Auberge Royal Versailles

Auberge Royal Versailles is a hotel on Sherbrooke Street East, on the eastern edge of downtown Montreal. Lafontaine Park sits nearby, along with the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, all reachable without a car. The building holds a wide spread of room categories, from Select rooms with two double beds through to Deluxe and Premium grades, the latter fully renovated with flat-screen TVs and private bathrooms. The Versailles Suite and the Executive Suite separate bedroom from living room with French doors, while the Corporate Suite adds a conference table for eight, a double whirlpool bathtub and a sofa-bed, aimed squarely at business stays that run late. It is a practical base rather than a destination in itself. Meeting space is generous for a hotel this size: eight rooms in total, the largest, Anjou and Beloeil, seating up to 100 guests theatre-style, down to the Radisson room for smaller gatherings of up to 30. Banquet capacity across the property reaches 200. Outdoors, a swimming pool gives relief from summer heat, and a 24-hour service desk covers late arrivals. Wi-Fi runs throughout, and a car rental counter sits off the lobby. The result reads less like a landmark and more like a working hotel that has kept pace with what business and leisure travellers in Montreal actually need.