Location

The workshop will take place at the Crowne Plaza Montréal Centre Hotel, situated in the heart of Montréal just south of the Plateau Mont-Royal now famous for its numerous shops, restaurants and bars. Mont-Royal, St-Denis and St-Laurent Streets are very lively from before noon to late in the night. The Quartier Latin, Old Montreal and Chinatown are also easily accessible on foot from the hotel. A Virtual Visit in pictures is also possible.

Travel Information

All flights (except some charters) arrive at Dorval Airport.

By Airport Shuttle

(Travel Time is approximately 45 mins)

Roundtrip costs approx. $11.50 (CDN)
Name of the bus service: "Aérobus"
A bus leaves every 20 minutes from the airport
Address: Crown Plaza 505 Sherbrooke St. East

By Rental Car

(Travel Time is approximately 15 mins)

Take Highway 20 East (follow signs for Montreal Centre-Ville)
Highway 20 becomes Highway 720
Highway 720 goes into underground tunnels; enter leftmost tunnel
Be prepared to merge right to take Berri Street exit
Turn left on Berri Street
Head up to Sherbrooke Street where the hotel is located at the top of the hill
Address: Crown Plaza 505 Sherbrooke St. East

By Taxi

(Travel Time is approximately 15 mins)

Costs approx. $28 (CDN)
Make sure to tell the driver the name and street address of the hotel.
Address: Crown Plaza  505 Sherbrooke St. East

Going to Optimization Days from the hotel

We propose a few options to get you to that conference. Please refer to its own homepage for location details. Information on public transit and this map may help understand the instructions below.

• Option 1: subway
  Take the orange line from Sherbrooke station to Jean-Talon station (direction Henri-Bourassa). Tranfer onto the blue line and go to Université-de-Montréal station (direction Snowdon).
• Option 2: subway + bus
  Take the orange line from Sherbrooke station to Laurier station (direction Henri-Bourassa). Hop on bus #51 and get off at Université-de-Montréal subway station.
• Option 3: bus
  Hop on bus #24 (Sherbrooke Street) going west and get off at Jeanne-Mance Street. Then take bus #129 at the corner of Sherbrooke and De Bleury, going north. Get off at HEC (where Optimization Days is being held).
• Option 4: stroll + bus
  Going west, walk across Square St-Louis, then onto the pedestrian way until St-Laurent Street, and finally on Prince-Arthur Street until Parc Street. Then take bus #129 at the corner of Parc and Prince-Arthur, going north. Get off at HEC (where Optimization Days is being held).

Restaurants in the area

You don`t have to search a large neighborhood around the hotel to find dozens of very good restaurants offering specialties from around the world (French, Italian, Greek, Polish, Mexican, Portuguese, Asian, Middle Eastern, African... and maybe even Canadian!). Just follow the yellow brick road on the map.
However here are some slightly unusual restaurants that you may find interesting:

• La Popessa (3801 St-Denis) is an excellent and inexpensive pasta bar that will prepare right in front of you over 50 different pasta dishes.
• L'Institut d'hôtellerie (3535 St-Denis) is a culinary school offering a very special meal prepared by students. If the quality of the service is not always consistent, the cuisine surpasses in quality and originality many of the other restaurants.
• Mastro SVP (3615 St-Laurent) usually operates a chic and inexpensive oyster happy hour between 4pm and 7pm. The restaurant serves dozens of varieties of oysters and many excellent fish.
• Fonduementale (4325 St-Denis) specializes in ... fondues, from the traditional to the exotic (ostrich, alligator, buffalo, etc.)
• Toqué (3842 St-Denis) is probably Montreal`s best restaurant (and also one of the most expensive ;-). The chef is known throughout North America and the gastronomic menu is quite an experience (if you can afford it).