Auberge Du Vieux-Port- Montreal, QC

Auberge Du Vieux-Port in Montreal is housed in two 19th Century warehouses along the river in Montreal. There apparently are very quaint rooms at the hotel, with original stone walls, but we did not get one. Although we did had a lovely view of the river, our room itself was underwhelming, and left us questioning our hotel decision, despite the cozy common areas and attached bar. 

That said, it is in a fabulous location for all things Old Montreal, with no need for a car. There are also fantastic views from both sides of the hotel, either the St. Lawrence River or St. Paul Street, and the common areas are beautifully renovated.

Rather than being an actual historic hotel, it is a boutique hotel housed in two historic buildings. In 1994, The Antonopoulos Group acquired the 1882 Hector Lamontagne Building, a waterfront warehouse for both fabrics and wines (following a 1907 fire, the property was used to store war materials before being being purchased by Lamontagne in 1919 for his leather goods business, which closed in 1989). 

In 1996, Auberge Du Vieux Port opened as a boutique hotel in the Lamontagne building, featuring 27 rooms. In 2012, the Group purchased the adjacent 1857 Victor Hudson building, which had housed a variety of merchants over the years, including a wholesaler of saddlery, shoes, and potatoes before operating as a furniture company from the late 1960s until 2005. With the addition of the second building, the hotel now features 45 rooms, as well as several restaurants.