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[killertatertots]

I am going to be coming to Montreal next week and am hoping for advice on things to do (theater, museums, comedy, etc.) that are walking distance or very short cab rides away from the biodome area.  I can only find one hotel online that is really close to there but its expensive, are there more around there? Also, any plus sized clothing stores in

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[wendykh]

Aye yai. The biodome is, by Montreal standards, "in the middle of nowhere." (This is why the Expos got moved. No one would go since it was "so far away.") This means it takes a 15 minute subway ride from there to get downtown. On one line. It's not far but Montrealers are spoiled and expect everything, including hole in the wall cafes, unique bistros, comedy clubs, bars catering to six different social classes, and multilingual theatre within three blocks of a metro station, preferably no more than three stops from their personal apartment.

For what you want, take the metro, green line, getting off at St Laurent metro, and walk up St. Laurent, as in up the hill, and you'll find lots to do. Unless you have something against subways. Ours are really easy to navigate and pretty crime free compared to other cities.

[kaylla_334]

You make us sound really really really needy :/

[wendykh]

I'm amazed how often if something isn't RIGHT NEXT TO A METRO people are all "omg". Like Marche Centrale might as well be in outer space according to my non-driver friends. I have a friend who won't live more than three blocks from the orange line. Not just any metro. The orange line. I have a group of friends I rarely socialize with because getting them to do anything outside the plateau... christ you'd think I'd invited them to camp in Chibougamou. People who were raised in the city seem to be the absolute worst about this.

C'mon, admit it, you know people like this too!

[zadcat]

Marché Centrale is very unapproachable on foot. I do go there occasionally for things and find myself plodding through parking lots with drivers narrowly missing picking me off every few minutes. Unpleasant.

[zadcat]

She's right. There isn't much out there, especially this time of year when the botanical garden will be snowed under. Take the metro to Peel and you'll come out where the downtown shopping area is. Googling finds this list of plus size clothing outlets and I'm sure you'll find more lists if you look.

[killertatertots]

Would you know if "Hotel Universel Montreal" is walk-able from the biodome?

[zadcat]

Checking the map, if it's the one at 5000 Sherbrooke East, yes it is. Very close. You walk down Viau (it's downhill there) and then turn right on Pierre-de-Coubertin.

[kaylla_334]

Also Wendykh is right, there is nothing within walking or ''short'' cab ride distance from the biodome.

Walking is a hazardous sport this time of year because one day is sub zero and the next day is over zero, which means the whole damn city is a giganticous skating rink. Don't forget to look where you put your feet or you might end up on your butt a few times.

[killertatertots]

Would you know if "Hotel Universel Montreal" is walk-able from the biodome?

[bagelofdeath]

Google Maps has a "walking distance" setting: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=5000+Rue+Sherbrooke+Est,+Montr%C3%A9al,+QC+H1N+1A1,+Canada+(H%C3%B4tel+Auberge+Universel)&daddr=4777+av.+Pierre-De+Coubertin,+Montr%C3%A9al,+QC+H1V+1B3,+Canada+(Biodome)&hl=en&geocode=FWhHtwIdM6id-yHxDkVKLkTAYg%3BFW8stwIdFr2d-yFbJr6frHfGHA&mra=pd&dirflg=w&sll=45.540129,-73.566847&sspn=0.182755,0.286331&ie=UTF8&z=16