Le Petit Hotel, Montreal, Canada

If we are being honest, it is a boutique hotel. It’s just that my room was actually very big. Maybe the hotel should be renamed Le Petit Hotel Avec Grand Chambre?

Right in the historic heart of Old Montreal, among much elegance and finery on Rue Saint-Paul, this hotel is chic, very (although the building dates back to the 1800’s) but with 24 beautifully turned out rooms across four floors. A little hip hideaway in Old Montreal that oozes charm and elegance.

My room was spacious and the few steps I had to negotiate to enter together with the rustic wooden beams and exposed brick made it feel almost loft like. Everything else was high-end finery, even down to the multi-jet massage shower in the bathroom. I loved the iPod docking station, the hardwood floor, the free wireless hi-speed internet, the platform bed with goose down pillows, and the designer chairs.

The cafe lobby serves probably the finest espresso I have tasted, and it was free to residents. It was like one of those Sunday morning cafes — you know, with newspapers and magazines available to browse through while listening to a little soft jazz and sipping coffee.