Cicero Hotels - United States, US

Travelodge Hotel Downtown
 

The Travelodge Hotel Downtown in Chicago, Ill., features easy access to popular attractions such as the Magnificent Mile and Lake Michigan, both located within one mile. The hotel is one block from Grant Park and three blocks from the Art Institute of Chicago. O'Hare International Airport and Midway Airport are both within 20 miles of the hotel. The hotel lobby offers complimentary weekday newspapers. On-site dining options include breakfasts and quick fare, Pan-Asian cuisine, sushi and a cocktail bar. Amenities available for an additional fee include a business center, pre-arranged airport shuttle service and secure parking. Small meeting rooms are also available on site. Guestrooms at the Travelodge Hotel Downtown are furnished with desks or tables with chairs, cable television, coffeemakers, in- room safes and wireless Internet access. Select rooms include entertainment centers, recliners or sofas.

Essex Inn
 

Offering fabulous views of the city skyline, Grant Park and Lake Michigan, the Essex Inn hotel boasts a superb location on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, providing convenient access to Chicago's Magnificent Mile, world-famous museums, sporting venues, the Loop and McCormick Place. Attracting business and leisure travellers alike, this stylish hotel combines comfort and functionality with outstanding service and an array of superb amenities including a fully equipped 24 hour business centre, on-site dining and room service, meeting and banquet facilities for up to 150 people and a complimentary shuttle service to the Magnificent Mile shopping district, Museum Campus and Navy Pier. One of the highlights of the hotel is the fourth-floor rooftop Garden Pool and Fitness Centre, offering year-round swimming, state-of-the-art fitness equipment and amazing views.

Essex Inn
 

Excellent views of Chicago (Ill.) and Lake Michigan are found at the intimate Essex Inn Chicago. A simple walk across the street lands guests at Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park and Millennium Park, while Lake Michigan's running path is five blocks away. Shopping and dining along Chicago's Magnificent Mile and Water Tower Place are easily accessed via complimentary shuttle services provided by the hotel. This 15-story hotel is 12 miles from Chicago Midway Airport and 20 miles from O'Hare International Airport. The Essex Inn Chicago's renovations, completed in early 2006, reveal the hotel's architectural gem and focal point - an all-season garden pool and fitness center, one of the only located atop a roof in Chicago. An on-site business center is equipped with quiet workspaces and computer workstations with high-speed Internet access. Flexible meeting space and a full line of audiovisual equipment is also available. On-site dining at the hotel's coffee shop and bar, the Savoy Bar Grill, features a dinner menu of Greek, Mexican and Italian specialties. Serving three meals daily, the walls of this eatery are decorated with music memorabilia and an original mural depicting Chicago's Jazz history. All 254 guestrooms at the Essex Inn Chicago include cable television. Wireless Internet access is available in guestrooms for a fee. Art Deco style rooms are accentuated by framed art and museum posters, and floor-to-ceiling windows - many offering lakefront and sparkling city views.

