The one of the biggest
tourist attractions in Montreal is the Underground City. It is a complex of
hundreds of shops, restaurants also connected to subways, hotels and train
stations too.
Electric Stairs with Non Stop Rush of People
The underground city
of Montreal is the largest and unique of its kind in the world, a subterranean
pedestrian network spanning 32 kilometers of the city’s downtown core. It is connected
with big shopping malls, metro stations, universities, hotels, office buildings
and apartments too. The city now known as RÉSO which is homophone of the French word réseau means “network”.
Some Top Quality Restaurants Can Be Seen In Underground City, Montreal, Canada
In start the underground
city wasn’t much long but with the passage of time, the underground city faced
many modifications and more segments were added to RESO. Today it is span over 20
miles (32 kilometers) of tunnels and covers 4 million square meters. It has 120
exterior access points. Tourists can enjoy visiting here both in summer and
winter.
Montreal Underground Corridor
Nearly 500000 people
use the Montreal Underground City facilities daily. For their facility there
are large maps of RESO on the walls of some of its corridors. Many people use
it only for taking a shield themselves from the heat in summer and extreme cold
conditions of winter. It is linked up with 10 metro stations, 2 bus terminals,
2 major department stores, over 2000 small stores 1600 housing units, nearly
1200 offices, 200 restaurants, 7 major hotels, 40 movie theaters, 40 banks,
also with the University of Quebec at Montreal campus and the University of
Montreal, Olympic Park, Place des Arts, a cathedral, the convention center and
the Olympic center. Here tourists can find everything from clothing to home
ware and electronics items.
In
Map of The Montreal Underground City, Canada
There is no one who doesn’t
want shopping in Montreal Underground and enjoy this unique experience. Its various
sections are different from one another, so if anyone get used to the system
for first time, it is easy to determine where you are in the complex.
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