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Here’s my review of the glittery Hotel Le Crystal Montreal, one of the city’s top luxury hotels
The curious thing about crystal
Here’s a curious thing about crystals (and this is scientific speak not New Age speak). Crystals produce an electrical charge when compressed. It’s called the piezoelectric effect.
Here’s a curious thing about the Hotel Le Crystal Montreal. It’s energizing and electrifying, and I didn’t even need to compress it. I just needed to sleep there for three nights. This is called the Hotel Le Crystal effect.
![Montreal's top hotel Hotel Le Crystal](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hotel-Le-Crystal-chandelier.jpg)
A hotel that glitters isn’t gold – it’s crystal
It’s not called Hotel Le Crystal for nothing. There are chandeliers in the lobby, the restaurant and the spa and probably a few other corners I didn’t get to.
Magical crystals
For people who believe in the healing power of crystals, this means the Hotel Le Crystal is a place where you could conceivably realign your chakras, centre your energy, and protect yourself from negative energy.
For a girl who just loves bling, it’s sparkling, pretty and conveniently close to Ogilvy, my favourite department store in Montreal.
![Montreal Hotel Le Crystal 5-star](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hotel-Le-Crystal-Exterieur.jpg)
From crystal to diamonds
But crystals aren’t haute enough apparently. The Hotel Le Crystal in Montreal has upped the ante and introduced their Diamond Collection Experience – a new category of suites, executive suites and penthouses that feature oversize flatscreen TVs (plus a second flatscreen TV at the foot of the bed that my 6’3″ husband accidentally kicked twice while sleeping. But don’t worry! No harm done!).
![Hotel Le Crystal bedroom with flatscreen TV](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hotel-Le-Crystal-Suite-Superior-Bedroom.jpg)
Diamond Collection Experience
Other Diamond features include deluxe bedding, ultra comfy robes, toiletries by fancy-pants British company Molton Brown and desk stationery that includes a notebook and diamond-tipped pen. Wait – there was a diamond tipped pen? If I’d realized I would have stolen, er, I mean used it sparingly while I was there.
![Luxury Hotel Le Crystal Montreal](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hotel-Le-Crystal-Penthouse-1103-Living-Room.jpg)
Suites at the Crystal
Our 10th floor suite was huge, with neutral tones and big banks of windows. And a balcony. There were two bathrooms, a kitchenette with a Nespresso coffee machine and a monstrously huge bathtub with a city view.
![Hotel Le Crystal lobby in Montreal Canada](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Carol-Perehudoff-at-Hotel-Le-Crystal-Montreal.jpg)
I like a hotel that gives presents
Oh, and you get treats every night on your pillow. Unfortunately I’m trying not to eat sugar, but when I saw the maple fudge candies one night I had to eat them. And then I saw the jellies so I had to eat those too, and then I saw the … well, I didn’t eat the lip balm – at least not all of it – so at least that shows some restraint. But I did eat arctic char at the hotel’s Parisian-inspired La Coupole Restaurant.
Hotel Le Crystal’s liquid side
My favourite part of Hotel Le Crystal is the outdoor hot tub on the 12th floor. I love it! I love it so much I want to eat it. (Just as soon as I finish the lip balm.) What a view of Mount Royal.
![Jacuzzi at Hotel Le Crystal Montreal](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Outdoor-hot-tub-Montreal.jpg)
Mark, the aforementioned husband, prefers the sauna and saltwater swimming pool to the outdoor hot tub. But I say men know nothing. They probably don’t even know the benefits of a Valmont Signature Facial, which is why I had one at Le Crystal’s 9,000 square foot Amerispa and he didn’t.
![Montreal hotel swimming pool](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hotel-Le-Crystal-Indoor-Pool.jpg)
Another feature of the Diamond Collection Experience is a personalized concierge service. I tried to make use of this as much as possible by asking for a good coffee shop in Old Montreal, a good coffee shop near the hotel …, a good coffee shop in … well, you get the picture. And now I’ve had too much caffeine.
Top Montreal location
The Hotel Le Crystal has a stellar location on de la Montagne Street. It’s half a block from the shopping street, St Catherines, and just across the street from the Bell Centre – so keep your eye out for stars who perform at the Bell Centre and eat, drink and/or sleep at the Hotel Le Crystal. I won’t mention names (but that’s only because no one would tell me any).
![Centrally located Hotel Le Crystal in Montreal](https://wanderingcarol.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hotel-Le-Crystal-Montreal-Quebec.jpg)
Other hotel perks
1) The Hotel Le Crystal has a great business centre with free WIFI, a printer that works and it’s open 24 hours a day. As I had a deadline I was there a lot – even though I really only wanted to be in the hot tub.
2) Breakfast in La Couple Restaurant is served until 3 p.m. 3! Finally, a hotel that understands me.
3) The hotel employs an award-winning mixologist so you can get a custom tailored cocktail.
4) Every room is a suite.
5) Did I mention the crystal chandeliers?
Travel tips
The 5-star Hotel Le Crystal is located at 1100 rue de la Montagne, Montreal. 1 877 861 5550.
Good for: couples, tourists, business travellers and people who like shiny things.
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