I totally don't understand the concept here... buy stuff that you can get anywhere in large…read morequantities because the savings are otherwise negligible? uhhh, nope. I'm just trying to get down the road in a timely fashion but there's facilities here so we're stopping for that and five or ten minutes of walking around and maybe a postcard... if anyone out there understands why this is a big deal then good on you! enjoy! spend! save? however this works, but don't expect me to play along.

right on the US-Canada border connection between Champlain, New York, and St-Bernard-de-Lacolle,…read moreQuebec. This is just like an airport duty-free shop. Liquors, cosmetics, food items, chocolates, souvenirs, fragrances, everything is here. Liquor price- I don't find a drastic difference in the price and Costco price. but still, it never harms to buy a bottle for 'friends' :) They have numerous luxury and prestige brands in their stores. It is open 24 hrs.

Great place for decent prices for shopping various items- Especially the Canadian currency…read morecomparison to US dollar

Great place stop into just before getting into the US. Maybe you want to get some Canadian wine…read more Maybe a kinder egg. Maybe you need to dispose of some stuff before entering the US, whatever! Lot of stuff, clean, and friendly staff. I like to stop in to get items I cannot find state-side.

More like "Doody-Full" Americas…read more I am not exaggerating: This place smelled like a sewer. I have no idea what was going on - a plumbing issue, a busted septic tank, a pig farm on the property... who knows. All I know was that we could not spend another minute more than necessary in this horrid, horrid stenchbox. But... they have cheap beer and liquor to take to Canada. They conveniently package them in cases of 24 and liters, respectively, which is the maximum amount per person allowed over the border. Perhaps ironically, I chose the Labatt Blue - a case of 24 was $20, no taxes, no bottle deposits. An admirable deal. Supposedly you need to keep your receipt to show to the border patrol in Canada... but you know how it goes... they REALLY don't care in Canada. :)

One of the oddest Duty Free Shops you'll find at a border crossing. The building looks like a…read morehouse and is located at the very last exit before the border station. To get here, you have to take the exit, go all the way to the end, then turn right onto a country road, and finally into the long driveway leading to the store. Upon purchasing your items, you will be escorted by a lead car driven by an employee of the store to a point where you have to take the side road leading to the on-ramp which brings you to the Canadian border. The distance is very short. The reason for the escort is that the Duty Free Shop is located in an area where one could take a country road South thus avoiding the border. If you are returning from Canada at the same border crossing which is Highgate, there is a much larger more modern Duty Free Store just a couple hundred feet from the US border station with a huge selection of items.

An exceptional experience with The Loop. The staff was extremely helpful, kind and courteous. I've…read moretravelled a couple of different times and every time that I've been in to The Loop I've had nothing but a great experience. Definitely one of the better duty frees in the airports that I've travelled to. Great buys, cool kiosk's and everyone that I had dealt with were kind and extremely helpful with a smile on their face. Looking forward to my next trip!!!

This Duty Free is located inside YUL Departure Area for International flights…read more Usually I don't like to forced to walk through Duty Free shops when traveling but The Loop maybe one of the one I enjoyed. Nice collection of alcohol includes Canadian brands and A lot of Whiskey from around the World. I suggest checking their website which has full pricing and current specials before heading over to the airport. Those cute souvenir is hard to resist. I even want to pick up a few and I live in Canada!

Walked around here as tourists just to check it out. Colorful displays of good looking produce +…read morebeautiful flowers. Many vendors. Local products: Maple syrup and maple pie, maple butter (Yum). Also a lot of ready to eat food choices. Fun to run through. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, there was a lot to see there.

we showed up around 4:30 pm, fairly close to closing time, so the market had a noticeably more…read morerelaxed feel than it probably does earlier in the day. there were still plenty of people wandering through the covered aisles, browsing the colourful displays and making their final purchases. the covered section has long rows of produce stalls tucked beneath the concrete arches, with vendors on both sides displaying piles of fruits and vegetables. crates overflow with heirloom tomatoes, peppers, onions, potatoes and other seasonal produce, while huge bunches of braided garlic hang overhead, adding even more character to the space. even late in the afternoon, the colours and abundance were impressive. vendors were still proudly displaying their produce, although you could definitely sense the market winding down for the day. we picked up strawberries, blueberries and some adorable little physalis, still tucked inside their papery, lantern like husks. everything looked fresh, colourful and reasonably priced. and after all that browsing, we found a little table to sit and enjoy our berries right there at the market. honestly, not a bad way to end a market visit. tip: if you want the full jean talon experience and the widest selection, i'd go earlier in the day. arriving around 4:30 pm worked well for us because it was less hectic, but some vendors were already getting ready to wrap up.

