Gay & Lesbian Travel: Montreal

Cosmopolitan, French-speaking Montreal has long been admired for its warmth and tolerance, its vibrant Gay Village, and its scenic setting on the St. Lawrence River, nestled beneath 732-foot Mont Royal.

But in recent years, this bustling metropolis of about 1.9 million people has become increasingly renowned as one of the world's great design cities, with a dazzling collection of modish hotels, artful restaurants, eye-catching museums, and countless more examples of visionary architecture, some of it historic, some contemporary.