Where to stay : Sleep in refurbished charm in Old Montreal at Hotel Nelligan Hotel Le St James. Pierre Du Calvet (built in 1725) and the St Paul Hotel. Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth is nown as the hotel where John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded Give Peace a Chance in room 1742 and staged one of their two bed ins for peace in 1969. While the hotel is currently closed for renovations it will reopen in June 2017. When to go : Late June for the Jazz Festival to see how loosely the term is interpreted (from classics like Oliver Jones to folkie Martha Wainwright both Montreal natives) August for the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival and February for Montreal en Lumiere one of the world' s largest winter festivals attracting 900,000 hearty revelers each year. The citywide food wine and arts celebration incudes menus prepared by top international chefs and a packed performance schedule that features artists from Diana Krall to The Zombies and free outdoor concerts.