If Toronto is Canada's economic capital, Montreal is its cultural heart. Considered a piece of old Europe with a modern design, Montreal is the kind of a city you will never forget. It lives for arts and festivals, a place where locals like to live well and to enjoy life to the max. With its over 250 theatre and dance companies, with more than 90 festivals and a multitude of neighbourhoods filled with artists, writers and musicians, Montreal is considered the center of arts in this part of the world. In Rue Saint Antoine Est you will enter the historic center, to experience some European charm in North America, filled with cobblestoned narrow streets, restaurants glued together and next to shopping stalls that make you feel like you jumped back in time. The old world atmosphere is topped off by the astonishing Basilique Notre-Dame. During the cold months of winter, it truly becomes like an island, pushing the locals to become more cozy, to enjoy the fireplace, or rush to the ski slopes in the nearby mountains. Montreal truly has it all for lovers of all seasons, so come and become a Quebecer in this comprehensive tour.