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Frommer's Highly Recommended

The Hyatt Regency rises 33 stories from Chicago's ever-sprawling convention center. While the hotel is often solidly booked during trade shows and meetings, it has rooms to spare during convention lulls in the winter and late summer, so vacationers might find bargains if they're willing to sacrifice the convenience of staying downtown. (A recent promotion offered free breakfast for families of up to four people on weekends.) Although the hotel is only minutes from the Museum Campus, the lakefront, and the Loop, getting around is a little tricky without a car; however, cabs are plentiful, and the hotel offers a complimentary shuttle to downtown shopping areas, the main museums, and Navy Pier. The average-size rooms have contemporary furnishings, including blue-green checkerboard-patterned comforters. Bathrooms are small, with the sink and vanity outside the bathroom. Most north-facing rooms feature scenic views of the city skyline and lakefront.

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

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