Hilton Chicago- Michigan Ave
 

Location. Overlooking Grant Park, this elegant landmark hotel, built in 1927, is the Grande Dame of downtown Chicago. Guests can take advantage of complimentary airport shuttle service to O'Hare International Airport located 18 miles away or to the treasure trove of shops and boutiques on the Magnificent Mile. Sports enthusiasts can choose from five professional teams and a golf course is located within one mile of hotel. Weather the passion is fine dining, inspiring theater performances, eclectic art galleries or high-energy night spots, guests are at the center of all that is synonymous with Chicago. Hotel Features. As guests step into the lobby of the Hilton Chicago, they find themselves stepping back in time to an era of enduring elegance. Guests can stand on the grand stairway in the chandeliered lobby and gaze at the frescoed ceiling of wispy clouds. Guests are pampered in the health spa which features an indoor pool, workout facilities with cardiovascular and strength training equipment, two spa tubs, a tanning bed and an indoor running track. The business-friendly hotel offers a 24-hour business center, 119,200 square feet of dedicated exhibition space including three ballrooms with telecommunications equipment and support staff. Chefs at Buckingham's prepare steak and seafood entrees while The Pavilion is a bistro-style restaurant serving Mediterranean-influenced cuisine. Kitty O'Shea's Irish Pub is staffed with Irish foreign exchange students lending an authentic brogue to this casual bar. Guestrooms. The 1544 elegant guestrooms of the Hilton Chicago feature antique-style oak furnishings. Guestrooms feature marble bathrooms with designer toiletries and plush bathrobes. Each guestroom offers 27-inch flat-screen televisions with premium cable channels and video-game console, minibars and multi-line telephones with wireless and wired Internet access. Expert Tip. Guests who don't make it to the Art Institute of Chicago, should not miss Steven's Gallery on the third floor of the Hilton Chicago. The gallery showcases local and commissioned works of art.

Palmer House Hilton
 

Location. The 25-story Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Ill., is a Beaux Arts-style hotel located within walking distance of the fashionable shops and boutiques of Millennium Park and the Magnificent Mile, and within one mile of Lake Michigan. This high-rise hotel, refurbished in 2003, is in the center of the theater district and surrounded by the fine dining and high- energy entertainment venues of downtown Chicago. Hotel Features. The two-story gilded lobby of the Palmer House Hilton has been refurbished to take guests back in time to an age of unrivaled luxury and opulence. Beneath a ceiling mural depicting classic scenes from Greek mythology is a spacious lobby with formal staircase, marble-topped tables and rich velvet seating. The Palmer House Hilton in Chicago features a 10,000- square-foot health club offering an indoor lap pool, fitness equipment, personal trainers, spa tub, steam room and sauna. Flexible meeting space includes several ballrooms, catering and event-planning assistance. An on-site modern business center provides wireless Internet access and limited business services. Guests dine on New Orleans-style fare at French Quarter restaurant serving three meals daily, or visit the rail station- themed Big Downtown restaurant for lunch and dinner. Guestrooms. The Palmer House Hilton has 1,639 elegant guestrooms decorated in dark woods and antique-style furnishings with pillowtop mattresses and European-style linens. Accommodations feature marble bathrooms with designer toiletries, cable television, video game consoles, desks and wireless Internet access. Executive Rooms include complimentary breakfasts, evening receptions and a private concierge. Expert Tip. The original Palmer Hotel opened in 1871, only to burn down 13 days later in the Chicago fire. Post- fire, it was billed as "the World's only Fire Proof Hotel," as it was constructed mainly of iron and brick. Also, the floor of its barber shop was reputedly tiled with silver dollars.

Congress Plaza Hotel
 

The Congress Plaza Hotel is located on South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Ill., commands a spectacular view of Grant Park and Buckingham Fountain and is within walking distance of Millennium Park. Less than four miles from The Art Institute of Chicago, Soldier Field, the Sears Tower and the city's vibrant business, shopping and entertainment districts, the hotel offers visitors entrance to the best Chicago has to offer. The hotel is less than 20 miles from both Chicago Midway and O'Hare International airports. The convenient location is further enhanced by the "L" train, which stops within four blocks of the hotel and offers transportation to other areas of downtown and both airports. Built in 1893 and boasting a dome ceiling with ornate chandeliers and murals, the lobby of the Congress Plaza Hotel exudes an Old World charm. The business-friendly hotel offers wireless Internet access throughout the property and 48,000 square-feet of functional meeting space, including a ballroom that can accommodate up to 2,000 guests. The 850 guestrooms feature dark wood furnishings with well- lit desks, cable television with premium channels and coffeemakers. Travel Advisory: Guests may encounter picketers when entering the hotel as one of four unions has been conducting a strike since June 2003. No vendors or suppliers are participating. All services and systems are fully operational.