This airport is divided into three sections: domestic Canada flights, international flights, and…read moreU.S.-bound flights. It's a good-sized airport but still very easy to navigate and completely walkable. The airport appears to have been recently updated (almost new) with a sleek and modern design throughout. What stood out most to me was how empty it felt both on arrival and departure. There were plenty of open seats, not crowded at all. The biggest downside was the food selection, especially in the U.S. terminal. There were only a couple dining options and one lounge with fairly underwhelming food offerings. That said, gates and flight information were easy to find, and overall the airport functions efficiently and smoothly. Next time I'd probably get my own food before heading to the airport, but otherwise it does exactly what you need it to do.

i didn't spend a huge amount of time at pierre elliott trudeau international airport, so i didn't…read morereally get enough of a feel for it to form a strong impression. yul is montreal's main international airport and a major gateway for travel between canada, the united states, and destinations around the world. it's a busy, full service international airport, but during my visit, nothing really jumped out as exceptional. i was travelling with just a carry on, so i didn't have to wait around for checked luggage. that made the arrival process pretty straightforward once i got through the terminal. the arrivals area was a little confusing, particularly when i started trying to figure out where to meet my uber. i was also meeting up with another traveller who had arrived earlier on a different flight, so there was a bit of back and forth trying to coordinate where we were supposed to meet. there were plenty of airport volunteers and staff around to help with directions, which was useful. even with their help, though, getting to the uber pickup area involved a fairly long walk, followed by an even longer lineup once we got there. overall, my experience was pretty neutral. the airport was busy and functional, and there were plenty of people around to help when i needed directions. nothing about yul particularly wowed me, but nothing was especially problematic either. considering how little time i actually spent there, i'd call it a perfectly serviceable airport experience.

NOTE: This review was for Aeroports de Montreal, which has/had Mirabel under its purview. It was…read morethen treated as an update to my review for Montreal's Trudeau (YUL) International airport. This review is actually for Montreal's Mirabel Airport (YMX), so the rating is for that location, as opposed to being blended for both airports. - - - - - If you build it, they may not come. Aeroports de Montreal is the umbrella entity operating P.E.-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in the Dorval area, which is the airport everyone knows about, as well as Montreal-Mirabel International Airport (YMX), which is located quite a ways north of both the city and its huge island suburb of Laval. Similarly, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operates JFK, LaGuardia, Newark-Liberty and possibly one other airport. Also, Los Angeles World Airports operates other Southland airports in addition to LAX. Locals may diss on Trudeau, formerly called Dorval, but I think it's an airport that has been getting better and better. It's a little ways west of the city, but if you think Trudeau is far, you ought to see how far Mirabel is. That said, this review is largely about Mirabel Airport. When Montreal was on the cusp of becoming a force to reckon with and was growing rapidly and building its infrastructure, the current leadership in the Montreal area deemed that a super airport way up on the north shore should be built to accommodate future growth. Along with that, it was expected that both a highway link and a train link would be built to make Mirabel reachable from the city center, or Centre-Ville. The enthusiasm in Montreal was reportedly running very high at the time, pursuant to the building of the Metro and the Olympic Village. In fact, Mirabel Airport opened with a massive terminal in 1975, just in time to handle the traffic for the 1976 Olympic games. Montreal's international carriers had set up operations at Mirabel and, for a while, this was the main international airport. However, the fact that the anticipated growth did not occur called for retrenching and reestablishing then-Dorval as the de facto main airport for the area. Another way to look at it is that Toronto eclipsed Montreal as the economic engine of Canada and, as such, Toronto-Pearson is now Canada's busiest airport. Mirabel continued on largely as an airport for charter flights and other operations. In my travels to this area, I have taken the brief detour westward from the 15 - Autoroute des Laurentides - to see what Mirabel was like. It is one massive terminal that is big, boxy, and looks like a huge convention center from the 70s, such as McCormick Place in Chicago, in the midst of what appears to be farmland. I once remember being able to drive up on the passenger loading and unloading ramp along the front of Mirabel's terminal and remembering how quiet is was. Mirabel is reportedly now a center for aerospace related industries. Coincidentally, when the nearby GM plant along the 15 in Ste. Therese-Boisbriand ceased operations, lastly building Camaros and Firebirds, Bell Helicopters, an aerospace concern, took over that space and one can see a helicopter out front instead of a Camaro or a Firebird.

Well I'm going to skip the geopolitical aspect of why this airport exists. It is what it is…read more Situated fairly close to downtown compared to the cities, it's short fall is it has almost no public transportation option. No metro station, no dedicated bus line straight downtown. There is always Uber or cabs. Cabs have a flat fee if headed downtown unfortunately I don't know what it is. For the hotels around the airport, many have shuttle service. The airport has a couple of restaurant options, some before customs some after. There is a duty free shop which offers everything you need to be forgiven. Remember there are two sides of the airport, national and international concourses. Bon voyage