in these buildings."

"The Eaton Centre is a name in and of itself when it comes to Montreal malls. Centrally located, it houses the cream of the crop for shopping in the Underground City—the umbrella term for the interlinked netwoek of Les Cours, Place Montreal Trust and Eaton Centre combined. Thanks to the Eaton Centre’s range of necessities and favorites, many who frequent the shopping malls of Downtown Montrealend up spending most of their time here."

"Source: Photo by user Jiaqian AirplaneFan used under CC BY 3.0. A shopping center situated in downtown Montreal, Le Centre Eaton de Montreal is an 11-story multipurpose property which attracts millions of shoppers throughout the year. Along with housing a retail complex with more than 60 stores that sits on the first three floors, the center also features an office component known as 1500 University situated on the upper floors."

"Staking its claim as the best mall north of the island, this shopping center’s visually impressive features like fountains, skylights and gardens also has every store you could need. Carrefour Laval is huge, with enough room for all the usual brand names in addition to some boutiques that you’ll find missing elsewhere like Matt and Nat and Frank & Oak. Plus, the food court has a variety of choices that will please everybody."

"Le Boulevard is a shopping centre established in 1953 on the island of Montreal at the corner of Jean-Talon East and Pie-IX Boulevard."

"Alexis Nihon serves its purpose as one of Montreal’s most practical malls, and not just because of its being built on top of the Atwater metro stop. Offering everything you might need for apparel and beauty products, Alexis Nihon also sports interesting spots like a VR simulation room, an awesome pet store and an unbeatable MiniSo location. Seeing as the mall caters to its surrounding apartment buildings, you’ll also find convenience in the form of an IGA, Pharmaprix, Winners, Canadian Tire and Marshall’s as well."

"An urban complex in the heart of Montreal, Alexis Nihon is a place where visitors come to shop, look around, and eat. This shopping complex is conveniently located and gives easy access for the people of Montreal and the tourists to over 60 stores and restaurants, and multiple products and services. Because of this, Alexis Nihon makes it a perfect place to stop either to shop during lunch hour or before heading home."

"Alexis Nihon Plaza is a 223,000 m2 (2,400,000 sq ft) complex in Downtown Montreal, Quebec (on the border with Westmount), consisting of…"

"Even if it’s currently renovating, this mall is normally associated with being the cheaper place to go shop with features like a Renaissance outlet and a $5 movie theatre. But that’s not the only reason you come here. It’s a mall unlike any other in the city: It caters to a far more diverse range of shoppers with its Indian and Islamic fashions, Chinese herbal remedies, pan-Asian groceries, a solid Lebanese restaurant, one of the best Chinese restaurants in Montrealand an awesomely named internet café ‘Trans World II’."

"Enjoy a unique relaxing experience in nature, only five minutes from downtown Montreal. On the edge of Lac des Battures, the Strøm Nordic Spa offers an environment of outstanding natural beauty. Outdoor whirlpool, temperate and ice baths, Finnish saunas, eucalyptus steam bath, thermal and Nordic waterfalls, indoor and outdoor relaxation areas with fireplace."

"Strom Spa’s philosophy is to combine the Nordic spa experience with urban living. Only minutes away from Montreal’s city centre, this Nun’s Island spa offers a myriad of baths at different temperatures. They believe in the benefits of plunging into hot and cold baths to release toxins and promote relaxation of the body and soul."

"À quelques minutes du centre-ville, l’établissement offre une pause mieux-être avec, entre autres, ses bains à remous en plein air, ses bains de vapeur aux huiles essentielles, son espace foyer et son quai installé sur le lac des Battures. Mention d’honneur à la boutique et aux jolies trouvailles qu’on y fait."

"Nothing says returning to the comfort of the womb like climbing into an egg-shaped isolation chamber, and that’s what this spa in La Petite-Patrie is all about. Their Epsom salt-filled waters keep you suspended on the surface of the water for a full hour of escape in a private room. Make the most of your visit by preceding or following up your session with their massage services and a hot shower, experiment with some light therapy or their NeuroSpa, a ‘zero-gravity’ chair that uses music with comfortingly hypnotic effects."

"In the Rosemont neighborhood of Montréal, you’ll find one of the city’s most interesting and tech-savvy spas. Spa Ovarium employs the PSiO treatment, which offers guests headphones, specialized goggles and a sensory treatment that increases relaxation. In it, an LED light is presented before the eye, moving in a rhythm that is supposed to shift the body from a state of alertness to a state of complete relaxation."

"Opened in 1982, Ovarium was the first floatation bath center in Montreal. Now located in the Petite-Patrie area, Ovarium now comprises six therapeutic flotation bath rooms and eleven massage therapy rooms, where guests are meant to combine the two relaxation techniques to achieve ultimate mind and body rejuvenation."

"This is the spa you want when you want the full eat-drink-relax-sleep-repeat package. The Hôtel Le St-James alone sports luxury rooms and one of the best restaurants in Old Montreal, but when you’re wondering what to do in between sleeping off a multi-course extravaganza downstairs?. Jump into the steam baths and sauna, hand yourself over to the massage therapists, hit the hot stones or get a body wrap done; it’s all here, inside of a beautiful space featuring the old masonry often found in this historic part of town."

"Maison Saint-Paul specializes in sparkling wines either by the glass or the bottle, and while the menu is primarily of the French varieties, you can also find Spanish cava, Italian prosecco, and a large selection of wines. If you ask your server for the right bottle, staff will hand over the house saber, offering you and yours a quick tutorial on how to whack open your bottle of bubbly safely. The food is a shareable mix of Asian, French, Italian, and Quebec influences."

"If you’re walking down Saint-Catherine Street in downtown Montréal and notice a queue of people outside a restaurant, there’s a good chance it’s Kazu. The wait is worth it. Known for its authentic Japanese dishes and affordable menu, Kazu has become a regular haunt for locals and a treat for tourists."

"What is it: Were you to ask a Montrealer where the best Japanese can be found, they’ll tell you it’s Kazu. They’ll also tell you it’s best to arrive early, as there’s a regular line up the block. That’s due in part to this restaurant’s no-reservations policy, but also because of popularity."

"have heard recommendations for this place from quite a few people, and it normally has a long wait due to no reservation policy. glad to have tried it during…”more"