I have never seen a street so packed with everything you could possibly want, pubs, restaurants, shopping, dancing...its like a girls dream. My friend Cat and I stayed at the Novotel Hotel in Montreal and it was literally less than a block from St. Catherine Street on a connecting avenue. It was the prime location, we could head out as far as we wanted to go down St. Catherine street working our way back toward the hotel. It also was safer that way when we went out at night the further out we started and the more drinks you drink the closer you get to the hotel the better. We tried out 123 a club right down the street from the hotel, it was a great little techno club we got in for free with a group of birthday kids about our age and drinks were average priced.