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"You could easily wake up in this 45-room hotel and swear you’d been transported to a rustic country inn deep in Québec. As the city’s only hotel located on the St. Lawrence River, Auberge du Vieux-Port is the jewel of the independent, family-owned Gray Collection. Rooms lean rustic-chic: wrought-iron beds swaddled in goose-down, exposed brick walls, and views of the river or lively Rue Saint-Paul (Montréal’s oldest street). Settle in for a game of chess or leaf through a leather-bound book in the cabinet-of-curiosities–style Living Room before snagging a lunch reservation at Pincette, a casual spot modeled on an Atlantic Canadian lobster shack that serves lobster poutine, housemade lobster ravioli, and sky-high seafood platters. You’re well placed for strolling the verdant landscaping and bike lanes of the Grand Quay of the Port of Montréal—just make it back in time for dinner at atmospheric Taverne Gaspar, a Parisian-inspired brasserie that ranks among the city’s most romantic date spots." - Siobhan Reid