Smart stay
Montreal
Montreal may be a good walking city, but if you're going up the mountain in search of off-the-beaten-path neighbourhoods, it's nice to have your own wheels.
The Hotel Godin, a gorgeous boutique property in the popular Plateau Mont-Royal area, will arrange to have a Smart car waiting for you when you check in — the perfect car for zipping in and out of Montreal's wild traffic. You'll still be grinning on the train ride home.
Cost: $340 a night, return train fare about $250 a person from Toronto.
When: Throughout the fall.
Where: 10 Sherbrooke St. W.
How: For more information, call 1-866-744-6346 or visit www.hotelgodin.com.
Transport your soul
Toronto
Gear up for the spiritual season with brass music from the Hannaford Street Silver Band and the singing of the Nathaniel Dett Chorale. In addition to favourites such as Don't Be Weary and Listen to the Lambs, performances will include music by Canadian composer Gabriel Major-Marothy and John Kim Bell and Miklos Massey's In the Land of Spirits.
Cost: $20 to 30 a person.
When: Sunday, Nov. 13, starting at 3 p.m.
Where: 27 Front St. E., St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
How: For more information, call 416-366-7723, or visit www.stlc.com.
Foliage, stage left
Guelph, Ont.
It's a little cold for live outdoor theatre, but the Guelph Arboretum offers the next best thing. Each weekend until mid-December, the Theatre in the Trees program is featuring dinner and a show in an auditorium surrounded by windows looking out onto forest.
Currently on stage is There Goes the Bride — a British farce about a wedding day interrupted by an accident and the unexpected arrival of a flapper girl.
Cost: $53 a person.
When: Weekends until mid-December.
Where: Guelph Arboretum, located on the University of Guelph's campus, 50 Stone Rd.
How: For more information, call 519-824-4120, ext. 54110, or visit www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum/index.htm.
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