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Westmount City Hall
The faux medieval towers of Westmount City Hall come as a surprise after the skyscrapers of downtown. This Tudor gatehouse in rough-hewn stone looks like something from an English period drama. A lawn-bowling green as smooth as a billiard table lies to the rear.
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Westmount Park & Library
Once swamps then farmland, Westmount Park has developed into one of Montréal's prettiest parks, encompassing a series of pathways, streams and concealed nooks that recall the whimsical nature of English public gardens. The park is used extensively in summer - by families pushing baby carriages, sunbathers around the pond, and kids playing on the swings.
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Windsor Hotel
The palatial Windsor was Canada's first grand hotel (1878) and played host to all manner of international guests and celebrities, including Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and John F Kennedy, to name a few. The original Windsor had six restaurants and 382 sumptuous guestrooms, but a fire that devastated the hotel in 1957 left only the annex, the portion still standing today.
