PRICE:
Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Although the lobby has the impersonal feel of a conference center, rooms here are cheery, with sweeping city views from the upper floors. (I recommend the rooms on the north side of the building, which look toward the Hancock Building.) But it's the amenities that make this one of the best values in town. Guests have free access to the adjoining Lakeshore Athletic Club (including an indoor pool, fitness classes, and sauna); you don't even have to go outside to get there. The hotel also has its own spacious outdoor pool and sun deck. (Be forewarned, however, that the hotel fills up during summer vacation; book as far in advance as possible for July-Aug). Kids 17 and under stay free in their parent's room. Leave the pay-per-view movies one night and head to the massive AMC theaters next door, where all 21 screens offer stadium seating.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Chicago 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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